| 1950年11月 |
Founded Tokyo Office of Kanazawa Cart-Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| 1955年01月 |
Tokyo Office reorganizes as KANAZAWZA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.., at Hatago-Cho, Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ward, Tokyo. Shoni Ogura took office as President. Concluded a contract to supply 30,000 tractor-& cartwheels to the People's Republic of China, which was the first big order since the company's foundation. |
| 1957年 |
KANAZAWA earned a reputation in the industry for wheels and linings as a result of a big order for truck wheels and brake linings from the U.S. Army Procurement Agency or Japan (APA). |
| 1960年04月 |
Constructed the Tokyo Plant in Edogawa-ward, Tokyo. In compliance with the 5-year plan for exporting the Kanazawa brand, the President visited 21 countries in North & South America, Europe, The Middle-East and Southeast Asia for market research, seeking possibility of expanding business in these areas. |
| 1961年11月 |
Received an award from the Director of the Smaller and Medium Enterprise Agency for excellent management and the advanced technology. |
| 1968年07月 |
Rebuilt the head office at Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ward, Tokyo |
| 1968年08月 |
Succeeded in developing SHONY brand tractor winch |
| 1969年12月 |
Completed the full reconstruction and expansion of the Tokyo Plant |
| 1971年03月 |
Opened Osaka Office at Awaza, Nishi-ward, Osaka |
| 1975年08月 |
Opened North America Office in Winnipeg, Manioba, Canada to promote sales, service guidance of SHONY tractor winch in U.S.A. and Canada |
| 1978年04月 |
Expanded the assembly lines of SHONY tractor winches at the Tokyo Plant. |
| 1978年04月 |
President Shoni Ogura received the Blue Ribbon Medal for many years of social welfare activities (Komyo Movement) based on the management ideas of Kanazawa industrial Co., Ltd. |
| 1986年04月 |
Started acting as the general agent of Rhombus, West Germany, to start selling Japanese-made Rhombus medical castors, and planned to develop producing the medical equipment in Japan. |
| 1988年09月 |
Started to sell, Plastic Castor, all plastic castors for hand trucks, the first of their kind in the castor industry. Kanatsu cooperated with Colson Castor Corporation, U.S.A. and Colson Europe, U.K. |
| 1990年01月 |
Constructed a new factory to plan expansion the production division: The preparation room for the new factory was to be opened. |
| 1990年07月 |
Started business with major bed manufactures & O.E.M. medical equipment manufacturers. |
| 1991年02月 |
Started development of new solid tire"NS6 x 1.50&8 x 2.00". |
| 1992年08月 |
Started development of castor for roll-containers. |
| 1993年06月 |
Started sales of Noiseless trollies "SEION SERIES". |
| 1993年11月 |
Completed the construction of New Tokyo Factory at the Hi-Tech Science Park, Tsukuba Tobu Industrial Estate in Ibaraki prefecture, with our expectation of new expansion. |
| 1994年01月 |
Established a part of manufacturing spot in China. |
| 1994年07月 |
Started the business cooperation with Catis Products Co., Ltd. in Taiwan. |
| 1994年08月 |
Started development of steel trollies"JACK150&200N". |
| 1995年04月 |
Started development of materials handling control system by a ball container making use of universal gravitation. |
| 1995年09月 |
Started development of new Designed stopper for Trollies. |
| 1995年10月 |
Started development of noiseless plastic trollies"PLA150 & 300". |
| 1996年10月 |
Sales of "Pick Cart SEION" started. |
| 1997年05月 |
Started development of new noiseless plastic castor, SEION130mm. |
| 1997年07月 |
Started development of steel trolley, JACK300. |
| 1998年02月 |
Started development of new noiseless Plastic Castor, SEION100mm. |
| 1998年03月 |
Started development of pallet carrier, PALLESTAR. |
| 1998年06月 |
Started export of SEION Series to European countries. |
| 1998年08月 |
Started import of castors for flower auction carts. |
| 1998年08月 |
Started development of plastic trollies"PLA150Y-DX". |
| 1998年11月 |
Started development of noiseless net trollies. |
| 2000年03月 |
Participated in Hannover Messe 2000 in commemoration of 50th Anniversary and received high evaluation. |
| 2000年06月 |
Appointed of Hisayuki Ogura to President, Reorganized the internal system. |
| 2001年02月 |
Obtained Patent for "SEION" castors |
| 2002年05月 |
Obtained Patent for PLA Deck |
| 2002年06月 |
Obtained Patent for new stopper of hand trucks |
| 2004年03月 |
Obtained Patent for DB Series hand truck with new brake system |
| 2004年09月 |
Introduced PLA250 "SEION" Series hand truck |
| 2004年10月 |
Obtained Trademark right for "SEION" |
| 2004年10月 |
Exhibited at the Tokyo Pack Exhibition to introduce our new products. |
| 2004年12月 |
Obtained ISO9001 by Bsi (British Standard Association) |
| 2005年11月 |
Held celebration of 55th and 50th anniversary of company inauguration & establishment and 80 years old birthday of Shoni Ogura, the founder. |
| 2006年03月 |
Obtained ISO14001 by Bsi (British Standard Association) |
| 2006年04月 |
Introduced new hand truck, "GREEN SEION" Series, friendly to Human ecology |
| 2006年10月 |
Participated in Tokyo Pack Exhibition to introduce various new products. |
| 2008年09月 |
Participated in the international logistics exhibition to introduce various new products. |
| 2008年10月 |
Continued to participate in the international logistics exhibition |
| 2009年11月 |
Reinforced crackdown on importing the counterfeit hand trucks which landed in Japan at the first time. |
| 2010年10月 |
Participated in the Tokyo Pack Exhibition to introduce various new products. |
| 2011年03月 |
Donated 200 units of our hand truck to the disaster area, Tagajo City, Miyagi Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake hit there. |
| 2011年04月 |
Received the letter of thanks from Mr. Tanigaki, the general manager of the Earthquake Countermeasures Headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party, and a mayor of Tagajo city, Miyagi Prefecture. |
| 2011年11月 |
Shoji Ogura, the founder of Kanatsu, passed away. Held a funeral with his company-staffs and his family members together. |
| 2012年06月 |
Transferred the headquarters from Sotokanda 2-Chome to 1-Chome after renovating the company's own building in the 1-Chome. |
| 2012年07月 |
Established a Product-Development office in the factory. |
| 2012年07月 |
Started in the ISO management: The factory is certified with the environment ISO by Intertek. |
| 2012年10月 |
Purchased the Toyota hybrid car "Prius", the energy efficient car approved by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy, for the commercial usage. |
| 2013年07月 |
Introduced the hand trucks attaching the hand stopper. |
| 2013年07月 |
Started the self-management of ISO9001 (quality) in the company: The factory was continuously certified with the ISO14001 certification by the new certification body Intertek in the same year. |
| 2013年10月 |
Started the project to replace the whole surface of the computer line-of-business systems with the aim of completing by the time welcoming the 65 anniversary of establishment in the end of March, 2015 |
| 2013年12月 |
Installed the environmentally friendly LED lights for lighting in the factory. |
| 2014年03月 |
Installed the environmentally friendly LED lights for lighting also in the head office. |
| 2014年10月 |
Participated in the Logis-Tech Tokyo Exhibition to introduce various new products. |
| 2015年01月 |
Set up an affiliate company that Kanatsu invested in Malaysia. |
| 2015年01月 |
Celebrated the 60th anniversary of establishment. |
| 2015年02月 |
Obtained a patent for hand stopper. |
