1906 | Founded and started manufacturing and selling textile preparatory machines |
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1913 | Began producing cast products |
1937 | Began manufacturing and selling machine tools |
1960 | Began producing and supplying auto parts to PRINCE MOTOR CO., LTD. (now NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.) |
1961 | Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
1962 | Established the headquarters and a plant for manufacturing and selling machine tools in Kiryu, Gunma |
1966 | Acquired a majority stock by NISSAN (started supply the products to NISSAN from the next year) |
1968 | Built a plant for producing auto parts in Ashikaga, Tochigi |
1973 | Established a subsidiary, Ohu Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. (now KIRIU YAMAGATA CORPORATION) |
1989 | Awarded Nissan Quality Control Award Built a R&D facility in Ashikaga, Tochigi |
1991 | Built the 4th machining plant in Ashikaga, Tochigi |
1993 | Established a subsidiary, Kiryu Oita Co., Ltd. in Oita |
1998 | Established a joint venture company, P.T. KIRIU BUDIPRIMA INDONESIA (now P.T. KIRIU INDONESIA kp.) |
1999 | Awarded TPM Excellence-First Category |
2001 | (March) Closed a subsidiary, Kiryu Oita Co., Ltd. in Oita (July) Established a spin-off company, KIRIU TECHNO CORPORATION as a machine tool manufacturer in Kiryu, Gunma (July) Established KIRIU USA CORPORATION in Kentucky, USA (October) Changed the company name to KIRIU CORPORATION from Kiryu Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd. (December) Became independent by MBO from NISSAN Group |
2002 | (April) Delisted from the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
2003 | (November) Relocated KIRIU TECHNO CORPORATION to Isesaki, Gunma |
2004 | (April) Established KIRIU LIOHO Co. Ltd. jointly with TW LIOHO in Guangzhou, China (July) Sumitomo Corporation acquired the stocks of the Company |
2005 | (October) Relocate the headquarters to Ashikaga, Tochigi (December) Established KIRIU SAMICK Co., LTD. jointly with SAMICK LMS in Daegu, Korea |
2006 | (January) Established KIRIU (THAILAND) Co., Ltd. in Rayong, Thailand (January) Established KIRIU MEXICANA S.A. DE C.V. in Lerma, Mexico |
2007 | (December) Established Munjal Kiriu Industries Pvt. Ltd. jointly with Hero Motors Limited in Haryana, India |
2008 | (January) Established KIRIU OITA CORPORATION in Usa, Oita |
2011 | (February) Increased shareholding ratio in Munjal Kiriu Industries Pvt. Ltd. and affiliated with KIRIU |
2012 | (January) Established KIRIU ILRIM AUTOPARTS MACHINE (YANTAI) Co., Ltd. In Shandong, China (April) Acquired capital in FUJIWA MACHINERY INDUSTRY (HUBEI) CO, LTD. in Hubei, China |
2015 | (September) Reorganized KIRIU ILRIM AUTOPARTS MACHINE (YANTAI) Co., Ltd. to KIRIU TECHNO (YANTAI) Co., Ltd. |
2021 | (April) ASAMA GIKEN CO., LTD. became a subsidiary company |
2021 | (August) Closed a subsidiary, KIRIU TECHNO (YANTAI) Co., Ltd. |
2022 | (April) Absorption-type merger of KIRIU TECHNO CORPORATION |