| 1950-11 |
Founded Tokyo Office of Kanazawa Cart-Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| 1955-01 |
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 |
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). |
| 1960-04 |
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. |
| 1961-11 |
Received an award from the Director of the Smaller and Medium Enterprise Agency for excellent management and the advanced technology. |
| 1968-07 |
Rebuilt the head office at Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ward, Tokyo |
| 1968-08 |
Succeeded in developing SHONY brand tractor winch |
| 1969-12 |
Completed the full reconstruction and expansion of the Tokyo Plant |
| 1971-03 |
Opened Osaka Office at Awaza, Nishi-ward, Osaka |
| 1975-08 |
Opened North America Office in Winnipeg, Manioba, Canada to promote sales, service guidance of SHONY tractor winch in U.S.A. and Canada |
| 1978-04 |
Expanded the assembly lines of SHONY tractor winches at the Tokyo Plant. |
| 1978-04 |
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. |
| 1986-04 |
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. |
| 1988-09 |
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. |
| 1990-01 |
Constructed a new factory to plan expansion the production division: The preparation room for the new factory was to be opened. |
| 1990-07 |
Started business with major bed manufactures & O.E.M. medical equipment manufacturers. |
| 1991-02 |
Started development of new solid tire"NS6 x 1.50&8 x 2.00". |
| 1992-08 |
Started development of castor for roll-containers. |
| 1993-06 |
Started sales of Noiseless trollies "SEION SERIES". |
| 1993-11 |
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. |
| 1994-01 |
Established a part of manufacturing spot in China. |
| 1994-07 |
Started the business cooperation with Catis Products Co., Ltd. in Taiwan. |
| 1994-08 |
Started development of steel trollies"JACK150&200N". |
| 1995-04 |
Started development of materials handling control system by a ball container making use of universal gravitation. |
| 1995-09 |
Started development of new Designed stopper for Trollies. |
| 1995-10 |
Started development of noiseless plastic trollies"PLA150 & 300". |
| 1996-10 |
Sales of "Pick Cart SEION" started. |
| 1997-05 |
Started development of new noiseless plastic castor, SEION130mm. |
| 1997-07 |
Started development of steel trolley, JACK300. |
| 1998-02 |
Started development of new noiseless Plastic Castor, SEION100mm. |
| 1998-03 |
Started development of pallet carrier, PALLESTAR. |
| 1998-06 |
Started export of SEION Series to European countries. |
| 1998-08 |
Started import of castors for flower auction carts. |
| 1998-08 |
Started development of plastic trollies"PLA150Y-DX". |
| 1998-11 |
Started development of noiseless net trollies. |
| 2000-03 |
Participated in Hannover Messe 2000 in commemoration of 50th Anniversary and received high evaluation. |
| 2000-06 |
Appointed of Hisayuki Ogura to President, Reorganized the internal system. |
| 2001-02 |
Obtained Patent for "SEION" castors |
| 2002-05 |
Obtained Patent for PLA Deck |
| 2002-06 |
Obtained Patent for new stopper of hand trucks |
| 2004-03 |
Obtained Patent for DB Series hand truck with new brake system |
| 2004-09 |
Introduced PLA250 "SEION" Series hand truck |
| 2004-10 |
Obtained Trademark right for "SEION" |
| 2004-10 |
Exhibited at the Tokyo Pack Exhibition to introduce our new products. |
| 2004-12 |
Obtained ISO9001 by Bsi (British Standard Association) |
| 2005-11 |
Held celebration of 55th and 50th anniversary of company inauguration & establishment and 80 years old birthday of Shoni Ogura, the founder. |
| 2006-03 |
Obtained ISO14001 by Bsi (British Standard Association) |
| 2006-04 |
Introduced new hand truck, "GREEN SEION" Series, friendly to Human ecology |
| 2006-10 |
Participated in Tokyo Pack Exhibition to introduce various new products. |
| 2008-09 |
Participated in the international logistics exhibition to introduce various new products. |
| 2008-10 |
Continued to participate in the international logistics exhibition |
| 2009-11 |
Reinforced crackdown on importing the counterfeit hand trucks which landed in Japan at the first time. |
| 2010-10 |
Participated in the Tokyo Pack Exhibition to introduce various new products. |
| 2011-03 |
Donated 200 units of our hand truck to the disaster area, Tagajo City, Miyagi Prefecture after the Great East Japan Earthquake hit there. |
| 2011-04 |
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. |
| 2011-11 |
Shoji Ogura, the founder of Kanatsu, passed away. Held a funeral with his company-staffs and his family members together. |
| 2012-06 |
Transferred the headquarters from Sotokanda 2-Chome to 1-Chome after renovating the company's own building in the 1-Chome. |
| 2012-07 |
Established a Product-Development office in the factory. |
| 2012-07 |
Started in the ISO management: The factory is certified with the environment ISO by Intertek. |
| 2012-10 |
Purchased the Toyota hybrid car "Prius", the energy efficient car approved by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy, for the commercial usage. |
| 2013-07 |
Introduced the hand trucks attaching the hand stopper. |
| 2013-07 |
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. |
| 2013-10 |
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 |
| 2013-12 |
Installed the environmentally friendly LED lights for lighting in the factory. |
| 2014-03 |
Installed the environmentally friendly LED lights for lighting also in the head office. |
| 2014-10 |
Participated in the Logis-Tech Tokyo Exhibition to introduce various new products. |
| 2015-01 |
Set up an affiliate company that Kanatsu invested in Malaysia. |
| 2015-01 |
Celebrated the 60th anniversary of establishment. |
| 2015-02 |
Obtained a patent for hand stopper. |
