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| AUGUST,1898 |
THE COMPANY's founder OYANE brothers, who succeeded to the skill of swordsmith SUKEHIRO in ANSEI-GANJI years of the EDO era and in manufacturing knives for tobacco industry use,had established OYANE BROTHERS & COMPANY LTD., which was appointed as the designated supplier to the tobacco monopoly at the time. |
| AUGUST,1909 |
Reformed as OYANE BROTHERS & COMPANY LTD.,(unlimited partnership). |
| MAY,1912 |
Merged three other same businesses. |
| APRIL,1915 |
Opened a business office in Shanghai,China and began exporting the tobacco knives. |
| OCTOBER,1933 |
Started manufacturing Hacksaw. |
| MARCH,1944 |
Changed its name to OYANE RIKI MFG.CO.(unlimited partnership). |
| DECEMBER,1951 |
Hacksaw was qualified as JIS by governmental authority. |
| MARCH,1953 |
Started manufacturing pliers. |
| DECEMBER,1956 |
Reformed as OYANE RIKI MFG.CO.LTD. |
| MAY,1957 |
Pliers were qualified as JIS by governmental authority. |
| OCTOBER,1960 |
Been awarded THE PRIZE of PRESIDENT OF JAPAN TECHNICAL ACADEMY as an excellent JIS works. |
| JULY,1971 |
Increased its capital to 30,000,000 Yen. |
| APRIL,1976 |
Increased its capital to 60,000,000 Yen. |
| APRIL,1980 |
Opened TOKYO BUSINESS OFFICE. |
| APRIL,1986 |
Started the operation in CHICHIBU FACTORY located at Chichibu area in NIO,mainly manufacturing Hacksaw. |
| SEPTEMBER,1987 |
Established the joint-venture company GREAT ASIA PRECISION KNIVES CO.,LTD. in Hsinchu,Taiwan. |
| FEBRUARY,1990 |
Started the operation in TSUTAMI FACTORY located at Tsutami area in NIO. |
| APRIL,1991 |
Opened OSAKA BUSINESS BRANCH. |
| FEBRUARY,1992 |
Takuma plants was newly constructed in Matsusita area, takuma Cho, and is under pre-operation. |
| AUGUST,1998 |
100th Anniversary. |
| NOVEMBER,2000 |
Acquired ISO 9001 certification. |
| AUGUST,2003 |
Acquired SONY GREEN PARTNER certification. |
| SEPTEMBER,2005 |
Acquired ISO 14001 certification. |
| APRIL, 2017 |
Established ORC HOLDINGS CO., LTD. |
| MARCH, 2018 |
Established ORC JAPAN CORPORATION |
| JUNE, 2018 |
Transited to a new company structure due to a company spin-off.
・ORC HOLDINGS CO., LTD. …General Affairs Department
・ORC JAPAN CORPORATION …Sales Department
・OYANE RIKI MFG. CO., LTD. …Production Department |
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