1936 | Tokyoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. is established with capital of ¥500,000 as a sister company of Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (former Tokai Electrode Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) for the research and manufacturing of refractory bricks. |
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1938 | Tokyoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. is renamed Tokyoku Sangyo Co., Ltd., establishes the Nagoya Plant, and starts manufacturing refractory bricks. |
1946 | Tokyoku Sangyo Co., Ltd. is renamed Tokai Konetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. (hereafter, the "Company"). |
1947 | The Company obtains the rights to manufacture and sell EREMA SiC heating elements and EREMA ceramic resistors and starts manufacturing at the Nagoya Plant. The Company establishes the Kyoto Plant and starts manufacturing EREMA electric furnaces, DIALITE (SiC refractories), and DALMITE (fused alumina refractories). |
1961 | The Company forms a technology alliance with Carborundum Abrasives Co. of the United States for SiC heating elements and ceramic resistors. The Company is listed on the Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Nagoya Stock Exchange. |
1964 | The Company establishes the Sendai Plant in Shibata-machi, Miyagi, and starts manufacturing ceramic resistors. |
1968 | The Company starts manufacturing protection tubes at the Nagoya Plant. |
1971 | The Company starts manufacturing catalyst carrier production at the Nagoya Plant. |
1976 | The Company begins manufacturing gas combustion furnaces at the Kyoto Plant. |
1977 | The Company starts manufacturing silicon nitride-bonded SiC refractories at the Kyoto Plant. |
1983 | The Company starts manufacturing RECRYTE (SiC ceramic high-temperature materials) at the Kyoto Plant. |
1985 | The Company starts production of pressure degreasing furnaces and vacuum gas replacement ultra-high temperature furnaces at the Kyoto Plant. |
1986 | The Company celebrates its 50th anniversary and relocates its head office from Kanda to Shinjuku. |
1988 | The Company starts manufacturing far-infrared heating elements at the Sendai Plant. |
1991 | The Company forms a technical tie-up with ULVAC, Inc. for vacuum heat treatment furnaces. |
1994 | The Company demerges its industrial furnace and heating equipment manufacturing division and establishes TK Engineering Co., Ltd. |
1995 | TK Engineering Co., Ltd. starts mass production of multilayer ceramic capacitor firing furnaces. |
1997 | The Company acquires ISO 9001 certification for EREMA SiC heating elements, RECRYTE, and catalyst carriers. The Company establishes Shanghai Tokan Ceramics Co., Ltd. as a base for heating element and high-temperature material production, in a joint venture with Kanthal of Germany. |
1999 | Shanghai Tokan Ceramics Co., Ltd. starts manufacturing heating elements. The Company dissolves the joint venture with Kanthal, and as a result, Shanghai Tokan Ceramics Co., Ltd. becomes the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary. |
2003 | The Company mergers with and absorbs TK Engineering Co., Ltd., closes sales offices in Kyushu and Sendai, and establishes the Kyoto Branch Office. The Company relocates its head office from Shinjuku to Ueno and delists its stock from the Nagoya Stock Exchange. |
2004 | Shanghai Tokan Ceramics Co., Ltd. is renamed Shanghai Tokai Konetsu Co., Ltd. ISO 14001 certification is acquired by the whole company. |
2005 | The EREMA SiC heating element manufacturing division is transferred to the Sendai Plant. The Nagoya Plant is renamed the Tokai Konetsu Techno Center, an integrated research center. The industrial furnace and heating equipment manufacturing division is transferred from the Kyoto Plant to the Tokai Konetsu Techno Center. (The Kyoto Plant is closed.) |
2006 | The Company becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. under a share exchange agreement and delists its stock from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
2007 | The Company extends the scope of its ISO 9001 certification for EREMA ceramic resistors. Shanghai Tokai Konetsu Co., Ltd. acquires ISO 9001 certification. |
2008 | The Company starts manufacturing RECRYTE TN (silicon nitride sintered component) at the Sendai Plant. |
2009 | The RECRYTE manufacturing division is transferred to the Sendai Plant. |
2010 | The Company extends the scope of its ISO 9001 certification for RECRYTE and RECRYTE TN. |
2011 | The Company acquires ISO 9001 certification for industrial furnaces and heating equipment. |
2013 | The Company establishes Tokai Konetsu (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., a joint venture with HUIKE (China), as a base for manufacturing industrial furnaces and heating equipment. |
2014 | The industrial furnace and heating equipment manufacturing division is transferred to Tokai Konetsu Engineering Co., Ltd. (The Tokai Konetsu Techno Center is closed.) |
2016 | The Company discontinues manufacturing of RECRYTE TN (silicon nitride sintered components). |
2018 | The Company relocates its head office from Ueno to Aoyama. |
2024 | The Company mergers with and absorbs Tokai Konetsu Engineering Co., Ltd. |