April 1965 |
Established in Nagoya, Aichi. |
August 1968 |
Steel warehouse and sales office opened in Chita. |
April 1973 |
Sales partnership begun with Uddeholm Tooling (Sweden). |
June 1974 |
Tokyo Sales Office opened. |
June 1975 |
Capital increased to 15 million yen. |
September 1979 |
Steel warehouse and office opened in Inuyama; Inuyama Plant opened. |
October 1984 |
Home office moved from Nagoya to Inuyama. |
April 1985 |
New head office building and tool plant opened. |
March 1987 |
Capital increased to 24 million yen. |
June 1989 |
Steel warehouse and office built in Handa, Aichi; Handa Office opened. |
December 1989 |
Tool plant opened adjacent to Inuyama Head Office. |
March 1990 |
Capital increased to 48 million yen. |
January 1995 |
Capital increased to 75 million yen with investment by Nagoya Small Business Investment Company. |
February 1995 |
New addition to tool plant completed, and high-precision machinery and 3D measurement systems installed for die design. |
May 1995 |
Capital increased to 95.2 million yen. |
January 1998 |
Hamamatsu Sales Office opened. |
August 1999 |
Constant temperature/precision plant opened for ultra-precision die fabrication. |
November 1999 |
Indiana Die Tec, Inc. established in Columbus, Indiana, USA |
July 2000 |
Inuyama Head Office and Handa Office obtain ISO 9001 certification. |
December 2000 |
Test stamping-die building constructed on Inuyama Head Office site. |
December 2001 |
Tokyo Sales Office moved from Shinjuku, Tokyo to Oyama, Tochigi; name changed to Northeast Japan Sales Office. |
March 2002 |
Die manufacturing subsidiary IDT Tools, Inc. established in Frankfort, Kentucky (USA). |
November 2003 |
Inuyama Head Office and Handa Office obtain ISO 14001 certification. |
January 2005 |
Designated as an “Aichi Quality Company” by Aichi Prefecture. |
February 2005 |
Received the “MADE IN NAGOYA brand” award from the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry. |
November 2005 |
Received the Medium and Small Business Research Institute Prize 2005 (now the Good Company Award) from the Medium and Small Business Research Institute. |
February 2007 |
Tomakomai Sales Office opened. |
March 2007 |
Tool plant spun off as Meitoku Tools, Inc. |
October 2007 |
New head office building opened. |
April 2010 |
Die manufacturing subsidiary Hamana Die Tec, Inc. established in Hamamatsu. |
May 2011 |
Inuyama Head Office and Meitoku Tools, Inc. obtain JIS Q9100 certification for aerospace component manufacturing. |
March 2012 |
Die manufacturing subsidiary PT. Meitoku-Wadayama Indonesia established in Karawang, Indonesia. |
September 2012 |
Die manufacturing subsidiary Meitoku Hokkaido, Inc. established in Abira, Yufutsu-gun, Hokkaido. |
September 2012 |
Hokuriku Seitan Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary. |
November 2012 |
Hamamatsu Sales Office relocated to inside Hamana Die Tec, Inc. |
October 2014 |
Business of custom-made insole of LaNICO started. |