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.