Company Background (Company Outline) November 1923 : Founded by Jokichi Watanabe in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo. December 1937 : Company incorporated. May 1945 : Factory established in Yonezawa City in Yamagata prefecture. January 1953 : Spun off Yonezawa Factory into a separate company as YAMAWA TAP Co., Ltd. June 1955 : All products certified to Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) categories. October 1956 : Awarded by the Department of Trade and Industry for superiority in industrial standardization. October 1963 : Awarded by the Institute of Industrial Technology for superiority in industrial standardization. April 1964 : Newly constructed Fukushima Factory began operation. November 1973 : Awarded from the Department of Trade and Industry as superiority in industrial standardization. October 1983 : Established YAMAWA ENGINEERING Co., Ltd. December 1984 : New machine tool manufacturing shop constructed inside the Fukushima Factory. October 1986 : Newly completed Aizu Factory began operation. July 1989 : Newly constructed Taiwan Factory opened. April 1991 : Spun off Fukushima Factory and Aizu Factory into a separate company, YAMAWA PRECISION Co., Ltd. November 1995 : Established TC (Total Cutting) CENTER Co., Ltd. June 1996 : YAMAWA TAP Co., Ltd. obtained ISO 9001 certification. July 2000 : YAMAWA PRECISION Co., Ltd. in Aizu Factory obtained ISO 9001 certification. October 2000 : YAMAWA PRECISION Co., Ltd. in Fukushima Factory also obtained ISO 9001 certification. August 2001 : Established YAMAWA TC CENTER Co., Ltd from TC CENTER. October 2002 : Obtained ISO14001 certification in YAMAWA PRECISION Co., Ltd. at Fukushima Factory. December 2002 : Obtained ISO14001 certification in YAMAWA PRECISION Co., Ltd. at Aizu Factory. January 2003 : Obtained ISO14001 certification in YAMAWA TAP Co.,Ltd. October 2003 : Obtained ISO14001 certificaiton in YAMAWA Mfg. Co.,Ltd. April 2006 : Obtained ISO14001 certification in TAIWAN YAMAWA Co.,Ltd. October 2006 : Spun off Export Dept. into a separate company, YAMAWA INTERNATIONAL Co., Ltd. January 2007 : Spun off Taiwan Sales Dept into a separate company, YAMAWA ASIA Co., Ltd. May 2007 : Obtained ISO14001 certification in YAMAWA ASIA Co.,Ltd. March 2008 : Newly constructed Tsutsumi Factory of Yamawa Mfg began operation. September 2008 : Obtained ISO14001certification in YAMAWA ENGINEERING Co.,Ltd., YAMAWA TC CENTER Co.,Ltd and YAMAWA INTERNATIONAL Co.,Ltd. June 2011 : Obtained ISO14001 and ISO9001 certification in YAMAWA Tsutsumi Factory. February 2012 : Obtained ISO9001 certification in TAIWAN YAMAWA and YAMAWA ASIA. October 2012 : Obtained ISO9001 certification in YAMAWA Mfg. Co., Ltd. December 2013 : Newly constructed Tsutsumi No.2 Factory of Yamawa Mfg. began operation. October 2014 :YAMAWA TC Center Co., LTD. and YAMAWA Engineering Co., LTD. were merged into a new company YAMAWA Engineering Service Co., LTD. ISO 9001/14001 certitication http://www.yamawa.eu/ YAMAWA Manufacturing Co., Ltd.