| 1918 |
May |
Founded by Kinnosuke Sakai at 3-chome, Nishi-Shibaura,
Shiba-ku, Tokyo for manufacture of parts for and repair of automobiles
and locomotives |
| 1927 |
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Starts manufacturing locomotives |
| 1929 |
|
As the scale of civil works expands, starts manufacturing
road rollers.
Continued capital investment driven by increasing demand leads to a dramatic growth in business |
| 1935 |
|
Overseas business is initiated with the export of road
rollers to Thailand |
| 1945 |
May |
Loses head office and majority of essential factory due
to air raids |
| 1946 |
Sept. |
Ex-president Tomoyoshi Sakai starts factory reconstruction
for corporate revival |
| 1949 |
May
| Reforms the operation to incorporate it as SAKAI WORKS,
LTD. with paid-in capital of 2 million yen |
| 1950 |
|
Around this year, inquiries from domestic and overseas
markets start to flourish, triggering exports to Phillippines, Thailand
and Pakistan |
| 1956 |
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Starts manufacturing vibrating rollers (SR1) and road stabilizers
(PM103) |
| 1959 |
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Starts manufacturing tire rollers (TR41) |
| 1961 |
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For the first time in its corporate history, executes technical
licensing agreements; Grants license to manufacture vibrating rollers,
etc. to Garlic, India.
Aquires manufacturing license on asphalt finisher (304F), etc. from Ammann, Switzerland. |
| 1964 |
Jan. |
Builds Kurihashi Factory in Saitama as a heavy maintenance
work shop |
| Sept. |
Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange, Second Section. |
|
Obtains manufacturing license of rotary snow remover (SFT1910,
etc.) and snow plow from Peter, Switzerland |
|
Recognized by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
for its export activity |
| 1965 |
Apr. |
As its business grows, constructs Tokyo Factory in Kawagoe-city,
Saitama pref. Installed state-of-the-art equipment and machine tools |
|
Obtains technical license on snow melter from Thermal,
U.S.A. |
| 1967 |
Mar. |
Changes corporate name to SAKAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
|
Discontinues manufacturing of locomotives with drastic
drop in its demand due to change-over in lumber transportation to trucking
by Forestry Agency |
| 1968 |
|
Launches hydrostatic drive 3-wheel roller, all drums having
equal diameter and equal line pressure (R1) |
| 1970 |
|
Acquires manufacturing license of wheel loaders (L4 and
other models) and Dumpers (D4 and other models) from O&K of West Germany
at the time |
|
Obtains manufacturing license for double drum vibrating
roller (VVW3400) from Rosenhausen of West Germany at the time. |
| Jul. |
Establishes P.T. SAKAI SAKTI, a joint venture company in
Jakarta, Indonesia to start assembly and repair of road rollers. |
| 1972 |
Jan. |
Establishes Unite Lease Co., Ltd. jointly with Yuasa Trading
Co. for leasing and sale of construction equipment |
| Nov. |
Establishes SAKAI ENGINEERING (In Dec. 1980 changes its
name to SAKAI CRANE CORP. and later, SAKAI KIKO in May 1995) and DEVELOPER
SAKAI (merges with SAKAI CRANE in May 1985) |
|
Launches hydrostatic drive wheel mounted road planer (ER160) |
| 1973 |
Mar. |
Establishes NIPPON IDC Co., Ltd. joint venture with IDC,
U.S.A. and Mitsui & Co. for manufacture and sale of waste treatment systems |
| Apr. |
Builds Mohka Factory in Tochigi pref. to specialize in
manufacturing of small size construction equipment |
| Nov. |
Reorganize Kurihashi Factory as Kurihashi Services and
Training Center (currently Product Support Department) to function as
training and parts center |
| Dec. |
Establishes SAKAI (HONG KONG) LTD. in Hong Kong for the
purposes of investment, finance and trade |
| 1974 |
|
Launches large size combined vibrating roller (SV100) which
later wins the 5th Industrial Machine Design Award in 1975 |
| 1975 |
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Launches hydrostatic drive feed loader (FL50) to pick-up
material milled by road planer |
| 1976 |
Apr. |
Establishes SAKAI AMERICA, INC. in Delaware, U.S.A. for
the purpose of import/export and sale of construction equipment |
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Launches road heater (GH180) as an auxiliary machine for
road planer |
| 1977 |
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Launches large size vibrating rollers for heavy earth work
application |
| 1979 |
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Completes entire line-up of vibrating rollers of various
types with the introduction of double drum vibrating roller (SW70) |
|
Launches vibrating plate compactor (PC7) |
| 1981 |
Apr. |
Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section |
| 1982 |
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Launches vibrating tamper (VT6) and small diameter pipe
thrust machine (SB1) |
|
Develops asphalt compaction control system (RECOM) |
| 1983 |
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Launches Preheater (PH300) and Repaver-Remixer (RM1000)
for in-place asphalt pavement recycling |
| 1984 |
Jan. |
Inaugurates Technical Laboratoty in Kurihashi-machi, Saitama
prefecture |
| 1986 |
|
Launches nutation roller (N3) |
| 1988 |
Apr. |
Establishes COMODO CO., LTD. |
| 1989 |
Apr. |
Establishes SAKAI ENGINEERING CO., LTD. |
| Jun. |
Becomes the principal shareholder of TOKYO FUJI CO., LTD. |
| Oct. |
Establishes BRIGHT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Executes Importer & Distributorship Agreement with JCB, of U.K. and starts distribution of their products in Japan |
| 1990 |
|
Launches vertical vibrating roller (SD450) and obtains
Certificate for Private Development of Construction Engineering from the
facility authorized by the Ministry of Construction for its performance |
| 1991 |
Jan. |
Inaugurates Mohka Factory No.2 |
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Starts manufacturing water sprinkler trucks |
| 1993 |
Feb. |
Inaugurates Training Center within premises of Product
Support Department, Kurihashi, Saitama pref. |
|
Launches track mounted road planer (ER750CF) for speedy
and heavy-duty highway maintenance works |
| 1995 |
Jan. |
Establishes P.T. SAKAI INDONESIA, Jakarta, Indonesia for
manufacture and sale of small construction equipment and parts |
|
Launches mini asphalt finisher (PT310) |
| 1996 |
Jan. |
Obtains certification of ISO9001 for quality assurance
by International Standardization Organization (ISO) |
| Feb. |
Constructs Test Building having soil compaction test pit
within Technical Laboratory |
|
Launches water absorbent pavement revival vehicle (Clean
Jet CJ400) and obtains certificate of assessment in accordance with Construction
Engineering Assessment System by the Ministry of Construction |
| 2000 |
Jan. |
We have established our subsidiary 'SAKAI AMERICA MANUFACTURING,INC.'
in Georgia manufacturing the road construction machinery. |
| 2001 |
May |
To strengthen the North American sales and production base, Sakai America, Inc. was relocated to Georgiafrom Delaware, USA. |
| 2002 |
Aug. |
Mooka Factory sold under the consolidation of production facilities. |
| 2003 |
Feb. |
Established a new subsidiary, Sakai Industries (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., in Shanghai, China for the production and sale of construction equipment. |
| 2004 |
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Developed the world’s first vibratory tire roller GW750. |
| 2005 |
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Acquired the Eco-mark for “Naparan Eco-W,” a water-soluble anti-adhesive agent for asphalt composites. |
| 2006 |
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Developed the world’s first vibratory Macadam roller MW700 |
| 2007 |
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Developed the hydraulic driven wheeled road cutter ER552F |
| 2008 |
Feb. |
Established “PT Sakai Road Machinery Indonesia” in the suburbs of Jakarta, Indonesia, to increase and strengthen productivity. |
| Dec. |
Merged Sakai America Inc with Sakai America Manufacturing Inc and after the merger, renamed the company Sakai America Inc. |
| 2009 |
Mar. |
Integrated Hokuriku and Nagoya Sales Offices. |
| Jul. |
Relocated Nagoya Sales Office from Nakamura-ku to Meito-ku, Nagoya City. |
