ABOUT US
HISTORY
Establishment
- Company Name
- KATSUYAMA KIKAI,LTD.
1920's～
- 1923
- Established Katsuyama Syokai, a general partnership company, in Ginza Tokyo
- 1937
- Opened an Osaka branch office, in Satsumabori, Nishi-ku, Osaka
- 1946
- Spun off the Osaka branch office from the general partnership company, as Katsuyama Syokai Limited
1950's～
- 1961
- Katsuyama Syokai Limited changed its name to Katsuyama Kikai Ltd.
- 1965
- With regulatory approval, established TRACTEL JAPAN LTD, a joint venture company with TRACTEL S.A., FRANCE
- 1976
- Relocated the head office to the current address: Osaka Dai-Ni Building, in front of Osaka Station
1980's～
- 1980
- Established TKGONDOLA (S) PTE LTD (Singapore)
- 1984
- Tatsuo Kimura (then President)received the Order of the Sacred Treasure from Japan's Cabinet Office
- 1987
- Tatsuo Kimura assumed the position of Chairman. Yuichi Kimura became President
- 1988
- Established a joint company,TKT GONDLA CORPORATION(Taiwan) (currently TKT CORP.)
- 1997
- Opened Tobu Ryutsu Center (TRC) in Oizumi, Gunma
2000's～
- 2001
- Established TKKOREA Co., Ltd. (Korea)
- 2002
- SUEHIRO INDUSTRIES LTD. joined the Katsuyama Group
- 2004
- FUJI TSUSYO LTD. merged into the Katsuyama Group
- 2005
- TKGS (Singapore) changed its name to Katsuyama Group(S) Pte. Ltd.
- 2006
- Yuichi Kimura took the position of Chairman. Goro Kimura became President
- 2009
- Katsuyama Kikai took over sales functions, Engineering and Manufacturing functions from Suehiro Industries
2010's～
- 2011
- Opened the Tokyo Business Headquarters (Shinagawa, Tokyo)
- 2012
- TIR Corporation merged into Katsuyama Kikai, Ltd.
- 2013
- Relocated the head office to Kobe and consolidated the production engineering divisions
- 2015
- Established Katsuyama Group, INC. (USA)
2020's～
- 2021
- Opened the Kobe Creative Studio
