April 1946 | Established Murakami Tekkosho (310, Imazatocho, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa). Launched business as a manufacturer of small marine oil engines. |
1947 | Manufactured continuous rapeseed oil presses. |
1950 | Started manufacturing small marine diesel engines. |
March 1952 | Established MURAKAMI MANUFACTURING, LTD. (capital: 200,000 Japanese yen) |
1955 | Constructed a new plant to start manufacturing hydraulic cylinders/ equipment and water gates. |
May 1960 | Introduced horizontal boring machines and polishing machines. |
March 1967 | Increased our stock to 3 million Japanese yen. |
August 1969 | Increased our stock to 6 million Japanese yen. |
October | Reorganized to MURAKAMI MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. |
November | Relocated the new plant to 297-1, Shindenchoko, Takamatsu-shi, Kagawa. Introduced the NC automatic control lathe for Shikoku Unit 2. (Yamazaki Mazak) Constructed company houses and bachelors' apartments ahead of competitors. |
September 1970 | Increased our stock to 10 million Japanese yen. |
April 1971 | Increased our stock to 13 million Japanese yen. |
First overseas construction and wavemakers (Kurita Water Industries Ltd., Taiwan) | |
August 1972 | Increased our stock to 16 million Japanese yen. |
April 1977 | Produced revolving hydraulic cylinders for machine tools. Introduced machining center. |
May 1979 | Opened Kochi Branch Office. |
March 1982 | Introduced Office Computer FACOM-V830. (Replaced with K-670 in 1989) |
May 1986 | Introduced Design CAD system. |
February 1987 | Opened Kobe Branch Office. |
1988 | Received a loan from the loan system for regional vitalization. Kagawa Unit 1 |
October | Introduced four welding robots. |
March 1989 | Increased our stock to 40 million Japanese yen. Started transaction (trade) with hydraulic cylinders with Dongyang Mechatronics (Korea) |
May 1991 | Established a new plant (Nagao Plant) at 538-1, Zotanomada, Nagaocho, Okawa-gun, Kagawa. |
1997 | Rebuilt Takamatsu Plant (new plant). (Started manufacturing rewinding equipment and slitters) |
1999 | Nagao Plant was certified according to ISO9001. |
2000 | Takamatsu Plant was certified according to ISO9001. |
2001 | Constructed facilities for collecting and treating waste plastic (Resources). |
September 2003 | Introduced portal machining centers with five-face machining equipment MRC-A5C. |
May 2006 | Built C Wing of Nagao Plant. |