1953 | Kusano Steel Recreation Company LTD.established in Maruyama-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya. |
1968 | Production for arc welding tips and nozzles begun for supply to Toyota Motor Corporation. |
1982 | Manufacturing electrode parts and insulating guide pins for resistance welding begun. |
1983 | Production lines transferred to the Ueda Plant,which is renamed KYOKUTOH CO.,LTD |
1985 | Auto tip dresser introduced and mass production begun. |
1990 | Kanto Sales Office opened in Omiya, Saitama Prefecture. Auto tip changer introduced and mass production begun. |
1991 | Production lines transferred to a new plant next to the head office. Tip dressers exported to Korea and the United States. |
1992 | Kyusyu Sales opened in Fukuoka City. |
1998 | KYOKUTOH KOREA CO., LTD. established. |
1999 | Certification of compliance with ISO9001, the international quality assurance standard, granted to the KYOKUTOH Group. |
2001 | CHANGER & DRESSER CORPopened in Alabama ,USA. Sayama Office opened. |
2003 | Moved into new headquarters in Nagoya, Aichi. |
2004 | KYOKUTOH CHINA CO., LTD. Established. |
2005 | KYOKUTOH CHINA CO.,LTD Increased its capital. |
2006 | Kanagawa Sales Office opened in Atsugi City. |
2007 | Hiroshima Sales Office opened in Hiroshima City. CHANGER & DRESSER CORP was relocated to the new factory. Sayama Sales Office and Kanagawa Sales Office were consolodated and relocated as "Kanto Office” |
2008 | KYOKUTOH EUROPE,s.r.o. established. |
2009 | Kyokuto finished second plant in China |
2011 | KYOKUTOH THAILAND CO.LTD opened in Bangkok Thailand. KYOKUTOH EUROPE transferred to Munchen Germany. KYOKUTOH KOREA CO., LTD closed. KYOKUTOH KOREA Branch office opened. Become an office relocation, Saitama, Kanto opened a new office. |
2012 | Hiroshima office is relocated. C&D estabilished branch in Michigan Korea branch moved to Gyeonggi-Do |
2014 | CHANGER & DRESSER CORP factory completed KYOKUTOH EU established branch in Dortmund |
2015 | Korea branch office closed / Established KOREA KYOKUTOH |
2016 | KOREA KYOKUTOH moved to Ansan |
2017 | Kanto Sales Office moved to Kawagoe Yeungnam office opened KYOKUTOH THAI changed name to KYOKUTOH ASIA Head factory completed |
2018 | Head Office completed, moved to present address |
2019 | KYOKUTOH WELD INDIA PVT. LTD. established. |
2022 | KOREA KYOKUTOH relocated |