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| 1956 |
April |
Hitachi Metals Industries, Ltd. established (Capital: ¥1 billion
provided by Hitachi, Ltd.) |
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October |
Hitachi, Ltd., transferred its metals business and five plants to Hitachi Metals Industries, Ltd. (Tobata, Fukagawa, Kuwana, Wakamatsu, and Yasugi), and business activities began. |
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| 1961 |
July |
Kumagaya Works established |
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August |
Over-the-counter trading of shares begun |
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October |
Listed on the second sections of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges |
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| 1962 |
August |
Upgraded listing to first sections of the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges |
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| 1965 |
November |
Hitachi Metals America, Ltd., established in the United States |
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| 1967 |
January |
Merged with Hitachi Metals, Ltd., to change par value of shares and company name |
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| 1970 |
October |
Hitachi Metals Europe GmbH established in Germany |
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| 1979 |
February |
Hitachi Metals Singapore Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore |
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| 1995 |
October |
Merger with Hitachi Ferrite, Co. Ltd. |
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| 2001 |
April |
Implementation of officer system and company system |
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| 2003 |
June |
Adopts Company-with-Committees Structure |
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| 2003 |
August |
Purchased the Amorphous Metals Business Division of Honeywell International Inc. |
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| 2003 |
October |
Transfered Hitachi Metals’ water treatment business to Hitachi Plant Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. |
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| 2004 |
April |
NEOMAX Co., Ltd. became a consolidated subsidiary of Hitachi Metals |
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| 2005 |
April |
Soft Magnetic Materials Company Established |
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| 2007 |
April |
Merger with NEOMAX Co., Ltd. |
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| Partial history of the period before the Company became independent from Hitachi, Ltd. |
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| 1910 |
June |
The Tobata Foundry Co., which later became the Tobata Works, established.
This was the first modern malleables manufacturing facility in Japan. Later, fittings,
small-scale pig iron rolls, and cast steel product manufacturing facilities were
added. |
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| 1917 |
July |
Teikoku Foundry Co., which later became the Wakamatsu Works, established to
initiate production of a variety of rolls in Japan. Purchased in 1926 by the Tobata
Foundry Co. |
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| 1922 |
December |
Kizugawa Manufacturing, which later became the Kuwana Works, established as
a plant specializing in fittings. Purchased in 1926 by the Tobata Foundry Co. |
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| 1929 |
November |
The Tokyo Manufacturing Plant of the Tobata Foundry Co., which later became
the Fukagawa Works, established to manufacture malleables for use in the automobile
industry. |
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| 1934 |
February |
Yasugi Steel Manufacturing, which later became the Yasugi Works, purchased by Tobata Foundry, Co. Yasugi Steel Manufacturing originated from the Unpaku-Steel Limited partnership in 1899. In 1915, with the promulgation of the Law for the Modernization of Steel Industries, Yasugi Steel Manufacturing expanded its capacities to include high-speed railway production and high-grade specialty steel. In 1916, it became a joint-stock company and, in 1925, a subsidiary of the Tobata Foundry Co., before
it was purchased in 1934. |
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| 1935 |
November |
Name of the Tobata Foundry Co. changed to Kokusan
Industries, Ltd. |
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| 1937 |
May |
Kokusan Industries, Ltd. purchased by Hitachi, Ltd. |
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