Corporate History
Oct.2006 Increased capital to 309.6 million yen.
Jan.2005 Automotive Products Group was certified according to ISO/TS 16949:2002(IATF/UL).
Nov.2003 Established KURASHlKl KAKO CHINA DALIAN in China.
Feb.2003 Established KURASHlKl KAKO NORTH AMERlCA, lNC. in Detroit, USA.
Oct.2002 Hiroshima Semi Branch Office was upgraded.
May 2002 Began providing technical support for SEMYUNG lNDUSTRlAL CO., LTD., Korea.
Apr.2002 Tokyo Branch Office was upgraded.
Dec.2001 Company was certified according to lS014001(JQA-EM2045).
Jan.2001 Automotive Products Group was certified according to QS-9000(JQA-QS0131).
Dec.2000 Industrial Products Group was certified according to IS09001(JQA-QM5651).
Nov.2000 lntroduced Triaxial Elastomer Tester.
June 1998 Automotive Products Group was certified according to IS09001(JQA-2441).
May 1998 Automotive Products Group was certified as an excellent quality assurance supplier by MAZDA.
Oct.1997 Launched ECOLOCK, water permeable elastic rubber block.
July 1996 Established KURASHlKl SlAM RUBBER in Thailand as a foreign manufacturing joint venture.
Aug.1991 Completed New Technology Development Center.
lntroduced a chassis dynamometer.
July 1990 Established GKK AUTOMOTlVE, as a corporate joint venture with GEN CORP, in Ohio, USA.
Nov.1989 Began providing technical support for GENCORP AUTOMOTlVE(now Trelleborg Automolive.,USA).
Oct.1989 Received Excellent PM Prize for our TPM activities.
Dec.1988 Began providing technical support for TELEDYNE MONARCH(now PAULSTRA CRC,USA).
Apr.1988 Established Sendai Branch Office.
May 1986 Began providing technical support for DAlTO SANGYO(now DAE KYUNG CHEMICAL, Korea).
Nov.1982 lntroduced CAD/CAM system.
Sep.1982 Completed Product Development Center to strengthen design and development.
Apr.1977 Established Fukuoka Branch Office.
Sep.1973 Established Nagoya Branch Office.
Apr.1972 Started a two group system: Automotive Products and lndustrial Products.
July,1971 Established Osaka Branch Office.
Apr.1971 Established Tokyo Branch Office.
Jan.1971 Received the Sanyo Newspaper Award for our development of Hl-MOUNT.
Dec.1964 Completed facilities. Started manufacturing torsion rubber springs and hoses.
Mar.1964 Established.
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