COMPANY HISTORY
As a Pioneer in Gear Measuring Instruments …
1951 |
March | Established in Ikuno-Ku. Osaka by the name of Osaka Seimitsu Kikai Manufacturing Factory |
1957 |
June | Company was incorporated. (Capital: JPY600.000) |
1960 |
November | Moved to the new plant located in Mikuriya, Higashi- Osaka. |
1969 |
March | Increased capital to JPY40.0000.000. |
1970 |
March | Developed single flank gear rolling tester. |
1971 |
April | Signed production contract for automatic gear selecting system with Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry. |
1972 |
June | Developed computer-assisted automatic shape measuring instrument upon receipt of fiscal 1972 technical improvement subsidy (Ministry of International Trade and Industry). |
| August | Developed gear analyzer. | |
1973 |
May | Began streamlining production under the guidance of Osaka science and Technology Center. |
1976 |
March | Began streamlining production under the guidance of Osaka science and Technology Center. |
1977 |
March | Developed PCD-50 Polar coordinate dimensional measuring machine upon receipt of fiscal 1976 technical improvement subsidy (Ministry of International Trade and Industry). |
1980 |
October | Established Gear Measuring Center & Laboratory to respond to customer’s requests for gear measurement and engineering needs. |
1981 |
April | GC-HP series - profile, lead and pitch measuring instrument by electro-generatiive method - received JSME award from Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. |
1982 |
September | Constructed machining factory upon receipt of new technology industrialization loan from Smaller Business Finance Corporation based on recommendation from the Small and Medium Enterprises Agency. |
1983 |
February | Increased capital to JPY65.000.000. |
| March | Commended by the governor of Osaka Prefecture for commercializing inventions and creating innovative designs. | |
1985 |
May | Developed GC-1HP - NC profile and lead measuring instrument for small gears. |
1986 |
January | Concluded financial contract with Japan Key Technology Center for development of gear tooth surface and curved surface measuring method |
1987 |
June | Developed CLP-35 - profile, lead and pitch measuring instrument by electro-generative method. |
1988 |
August | Developed CLP-65. |
1989 |
March | Increased capital to JPY72.500.000. |
1990 |
October | Developed data base gear grinding system (D.B.G.S.) and DBG-25B CNC gear grinder. |
1996 |
March | Developed HyB-35 - hypoid gear measuring instrument. |
2000 |
March | Patent pending for CVT measurement. |
| June | Certified ISO 9001 | |
2006 |
February | JAB ilac-MRA RCL0280 accreditation of "Gear Measuring Machine". |
| March | Won silver price at the "8th Higashi Osaka Manufacturer Awards". | |
| July | A specific research and development planning certification, for integrating "the research and development of high-precision gear measuring machine and gear calibration system" was awarded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. | |
| December | Was selected for the intellectual infrastructure business subsidiary aid for small and medium-sized enterprises for the fiscal year 2006 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. | |
| 2007 | January | JAB ilac-MRA RCL0280, accreditation of "Gear Measuring Machine". |
| April | IA Japan ilac-MRA JCSS0190, accreditation of "1D detector". | |
| April | Was selected again for the intellectual infrastructure business subsidiary aid for small and medium scale enterprises, for the fiscal year 2007 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, for "Aiming at beginning the JCSS calibration businesses on Gears for the small and medium-sized enterprises." | |
| July | Was selected among the 300 active companies for the fiscal year 2007 and was awarded a thanks giving letter from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. | |
| August | Was selected for the strategic degree of sophistication of the technology infrastructure support project sponsored research for the fiscal year 2007, for integrating "Research and Development of high-precision gear measuring machine and gear calibration systems". | |
2008 |
March | Certified and registered by ilac MRA IA Japan as Calibration Organization of "Gear ". (JCSS0190) |
| October | Developed and introduced CLP-35DDS high accuracy gear measuring instrument with granite bed. | |
2010 |
January | Developed DAT-1 high accuracy gear measuring instrument under contract with Sophistication support program of strategic key technology. |
| May | Developed CLP-120 NC gear measuring instrument for large size gears. | |
| August | Developed CLP-35S gear measuring instrument. | |
2011 |
February | Adopted DAT-1 as the calibration standard machine of GMC. |
| July | Established Shanghai Office. | |
2012 |
October | Established India Liaison Office. |
2013 |
December | Established Korean Office. |
2014 |
March | Selected a prize in the “Global Niche Top Companies Selection 100”. |
2017 |
December | Received a prize in the “Good Company Award(Special Prize)”. |