| 1945 |
Okamura-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa |
| 1945-10-10 |
Okamura founded on October 10 |
| 1948 |
Okamura restructured as a joint-stock company |
| 1948 |
Torque converter R&D started |
| 1951 |
Production started on steel desks and chairs |
| 1951 |
Torque converter production began |
| 1953 |
The N-52, Japan’s first postwar airplane, completed |
| 1955 |
Mikasa, Japan’s first automatic front wheel drive car, developed |
| 1957 |
Mikasa Mark I and Mikasa Sport displayed at the 4th Japan Motor Show |
| 1957 |
Tokyo Sales office and showroom opened in Akasaka |
| 1957 |
Steel office desks and chairs launched |
| 1957 |
Gondola store shelving launched |
| 1957 |
Torque converter for small forklifts developed |
| 1957 |
Mikasa Mark I and Mikasa Sport displayed at the 4th Japan Motor Show (1957) |
| 1957 |
Steel office desks and chairs launched (1957) |
| 1957 |
Gondola store shelving launched (1957) |
| 1958 |
Oppama Plant operations commenced |
| 1962 |
First Okamura Business Show held |
| 1962 |
Isu no Kagaku (Chair Science) PR magazine published |
| 1962 |
First Okamura Business Show held (1962) |
| 1963 |
First Good Design Award G-Mark awarded for a folding chair |
| 1963 |
Technology partnership with the Darling Company in Los Angeles for system gondolas |
| 1964 |
Junior desk and chair launched |
| 1964 |
Technology partnership with AllSteel Inc. (USA) for desks and chairs |
| 1968 |
Products displayed at NOPA Exhibition in New York City |
| 1969 |
Okamura Transport Corporation established |
| 1969 |
Industrial robots developed |
| 1969 |
Technology partnership with the Tyler Refrigeration Corp. (USA) for refrigerated showcases |
| 1969 |
Okamura-Tyler established |
| 1970 |
Tokyo Showroom opened |
| 1970 |
Fuji Plant in Shizuoka completed |
| 1970 |
Okamura listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1970 |
Technology partnership with Palmer Shale company in the USA |
| 1970 |
Heavy Rack (pallet rack) production started |
| 1970 |
Lightweight Shelving launched |
| 1970 |
Tokyo Showroom opened (1970) |
| 1973 |
Headquarters moved to Yokohama Tenri Building |
| 1973 |
Technology partnership with Ermanco Co. in the USA for conveyors |
| 1974 |
Takahata Plant in Yamagata completed |
| 1974 |
New Otani Showroom opened |
| 1975 |
Manufacturing of system kitchen began |
| 1976 |
Movable partitions launched |
| 1976 |
Okamura Multiple Unit Display System launched |
| 1978 |
No-defrost refrigerated showcase system launched |
| 1978 |
Rotary Rack launched |
| 1978 |
Rotary Rack launched (1978) |
| 1979 |
Osaka Showroom opened |
| 1980 |
Office Research Center opened |
| 1980 |
OA-compatible head office opened Various visits / press coverage |
| 1982 |
Rotary rack technology exported to the USA |
| 1984 |
Desk system launched |
| 1986 |
Ergonomic chair launched |
| 1987 |
Siam Okamura Steel Co., Ltd. established in Thailand |
| 1988 |
JT Okamura Steel Co.,Ltd. Established in Okayama |
| 1989 |
Okamura Logistics Corporation established |
| 1990 |
Tsukuba Plant completed in Ibaraki |
| 1991 |
NS Okamura Corporation established in Iwate |
| 1992 |
Okamura International (Singapore) Pte Ltd established |
| 1993 |
3D transport system launched |
| 1994 |
Okamura Business Support Corporation established |
| 1995 |
Technology partnership with OCS in Sweden for overhead conveyor systems |
| 1997 |
Profice Next Generation Office System launched (1997) |
| 1998 |
Fontana refrigerated showcases announced (1998) |
| 2002 |
Contessa ergonomic mesh chair announced (2002) |
| 2009 |
Okamura Chair Museum opened (2009) |
| 2012 |
Rotary Sorter automatic injection / output / sorting system launched (2012) |
| 2014 |
AutoStore robot storage system launched (2014) |
| 2015 |
Swift height-adjustable table launched (2015) |
| 2018 |
TELECUBE by OKAMURA and Snow Hut work booths launched (2018) |
| 2021 |
Sphere task seating announced (2021) |
| 2022 |
Hangzhou Okamura Furniture Co., Ltd. Established |
