HISTORY OF KINYO
CHALLENGE HISTORY
February, 1923: | Founded Kinyosha Kogyosho. A limited partnership in Tokyo, at Ikebukuro to manufacture glue type rollers for printing industry. |
Later this product transformed into rubber roller. | |
Later an oil resistant rubber roller was invented for use in rotary newsprint presses first in Japan. | |
December, 1930: | Reorganized the company as Kinyosha Co., Ltd. with JPY150,000 in capital. |
Appointed Mr. Kaisuke Yamamoto as the first president of the new organization. | |
Moved the premises to Osaki Shinagawa-ku Tokyo. | |
1933: | Rubber blanket was introduced into the market for rotary newsprint and general printing. |
October, 1944: | Appointed Mr. Youichiro Nakamura as the second president. |
November, 1949: | Appointed Mr. Yuzo Kimura as the third president. |
December, 1949: | Started operation of Kyoto Plant. |
April, 1950: | Opened Osaka office. |
April, 1952: | Installed new manufacturing lines exclusively for rubber rollers for paper milling industry and general industrial use. |
1958: | Developed "KP RUBBER", a solvent-resistant rubber (Resistant to benzene and trichloroethylene). |
1959: | "U-LON S", polyurethane rubber, was introduced to the market. |
1960: | "PERFLON", fluoro-rubber, was introduced to the market. |
September, 1960: | Opened Sapporo local office to cover Hokkaido region. |
April, 1961: | Opened Nagoya local office to cover Chukyo area. |
November, 1962: | Capital increased to JPY50 million. |
November, 1963: | Appointed Mr. Koichiro Shima as the fourth president. |
December, 1967: | Introduced "AIR-EXCEL S5000" - compressible blanket for offset printing. |
August, 1968: | Opened Fukuoka local office to cover Kyushu region. |
March, 1971: | Mr. K. Shima, the president, received with the Blue Ribbon Medal. |
November, 1971: | Developed high accuracy rubber sheet "GOLDPRENE" and developed hot press shock absorber, "KINYO BOARD". |
April, 1972: | Developed normal temperature curing type fluoro-rubber paint "PERFLON". The application usage broaden to automobile engine metal gasket etc. |
May, 1972: | Appointed Mr. Ryutaro Nakamura as the chairman of the board and representative director. |
October, 1972: | Kinyosha awarded a Ministerial Award for "Outstanding Corporate Activation in Labor Welfare during 1972". The award was from the Ministry of Labor. |
April, 1973: | Opened Hiroshima local office to cover Chugoku & Shikoku region. |
June, 1974: | Started operation of Takehara plant in Hiroshima. |
September, 1975: | Started operation of Minori plant in Ibaraki. |
March, 1979: | Kinyosha entered into a license agreement with Felix Böttcher (Germany) for the manufacturing technology of rubber rollers for copy machines. |
December, 1980: | Developed "S7000" compressible blanket. "U-LON H" (NK method) was developed as polyurethane roller for the paper milling industry. |
February, 1981: | Developed a synthetic granite roller "UNI-ROCK®". |
April, 1981: | Grinding facility installed at Nagoya. |
April, 1982: | Opened Sendai local office to cover Tohoku region. |
June, 1983: | Appointed Mr. Takashi Kachi as the fifth president. |
November, 1983: | Former president, Mr. K. Shima, received with the Fifth Order of Sacred Treasure. |
Opened Saitama local office to cover Saitama and its surrounding prefectures. | |
June, 1984: | Separated Saitama local office as a subsidiary, Saitama Kinyosha. (Changed the name to Kinyosha Kanto Sales in August 1994.) |
January, 1987: | KB Roller Tech Kopierwalzen(KBRT) was founded with Felix Böttcher founded. Started production of rubber rollers for PPC. |
February, 1987: | Opened Osaka office in Katano, Osaka. |
February, 1988: | Kinyo Virginia Inc. (KVI) established as a subsidiary in Virginia, U.S.A. |
1990: | Developed "SOLT Roller" and "PFC Roller" as electrostatic rollers which achieve miniaturization and energy saving of office automation system. |
March, 1990: | Entered into a license agreement with Becker Gummiwerke AG (Germany). Granted the use of "UNI-ROCK®" and "ELAGLASS" manufacturing technologies. |
October, 1991: | Capital increased to JPY100 million. |
June, 1993: | Appointed Mr. Tomoo Nagai as the sixth president. |
October, 1994: | Started operation of Iwama plant in Ibaraki. |
April, 1996: | Registered and certified as ISO9002 at Minori plant. |
June, 1997: | Appointed Mr. Hiroshi Yamamoto as the seventh president. |
June, 1998: | Registered and certified as ISO9001 at Minori plant. |
2000: | Developed transfer roller excellent in electric resistance stability. |
September, 2000: | Kinyosha (HK) Co., Ltd. (KHK) founded in Hong Kong. |
December, 2000: | Started operation of Shiga plant in place of Kyoto plant. |
April, 2001: | Established Kinyo Europe in Düsseldorf, Germany, started sales operation in Germany, France, Spain and U.K. |
June, 2001: | Appointed Mr. Isao Ishii as the eighth president. |
September, 2001: | Kinyosha (HK) Co., Ltd. Shenzhen Factory built in Shenzhen, China as KHK's production fascility. |
October, 2003: | Established Kinyo Supply Co., Ltd. |
December, 2003: | Head office moved to new site in Toyocho, Koto-Ku, Tokyo. Warehouse and delivery center opened in Shinkiba, Koto-Ku, Tokyo. |
Kinyosha (HK) Co., Ltd. Shanghai representative office was opened in Shanghai, China. | |
Registered and certified as ISO14001 at all domestic operation facilities. | |
May, 2004: | Completed extension of ISO 9001 registration to all the domestic offices. |
September, 2006: | Established Kinyosha Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Vietnam. |
February, 2007: | Head office moved to Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, from Koto-ku. |
October, 2007: | Established Kinyosha (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Thailand. |
June, 2008: | Appointed Mr. Yutaro Nakamura as the honor chairman, and Mr. Kazuo Nakamura as the chairman of the board. |
April, 2011: | KHK Shenzhen Factory converted to Kinyosha (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., as an overseas subsidiary in Shenzhen, China. |
June, 2013: | Appointed Mr. Keiji Nakata as the ninth president. |
September, 2013: | Domestic sales groups moved to Shinkiba, Koto-ku from Osaki, Shinagawa-ku to set up Tokyo sales head office. |
June, 2022: | Appointed Mr. Takuo Hattori as the tenth president. |
January, 2025: | Acquired Kawahara Tekko Co., Ltd. and made it a subsidiary. |
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