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1952
Company founder, Mataichi Takeuchi, establishes a factory specializing in the manufacture of automatic bottle-making machines.
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1956
Develops automatic press glass forming machine (TP-2).
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1961
Develops glass marble making machine (Takeuchi double roller model).
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1965
Develops updraw and downdraw systems for glass tube making machine.
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1972
Develops T-MDHP-5 hydraulic press.
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1976
Toyoji Takeuchi (eldest son of the company founder) takes over as firm's second president.
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1977
Fully automated forming of lead glass (lead oxide 24%) using an IS machine with a four-part, hinged mold.
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1982
Develops profiling-type neck ring finisher conveyor (T-11). (Neck ring finisher for shaped glass products, patent no. 1249839.)
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1987
Develops online fully automatic, computer-controlled hydraulic press machine.
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1988
Establishes glass mold manufacturing department. Begins manufacturing molds for TV products.
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1989
Uses proprietary software (TET System) to improve fully automatic IS machine to allow manual feeding.
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1990
Toru Takeuchi (eldest son of the previous president) takes over as firm's third president.
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1992
Develops servo shear mechanism, a feeder mechanism employing servo motors.
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1994
Develops 8TG-3S servo drive type hydraulic press. Develops T-GBP-9 type hydraulic press for CRT forming machines.
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1996
Develops servo drive type T-LGBP-11H hydraulic press, a CRT forming machine.
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1997
Develops GHD-T10 hydraulic press, a glass-hard-disk forming machine.
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1998
Develops servo drive type SD-T6 hydraulic press.
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1998
Develops semi-manual parison forming machine featuring improved quality and efficiency with assistance from Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
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1999
Develops fully synchronized servo feeder/servo gobber/servo shear system and MDP-T6 type hydraulic press.
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2000
Develops servo drive type 11H-20T hydraulic press.
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2004
Recognized as one of the top 100 manufacturers in the Kobe-Osaka area.
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2004
Development of automatic mass production system for forming compound glass lenses approved as part of a Hyogo Prefectural Government plan to support creation of new industries through academic-industrial tie ups. (VP-2005)
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2005
Experimental Research Building completed.
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2006
Conducts joint research into molding machines for plate glass for use in LCD displays and backlights after being selected for Amagasaki city’s joint R&D assistance system for SMEs.
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2006
Receives recognition for Specific Research and Development Plan based on the Act on the Enhancement of Core Manufacturing Technology in SMEs from the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry.
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2006
Conducts joint research into enhancing reliability assurance technology for optical glass element molds after being selected for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Support Initiative for Enhancing Strategic Core Technologies.
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2009
Receives approval for Management Reform Plan from Hyogo Prefectural Government.
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2009
Featured in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Japan's only newspaper dedicated to manufacturing industry news.
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2010
Develops precision glass optical element molding system (MVP-2010) and glass materials testing machine.
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2010
Yasunori Takeuchi (younger brother of the previous president) takes over as firm's fourth president.
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2010
Featured in Hyogo Economic Strategy magazine.
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2012
Profiled on Sun-TV's economic news show, Kirari Keizai.
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2012
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry adapted our project as the intended one of “the global technical cooperation supporting project“.
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2013
We were successfully adapted as a grantee of the subsidy that the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency gives grant skillful small and medium-sized enterprises for the purpose of development and trial manufacturing.
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2014
Won the Amagasaki Shinkin Bank’s award.
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2015
We were successfully adopted by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency as a grantee of the subsidy for the innovation in manufacturing, commercial and service.
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2016
We were successfully adopted by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency as a grantee of the subsidy for the new development in manufacturing, commercial and service.
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2017
Our Management Capacity Improvement Plan was certified by the Bureau of Economic and Industrial Affairs of the Kansai Region.
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2018
Received investment from Osaka Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co.,Ltd. and increased capital to 20million Japanese yen.
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2021
Takaaki Takeuchi (eldest son of the third president) takes over as firm's fifth president.