
Company History
1896 | Established in Koishikawa, Tokyo as Japan’s first measuring instrument manufacturing of pressure gauges and other measuring devices. |
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1901 | Began manufacturing compasses, depth sounders, and other navigation instruments and equipment. |
1918 | Began manufacturing Sperry gyrocompasses. |
1923 | Began development of aeronautic instruments. |
1930 | Head Office moved to Kamata, Tokyo. |
1952 | Developed Japan’s first marine radar system. |
1954 | Began manufacture of hydraulic equipment. |
1963 | Developed world’s first commercial ultrasound flow meter. |
1971 | Developed radar warning system used in the F-4EJ fighter plane. |
1984 | Entered the field of factory automation and construction equipment with a product line centered around inertial sensor technology. |
1988 | Constructed new head office building and R&D center |
1990 | Changed the company name from Tokyo Keiki Co., Ltd. to TOKIMEC INC. |
1996 | Celebrated 100th anniversary in operation. Established TOKIMEC CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS INC.(Present, TOKYO KEIKI CONSTRUCTION SYSTEMS INC.) |
1997 | Established TOKIMEC RAIL TECHNO INC.(Present, TOKYO KEIKI RAIL TECHNO INC.) |
1999 | Established TOKIMEC KOREA HYDRAULICS CO.,LTD.(Present, TOKIMEC KOREA POWER CONTROL CO., LTD. ) |
2005 | Established Maritime Traffic Dept. in Electronics Systems Division. |
2008 | Restored TOKYO KEIKI corporate name. |