| May
1966 |
Saito Shoji established |
| April
1968 |
Mining Tool Sales Division established |
| December
1971 |
Product development resulted in the manufacture and sale of mining
tools and equipment |
| January
1972 |
Saito Shoji was renamed to Hirado Kinzoku Kogyo |
| October
1974 |
The Fukuoka Plant was built to strengthen the Manufacturing Division |
| June
1976 |
The Yokohama sales office opened |
| September 1976 |
The manufacture and sale of hydraulic machinery began. New Rock splitter
and attachments were developed. |
| November
1979 |
The Fukuoka Plant was expanded due to for our mining
tools and equipment , aswell as our hydraulic greatly increased demano
machinery. |
| August
1987 |
The new Fukuoka head office was built. |
| April
1990 |
The Fukushima office was opened. |
| February
1991 |
Hirado Trading Co. was established to strengthen the Trading Division. |
| May
1992 |
The offices at company headquarters were expanded. |
| December
1994 |
| The Fukuoka plant
was expanded to accommodate a mass production system. (painting
and assembly facilities and can manufacturing facilities) |
| New offices were
built for the Fukuoka plant |
|
| January
1996 |
Business agreements were signed with Boart Longyear and Unilock
AB. |
| March
1997 |
177,700 square feet of land was purchased in Yoshii-machi, Fukuoka
Prefecture, for the Yoshii plant. |
| September
1998 |
A new hydraulic pump model was developed. |
| October
2008 |
Scheduled completion of Yoshii plant |
