| 1929 |
Manufacturing of grinding machines for in-house use at Toyo Kogyo (today's Mazda) started |
| 1940 |
Manufacturing of internal grinding machines started |
| 1950 |
Han-ei Machinery Co., Ltd., a sales company and the legal
origin of our company, was established |
| 1953 |
Full-scale production of machine tools started |
| 1956 |
Manufacturing of new automatic precision internal grinding
machines started |
| 1963 |
Technical agreement for honing machines was made with Micromatic
Hone Corp. |
| 1966 |
Technical agreement for super finishing was made with Supfina
Corp. |
| 1968 |
Technical agreement for TiC coating was made with Metall Gesellschaft
AG |
| 1972 |
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Prize was awarded
for the development of the internal grinding machines with adaptive
control system |
| 1981 |
Manufacturing of CNC internal grinding machines started |
| Toyo TiC Corp. (our present Nagoya Plant) was established |
| 1983 |
Manufacturing of centerless grinding machines for inner ring
outer groove of bearings started |
| 1985 |
Automobile components business begins |
| 1986 |
"TOYOMATIC", our own CNC for internal grinding machines, was
developed |
| CNC multi-profile grinding machines were developed |
| Cumulative production of internal grinding machines reached 6,000 units |
| Tokyo Hard Coat Corp. (our present Tokyo Plant) was established |
| 1989 |
Mazda's machine tool division became an independent company
and named Toyo Advanced Technologies Co., Ltd. |
| 1990 |
Slicing machine was developed |
| 1991 |
Scroll cutting machine was developed |
| 1992 |
Multi-face CNC grinding machine was developed |
| The Technology Prize was awarded for the development of slicing machine by the Japan Society for Precision Engineering |
| 1993 |
Gear honing machine was developed |
| 1994 |
End-face grinding machine was developed |
| 1995 |
The Technology Prize was awarded for the development of scroll
cutting machine by the Japan Society for Precision Engineering |
| 1996 |
Toyo TiC Corp. and Tokyo Hard Coat Corp. were merged |
| Technical agreement for wire saws was made with HCT Shaping System SA |
| Cumulative production of internal grinding machines reached 8,000 units |
| 1997 |
The company merged with Toyo Machine Tools Sales Co., Ltd.
to integrate production with sales |
| The "Excellent Quality Assurance Certificate" was awarded by Mazda Motor Corporation |
| 1998 |
The Technology Prize was awarded for the development of CNC
internal grinding machine by the Japan Society for Precision
Engineering |
| 1999 |
ISO9001 certification obtained (machine tool business) |
| 2000 |
50th anniversary |
| ISO14001 certification obtained (Head Office and Hiroshima Plant) |
| 2001 |
T-72 Internal Grinding Machine was awarded Best Technical
Prize |
| Office was opened in the US |
| Cumulative production of internal grinding machines reached 9,000 units |
| Vane slot grinding machines were developed |
| 2002 |
ISO9001 certification obtained (hard-coating business) |
| Technical Training Center was founded |
| Developed oil pumps for CVTs |
| QS9000 and ISO9001 certification obtained (automobile parts business) |
| 2004 |
Production of oil pumps reached 9 million units |
| 2005 |
Vertical grinding machines were developed |
| Production of oil pumps reached 10 million units |
| ISO/TS16949 certification obtained (automobile parts business) |
| 2006 |
Cumulative production of internal grinding machines reached
10,000 units |
| 2007 |
ISO 13485:2003 certification obtained (Head Office and Tokyo
Plant) |
| 2008 |
Nadcap certification obtained (Nagoya Plant) |
| PVD furnace developed |
| 2009 |
Diamond wire cutting machine was developed and its marketing started |
| Production of oil pumps reached 15 million units |