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| 秋元利規 |
In 1918 (Taisho 7), founder Mitsuo Kita Kawa established 'Kita Kawa Ship Equipment Manufacturing'.
Its original business was the wooden pulley that supported the logistics of the kippan ships of that era.
The founding spirit was that 'to truly create excellent products, one must produce them with one's own hands,' leading to a refusal to rely on outsourced goods and the initiation of metal casting.
Former Kita Kawa Jōichi founded Kita Kawa Ship Equipment Manufacturing in the area of Kōma, Shimokawane Village, Gotō District, Hiroshima Prefecture, with the purpose of manufacturing and selling wooden ship auxiliary equipment.
Former Mitsuo Kita Kawa (Honorary Chairman) joined Kita Kawa Ship Equipment Manufacturing.
Expanded foundry and machine shops, and began manufacturing and selling steel ship equipment, as well as winding machines for ships, mines, and civil construction.
Established new foundry and machine shops in Hōtani Village, Ashihara District (now Fuchu City), and began manufacturing and selling machinery in addition to existing products.
Transitioned from woodworking to metalworking and changed the company name to Kita Kawa Ironworks.
Established Kita Kawa Ironworks Co., Ltd. (November 28).
Received designation as a simple factory for the Army and Navy, producing main ship engines, auxiliary equipment, and weapons.
Steam engine manufacturing.
Commenced manufacturing and selling industrial machinery and ship machinery, and started a medical facility business.
Developed an oil engine.
Developed a tilt tank mixer.
Started civil engineering and steel bridge construction contracting business.
Entered a technology partnership with America's Miehanite Metal Co. and began manufacturing and selling Miehanite castings.
Established a dedicated Miehanite casting plant.
Becomes a JIS-certified factory for Scroll Chuck No. 5131.
Commenced trading of shares as a retail-approved brand at the Hiroshima regional market.
Acquired the patent license for Shell Mold castings from the Japan Casting Technology Association and began manufacturing and selling.
Commenced trading of shares as a listed-approved brand at the Hiroshima regional market.
Becomes a JIS-certified factory for Power Winch No. 8255.
Relocated headquarters and factory to the current location.
Listed shares as a listed-approved brand on the Tokyo and Osaka First Section markets.
Established the Tokyo plant in Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture (now Saitama City) for manufacturing and contracting various castings, construction machinery, and steel bridge work.
Entered a technology partnership with Sweden's Barlas International and began manufacturing and selling Vertex mixers.
Developed a Power Chuck.
Established the Nakasō factory in Nakasō Town, Fuchū City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Integrated the casting division of the headquarters plant into Shimokawabe factory in Shinozaki Town, Fuchū City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Established the Wakayama plant in Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture (construction machinery, work equipment, and prefabricated houses).
Established the Housing Business Division (prefabricated houses and land development sales).
Developed a Hollow Chuck.
Established a technical partnership with Hofmann in West Germany and began manufacturing and selling cutting devices.
Established the Koyama factory (prefabricated house manufacturing) in Koyama Town, Seto District, Hiroshima Prefecture (now Seto Town).
Began manufacturing and selling ultra-soft ground improvement machines.
Started manufacturing and selling NC circular tables.
Commenced manufacturing and selling deep-soft ground improvement machines.
Entered a technical partnership with Furlart in West Germany for front hollow air chucks.
Established Kitagawa Furlart and began importing and selling machine tools.
Started a sales partnership with Kuschmann in the United States for hydraulic chucks and related products.
Established the Honmatsu factory (dedicated chuck factory) in Honmatsu Town, Fuchu City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Commenced manufacturing and selling lost-wax castings.
Entered a technical partnership with Zoller Alma in West Germany and began selling power vises.
Developed the sea sand de-salination device 'Sand Stabilizer'.
Developed a laser processing machine.
Established KITAGAWA EUROPE LTD. in the United Kingdom and began importing and selling machine tools.
Established KITAGAWA.USA.,INC in Illinois, USA, and began manufacturing the bodies and plungers of standard power chucks.
Established KITAGAWA MANUFACTURING EUROPE LTD. in the Solsbury area of the United Kingdom and began manufacturing power chucks for NC lathes.
MC Power Vise received the Good Design Award.
Held a 50th anniversary celebration ceremony.
Commenced manufacturing and selling the self-propelled three-dimensional parking facility 'PARKING₂'.
Established an Everform (disappearing model casting) line at the Nakasu factory.
Established a new MIM (Metal Injection Molding) line at Shimokawabe Factory.
Commenced manufacturing and sales of the unit house 'UniLock'.
Chucks, cylinders, and NC round tables obtained EN (European) standard certification.
Established KITAGAWA SALES (THAILAND) CO., LTD in Bangkok, Thailand, and began selling machine tools, construction machinery, and raw concrete related products.
The construction machinery and machine tools division obtained ISO 9001 certification.
Commenced manufacturing and sales of recycling plants.
The industrial machinery division (concrete mixer) obtained ISO 9001 certification.
Acquired 90% of the shares of Nihon Kankyo Co., Ltd.
Announced the long-term management plan 'Decade Plan 2011' on the occasion of the company's 60th anniversary.
The metal forming material division (Shimokawabe Factory, Nakasuu Factory) obtained ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 certifications.
Established KITAGAWA (THAILAND) CO., LTD in Chonburi, Thailand, and started the casting business.
Commenced sales of the concrete mixer 'ZCROSS'.
Commenced sales of the rice husk forming machine 'Formul'.
Established a China representative office in Shanghai (transferred to Shanghai Beikawa Tetsu Trading Co., Ltd. in 2009).
Established a representative office in Singapore (converted to a Singapore branch in 2009).
Participated in the capital of Northtech Inc., a subsidiary of Sumikane Motsusan Co., Ltd. (now Nippon Steel Motsusan Co., Ltd.), and began selling machine tools as KITAGAWA-NORTHTECH INC.
Merged with Nihon Kankyo Co., Ltd. and the concrete plant sales department to establish the sales company K&K Plant Co., Ltd.
Established a new ACE casting line at the Tokyo factory.
Established the Fukuyama factory as the core production base for the metal forming material business.
Absorbed and merged K&K Plant Co., Ltd.
Established Shanghai Kitagawa Iron & Steel Trading Co., Ltd.
Established Kitagawa (Shenyang) Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in China.
On the occasion of the company's 70th anniversary, announced the long-term management plan 'Next Decade Plan 2021'.
Established KITAGAWA MEXICO S.A. DE C.V. in the state of Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Launched the robot hand 'Promano'.
Started manufacturing and sales of impact-type pulverizing dryer through a technology partnership with Steel Plantec Co., Ltd.
The Industrial Machinery Division received the VE Activity Excellence Award from the Japan Value Engineering Association.
Started manufacturing and sales of the microgravity environment cell culture device 'Zeromo'.
The gripper 'Promano NTS Series' won the Good Design Award.
Held a commemorative ceremony to celebrate the company's 100th anniversary.
Established AileLinX Co., Ltd. (UAV business).
Renovated the concrete mixer 'ZCROSS' and launched the 'ZCROSS NEO'.
Started sales of the power chuck 'BR Series'.
The power chuck 'BR Series' received the Precision Engineering Society Manufacturing Award.
Obtained IATF16949 certification for the metal forming material division (Fukuyama plant).
The robot hand 'NPGT_S Series' won the Ultra-Making Parts Award – Machinery & Robot Parts Category.
Absorbed and merged with subsidiary Kitash Ironworks Co., Ltd.
Transitioned to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market.
Technology related to the power chuck 'BR Series' and 'Tnut-Plus' received the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Award.
Acquired all shares of System Seiko Co., Ltd. and Kemet Japan Co., Ltd.
Transition to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market
Established KITAGAWA TRADING (THAILAND) Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand
The RKT500 NC-tilt round table from Roragiyakam won the Ultra-Making Parts Award, Machinery & Robotics Parts Award
Merged System Seiko Co., Ltd. and Kemet Japan Co., Ltd. and changed the company name to Kitagawa GresTech Co., Ltd.
Established KITAGAWA TECHNOLOGY INDIA PVT. LTD. in Karnataka, India
Revenue is 33,974 million yen, operating margin is 16.8%, ordinary profit is 3,265 million yen, and net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company is 3,446 million yen. Earnings per share is 280.20 yen, total assets are 89,636 million yen, net assets are 49,431 million yen, and the equity ratio is 55.1%.
The consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027 has been revised. While revenue remains unchanged at 65.7 billion yen, operating profit has been increased to 4.8 billion yen, ordinary profit to 4.9 billion yen, and net profit for the period to 3.6 billion yen. The revision is attributed to higher-than-expected gross profit on large industrial machinery projects in the first half of the year. A dividend forecast revision has also been announced, but the revised dividend amount is not disclosed in the text.
Kitagawa Ironworks has decided to donate 50 million yen to the new building project of Fukuyama City University through the corporate hometown tax program in Fukuyama City. The donation will be used for the construction costs of the new building of the "Department of Information Engineering," scheduled to open in April 2027.
Kitagawa Ironworks Co., Ltd. submitted its interim report for the 117th term (April 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026) to the Kanto Financial Bureau Director on November 13, 2026.
We will introduce the latest technology from Kitagawa that strongly promotes automation and labor-saving. The exhibition guide can be viewed from the information page.
Kitagawa Ironworks, in collaboration with Taisei Construction and GeoStar, developed manufacturing equipment that sprays CO₂ into concrete during mixing to fix it internally, known as "T-Carbon Mixing." The equipment was implemented at GeoStar's Kanaya factory plant and is the first domestic installation to directly supply gaseous CO₂ for fixation at an operational plant. Starting in September 2026, efforts began toward the societal implementation of precast products with CO₂ fixed.
President Tetsuo Okano, CEO of Kitagawa Ironworks Co., Ltd., will appear on Hiroshima Home TV's "Business Frontline". The broadcast is scheduled for 18:56–19:00 on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. The program introduces companies and organizations active in Hiroshima and delves into their philosophies and visions through interviews.
Kitagawa Ironworks will exhibit at the 33rd Japan International Machine Tool Fair (JIMTOF2026) held at Tokyo Big Sight from October 26 to 31, 2026. With the theme "Solve Together, Challenge Together," we will propose solutions to machining challenges and ideas for automation and labor reduction. The main exhibits include power chucks, NC round tables, power vises, robot hands, and special machine tools.
Kita Kawa Iron Works Ltd. has released the TDR380 NC Circular Table with Milling Tilt, which upgrades to a 5-axis multi-function machining center capable of milling. The TDR380 features a high-speed rotating table at 1,500 RPM and a roller gear cam mechanism, enabling milling, contouring, and 5-axis split processing all in one machine. More details can be found on the product page.
Kitagawa Ironworks revised its consolidated earnings and dividend forecasts for the second quarter (mid-year) and full year of the fiscal year ending March 2027. The mid-year sales forecast was raised to 34 billion yen, operating profit to 2.6 billion yen, ordinary profit to 2.7 billion yen, and net profit to 2.1 billion yen.