History

1956〜1969

1956	April	TAIKO KIKAI INDUSTRIES Co., Ltd. was established at the present location with a capital of $170,000 (¥17,000,000) and began design, production and sale of TAIKO Segmental Gear Pumps (patent No. 221928).
1958	May	Opened Tokyo office
1960	April	Opened Osaka office
1963	April	Tokyo and Osaka offices became permanent.
1965	January	Supplied fuel oil pump for Antarctic research ship ‘Fuji’.
	April	Kyushu factory completed. Began design, production and sale of centrifugal pump and sand pump.
1968	October	Began design, production and sale of Rotary Blowers.
1969	September	Introduced Quality Control (QC).
	December	Expanded Rotary Blowers test factory.

1970〜1979

1971	October	Began design, production and sale of Sewage treatment Device.
	November	Introduced electric office calculator.
1972	March	Licensed as authorized general construction group (construction industry machines and equipment installation) by the Governor of Yamaguchi prefecture.
	April	Environment Business Division launched.
1974	November	Licensed as authorized manufacturer of Gear Pumps (Ship Safety Act Article 6-2) by the Minister of Transportation.
1975	March	Licensed as authorized construction group in general (piping installation business equipment) and specialized fields (sewage treatment facility construction) by the Minister of Construction.
	October	Began design, production and sale of One Screw, Two Screw and Three Screw Pumps.
1976	June	Began design, production and sale of Marine Oily Water Separators.
1978	March	License renewed as authorized construction group in general and specialized fields by the Minister of Construction.
1979	November	License extended as authorized manufacturer of Centrifugal Pumps (Ship Safety Act Article 6-2) by the Minister of Transportation.

1980〜1989

1980	July	Contract with Japan Ship Machinery and Equipment Association (JSMEA, a nonprofit body) for “highly viscous oil suction performance experiment on land.”
1981	March	License renewed as authorized construction group in general and specialized fields by the Minister of Construction.
	April	Supplied main engine integrated pump and engine room pump for Antarctic research ship ‘Shirase’.
1983	April	Implement TQC (Total Quality Control).
	August	New facility for the exclusive testing and inspection of Centrifugal Pumps completed.
	December	Entered into a license agreement with IMO AB (Sweden) for Tank-mounted Lubrication Oil Pumps.
1984	March	License renewed as authorized construction group in general and specialized fields by the Minister of Construction.
	April	Started numbering system to manage materials.
	November	Licensed extended as an authorized manufacturer of Screw Pumps (Ship Safety Act Article 6-2) by the Minister of Transportation.
1985	January	Started numbering system to manage applications of marine approval.
1986	April	Tokyo and Osaka permanent offices became branches.
	October	Began design, production and sale of Oil-free Screw Dry Vacuum Pumps.
	December	Provided technical assistance to Changsha Blower Works (China) as cooperation efforts in developing rotary blower technology.
1987	March	Licensed renewed as authorized construction group in general (Set up equipment for civil works construction and electrical construction industries) and specialized fields (sewage treatment facility construction and pipe construction industries) by the Minister of Construction.
1989	October	Introduced EWS/CAD (computer-aided drafting and design system).
	November	License renewed, authorization as a manufacturer of Pumps (Ship Safety Act Article 6-2) by the Minister of Transportation extended.

1990〜1999

1990	March	License renewed as authorized construction group in general and specialized fields (Pipe construction industry) by the Minister of Construction.
	October	Introduced Light file system.
1991	November	Komedashi Factory completed.
1992	July	Began operating TCIM system. (TAIKO Computer Integrated Manufacturing)
1993	March	License renewed as authorized construction group in general and specialized fields by the Minister of Construction. Vacuum Pump (constant temperature) Production Factory completed.
1994	April	Office established in Beijing, China.
	September	Provided centrifugal pump and gear pump technologies to Industry Pump General Plant. (Tianjin City, China)
	November	License renewed and authorization as a manufacturer of Pumps (Ship Safety Act Article 6-2) extended by the Minister of Transportation.
	December	Began output service for EWS/CAD data FD
1995	June	Established SHANDONG ZHANGHUANG MACHINERY INDUSTRIES Co., Ltd. (China)
	December	Expanded Vacuum Pump Production Factory. (Technical Division and Research and Development Department transferred in)
1996	March	Renewed license as authorized construction group in general and specialized fields by the Minister of Construction. Restaurants completed.
	July	Provided rotary blower technology to Zhangqiu Blower Factory, Shandong Province, China.
1997	July	Contracted exclusive sales agreement for Electrical Deepwell Pumps in Japanese market with MarFlex BV. (Netherlands)
	September	Received type approval for marine pump production by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK).
	October	Received type approval for mass production equipment by NK.
1999	February	Received ISO 9001 and JIS Z9901 Certification for Vacuum Pumps from Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (class NK).
	November	License renewed as a manufacturer of Pumps (Ship Safety Act Article 6-2) by the Minister of Transportation.

2000〜2009

2000	January	Established SHANDONG FENGHUANG FOUNDRY Co., Ltd. (China)
	February	Received ISO 9001 and JIS Z9901 Certification for Gear Pumps, One Screw Pumps, Two Screw Pumps, Three Screw Pumps, Centrifugal Pumps, Rotary Blowers, Oily Water Separators, Sewage Treatment Devices and Sludge Agitators.
2001	August	Established SHANDONG TAIKO MACHINERY Co., Ltd. (China)
2003	March	Established CHONGQING TAIKO AND KANGDA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd. (China) Received ISO9001 2000 version (JIS Q 9001).
	April	Representative office opened in Shanghai, China.
	September	Received type approval of pump and factory by ABS.
2004	January	The No.5 test and service factory completed.
	December	Established YOSHIKAWA Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) jointly with YOSHIKAWA.
2005	January	The 2nd Vacuum Pump (constant temperature) Production Factory completed.
	July	Received type approval of pump by CCS.
	September	Established TAIKO KIKAI (QINGDAO) Co., Ltd. in China.
	November	Established SECOH SHANGHAI MEC. LTD. in China.
2006	March	Received type approval of factory by BV.
	April	Selected by the Ministry of Economy and Industry as one of the 300 top Small and Medium Enterprises.
	October	Received type approval of factory by DNV.
2007	August	Received type approval of factory by CCS.
	October	Received type approval of factory by KR.
2008	April	TAIKO KIKAI and SECOH SANGYOH merge. Electromagnetic Division launched.
	May	Received type approval of factory by LR.
	June	Jointed “TEAM MINUS 6%” for greenhouse gas reduction.
2009	January	Established a new automatic warehouse.
	November	TAIKO KIKAI (QINGDAO) Co., Ltd. / Shanghai service center was established in People’s Republic of China.

2010〜2017

2010	February	Received type approval of factory by GL. Received ISO9001 2008 version. (JIS Q 9001 2008)
	August	TAIKO VACUUM TECH Co., Ltd. was established in South Korea.
2011	January	Owned YOSHIKAWA Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) as TAIKO’s subsidiary company.
2013	March	We have kicked off Mega solar business.
	October	Began solar power generation at the head office and the Second factory.
2014	July	Start the sales of Diaphragm blower TKO series.
2015	March	Start the sales of small scale hydraulic power generation systems. Start the operation of the first unit of small scale hydraulic power generation system. (Electricity sales to grid)
2016	May	Increased capital investment ＄1,000,000 (￥100,000,000).
	July	Established TAIKO HOLDINGS. At the same time, TAIKO KIKAI INDUSTRIES becomes a member of TAIKO HOLDINGS group.
	September	Launched employee stock ownership.
	December	Received type approval of factory by DNV GL. (Certification through merger of DNV and GL.)
2017	February	Established Singapore Representative Office. Received ISO9001 2015 version. (JIS Q 9001 2015)
2018	January	YOSHIKAWA Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) changed the company name to TAIKO FLOW SOLUTION Co., Ltd.
	February	CHUGOKU ELECTRIC SERVICE CO., LTD. and MarFlex Holding B.V. became group companies of TAIKO HOLDINGS.
	April	Rebuilt a main building in a head office.
	July	Singapore Representative Office changed for a local subsidiary; Established TAIKO ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.
	August	Received type approval of factory by RS.
2021	January	Received the Energy Conservation Award by Small and Medium Enterprise Agency Commissioner's Award (Product / Business Model Category) Public water treatment energy-saving rotary blower "TBS / RSH" series
	July	Diaphragm blower "TIP" series completed and on sale
	December	Sanyo Design Industry Co., Ltd. Becomes a member of TAIKO HOLDINGS group.