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Founded in 1946, the following introduces the company’s history of inheritance of technology and improvement through advanced technology, and the trail of its uncompromising challenges.
1946
Founded Nishiyama Seisakusho (predecessor of Izumi), in Shinkawa-machi, a suburb of Nagoya.
1948
Developed music boxes and started limited marketing of them.
1949
Incorporated and changed name to Izumi Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd..
1952
Built Atsuta Plant
Started manufacturing parts for buses, scooters and small trucks for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
1960
Started marketing (designing and manufacturing) specialized manufacturing equipment.
1964
Oshima Industries Co., Ltd., established, the predecessor of SKE Co., Ltd. (merged in 2009)
Started designing and manufacturing welding jigs
1973
New factory built in Obu City. All equipment from Shinkawa and Atsuta factories moved there.
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd (current TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION) consigned manufacturing of friction welding machine to Izumi.
1982
Started trial production in friction welding laboratory as part of machine tool business.
Automotive parts electrodeposition painting line completed for MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION and starts production.
1993
Oshima Industries Co., Ltd and Toyoda High Engineering Co., Ltd merge to become SKE Co., Ltd.
Became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd
1995
Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd starts capital participation
Started production of car air-conditioning compressor swash plates for Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd.
Started marketing of vertical lathes.
1997
Control of friction welding machine business transferred from Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd
1998
Started marketing NC center broaching machines
1999
New factory built in Kitasaki. Expanded production of parts for car air-conditioning compressors
2002
Acquired ISO14001 certification
2003
Started marketing vertical friction welding machines
2004
SKE, Logistech and Tokai System merged to become a general engineering company.
2005
Acquired ISO9001 certification (Kitasaki Factory)
Started production of suspension members (automotive parts for TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION)
Started production of lug plates for car air-conditioning compressors
2006
Started production of engine cam shafts
2007
Became a wholly owned subsidiary of TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION.
2008
Control of Ishihama Factory transferred from TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, expanded automotive parts machining business.
2009
Merged with SKE Co., Ltd
2010
Achieved cumulative production of 100 million swash plates for car air-conditioning compressors.
2016
Started marketing of new type of vertical lathes.
2017
Achieved cumulative sales of 1,000 machine tools.
2018
Ended production of suspension members (automotive parts for TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION)
2020
Started production of turbo parts for engines.
Image inspection device development
2021
Started marketing of horizontal lathe
2024
Aichi Brand certification