| History |
| Dec.1937 |
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Began steel products business under private
management. |
| Apr.1938 |
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Founded limited partnership, Funabori Forging. |
| Jun.1947 |
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Founded Shimizu Store Co.,Ltd.. as incorporated
organization. |
| Aug.1949 |
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Built iron scrap pressing factory in Hirai,Edogawa-ku,Tokyo |
| Mar.1956 |
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Founded Shimizu Forgings Co.,Ltd.(formerly
Tokyo Works),and began manufacturing business
with production of steel forgings |
| Feb.1958 |
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Certified by L.R.,A.B. and N.K. |
| Jul.1959 |
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Began operating new equipment f hot-rolled
bar at Tokyo Works. |
| Feb.1962 |
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Installed steel forging manipulator |
| Dec.1968 |
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Changed name from Shimizu Store Co.,Ltd.
to Shimizu Steel Co.,Ltd. |
| Jan.1969 |
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Completed head office building. |
| May.1969 |
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Built steel products warehouse at Tokyo Steel
Products Dealers Association,No.1 Urayasu
steel industrial park. |
| Dec.1969 |
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Tokyo Works became JIS-approved. |
| Jun.1970 |
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Founded Shimizu Steel Making Co.,Ltd. with
capital of 50 million yen. |
|
Started constructing 40t electric furnace
steel making works at Yufutsu industrial
park in Tomakomai city,Hokkaido. |
| Jun.1970 |
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Completed steel making works and began product
operation. |
| Mar,1974 |
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Increased capital to 100 million yen. |
| Feb.1979 |
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Patented Shimizu Steel Scrap Preheat |
|
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After receiving first overseas trainees from
Singapore,received 243 overseas trainees
from 21 countries. |
| Aug.1980 |
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Entrusted by New Technology Development Foundation,Shimizu
Steel Making Co.,Ltd. participated
in a project
in joint development with Mitsubishi
Heavy
Industries, as an experimental factory
for
Continuous Steel Making( C.S.M) for
the first
time in the world.Finished project
in December. |
| Feb.1981 |
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Obtained site for Utsunomiya Works at Kiyohara
industrial park,Utsunomiya. |
| Aug.1982 |
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Completed Utsunomiya Works and began operation. |
| Nov.1982 |
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Closed Tokyo Works as Utsunomiya Works began
operation. |
| Mar.1983 |
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Completed Utsunomiya Works at Tokyo Steel
Products Dealers Association, Second Urayasu
Steel Industrial Park. |
| Oct.1983 |
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Merged Shimizu Steel Making Co.,Ltd. and
Changed name to Tomakomai Works with
capital
of 105 million yen. |
| May.1985 |
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Completed Steel Making Works at Tomakomai
Works and began producing deformed
bar and
plain bar by rolling direct from electric
furnace. |
| Aug.1990 |
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Completed steel product warehouse at Second
Urayasu Steel Industrial Park. |
| Apr.1992 |
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Transferred steel product division to Urayasu.
Changed name from Urayasu Factory to Urayasu
Office. |
| Mar.1995 |
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Began constructing new steeling factory at
Tomakomai Works. |
| Apr.1996 |
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Began operation of direct electric furnace
at Tomakomai Works. |
| Aug.1997 |
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Began using natural gas a new energy source
at Tomakomai Works. |
| Oct.1999 |
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Tomakomai Works obtained ISO9002 certification. |
| Dec.1999 |
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Utsunomiya Works obtained ISO9002 certification. |
| Apr.2000 |
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Headquarters moved from Sumida-ku. Tokyo,
to Urayasu city,Chiba. |