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Introduces history of the TOHO KOKI Co., Ltd.

1926
First president Seiichi Kawakami established machine parts manufacturing company named Kawakami Works, Co., Ltd. at Minato-ku, Osaka-shi.
1934
Forged Adjustable Angle Wrenches, Pipe Wrenches, and Spanners were started manufacturing.
1938
The factory was moved to Hirano-ku Kami, Osaka-shi.
The company name was renamed with Toho Koki Co., Ltd., and it was inaugurated as specialized hand tools maker.
1939
Toho forged steel Co., Ltd. was established as forged tools and munitions forged articles manufacturing company.
1945
The production organization was changed to hand tools mainly.
1951
Toho Koki Co., Ltd. did takeover Toho Forged Steel Co., Ltd.
Adjustable Angle Wrenches had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) approval.
Osaka International Trade and Industry Bureau chief commended as Adjustable Angle Wrenches' superior factory.
Special alloy steel (Cr steel) was adopted as the material for Adjustable Angle Wrenches.
1952
Pipe Wrenches had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) approval.
1955
High Efficiency Forging Reduce Roll was introduced from U.S.A. for factory facilities modernization and increasing efficiency.
1957
First president Mr. Seiichi Kawakami was awarded by Japanese government as the result of improving the quality of domestic hand tools.
1958
Spanner had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) approval.
1965
HIT hand tools were started exporting and comes to be used regularly in more than 50 countries.
1966
Bolt Cutters and Ring Spanners had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) approval.
1974
NEAC-100 computer system was started operating.
1975
Bolt Cutters' exclusive line was started operating.
Toho Koki Co., Ltd. did takeover Toho Tanko Co., Ltd. and moved factory to Nara Prefecture.
Aluminum forging was started, and Light Weight Aluminum Pipe Wrenches were developed.
1977
Exclusive tools for cutting Rod for Boring Construction was developed.
1982
Pipe Wrenches for pipes coated with vinyl were developed according to marketing request.
1984
Headquarters moved to Nara Prefecture for the consistent organization from forgings to completed product.
1985
Automatic Heater 520 KW for heating forgings was started operating.
Adjustable Angle Wrenches and Pipe Wrenches had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) re-approval according to change address of headquarters.
Bolt Cutters had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) re-approval.
1986
Mr. Heihachiro Kawakami became president.
1990
Bolt Cutters new manufacturing line was started.
1991
Computerization for molding was started.
Spanners and Ring Spanners had JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) re-approval according to change address of headquarters.
1992
First Participation for IHF Practical World in Koln, Germany was done and continued every year.
New manufacturing line for Pipe Wrenches was started.
1993
Professional cutting rod hand tools for boring construction have developed and been on series products.
Automatic heater 1,200 Kw was started operating.
2005
ISO14001 was acquired through JQA.
2006
First participation for IHF Practical World in Shanghai, China was done, and developed Chinese market.
2007
Participation for IHF Practical World in Shanghai, China was done spring and autumn.
ISO9001 was acquired through JQA.
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