Feb. 1937 |
Nobuta Nagatomi founds Limited Partnership Toku Pneumatic Tool Mfg. Co. |
Dec. 1937 |
Toku Pneumatic Tool Mfg. Co., Ltd. is established and succeeds to the business. Capital: 200,000 yen |
Apr. 1941 |
Acquired 12,000 square meters of land in Tsukiguma, Fukuoka City, and built Tsukiguma Plant. |
Mar. 1947 |
Opened sales office in Mangyoji-mae, Fukuoka City (currently Reisen, Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan) |
Apr. 1952 |
Developed the first 3-ton air hoist |
Feb. 1955 |
Spun off the sales division and established Toei Shoji Co. (currently Toku Pneumatic Co., Ltd.) |
Apr. 1963 |
Saga Plant (present Nakabaru Plant) was started operation, at the same time impact wrenches were developed. |
Jun. 1969 |
Head office moved from Fukuoka to Saga |
Apr. 1971 |
Awarded by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry as a company contributing to exports |
Oct. 1973 |
Kishima Plant operation started |
Apr. 1975 |
Plating division was spun off as a separate company and renamed Masanobu Co., Ltd. |
Aug. 1975 |
Capital increased to 210 million yen |
May. 1976 |
Computer Center established in Yamada, Onojo, Fukuoka, Japan. |
Oct. 1981 |
Capital increased to 250 million yen. |
Apr. 1982 |
Full-scale production of hydraulic breakers begins. |
Apr. 1983 |
Fukuoka Plant begins operations. |
Oct. 1984 |
Minobaru Plant begins operations. |
May. 1986 |
Company history "Founder Nobuta Nagatomi and Fifty Years of Toku Pneumatic Tool Mfg. Co., Ltd." published. |
Sep. 1986 |
Completion of the Toku Reisen Building in Reisen, Hakata, Fukuoka, Fukuoka. |
May. 1989 |
Head office technology building completed. |
Oct. 1990 |
Hirokawa Plant operation started. |
Mar. 1993 |
Capital increased to 322.5 million yen. |
Mar. 1993 |
ISO 9001 certification obtained for Hirokawa Plant, subsequently extended to all plants. |
Jun. 2002 |
ISO 14001 certification acquired. (company-wide) |
Apr. 2005 |
Vacuum carburizing heat treatment plant completed and operation started at Hirokawa Plant |
Mar. 2011 |
Kiyama Plant operation started |
Nov. 2020 |
Fukuoka Plant and Hirokawa Plant closed due to consolidation of impact wrench operations at Kishiima Plant. |
Apr. 2022 |
Former Hirokawa Plant reopens as a Incubation Plant with renewed operations. |
Apr. 2022 |
Received commendation from the Tosu and Miyoki Hazardous Materials Safety Association and the Tosu and Miyoki Fire Fighting Association for its significant contribution to the establishment of the safety system. |
Jun. 2022 |
ISO 9001 certification obtained at each plant has been integrated company-wide. |