Company Overview/Access
Company Overview
| Company Name |
Okazaki Manufacturing Company |
|---|---|
| Business Details |
Manufacture and sales of temperature sensors |
| Headquarters |
3-1-3 Goko-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, 651-0087【View in Google Map】 |
| Foundation | January 26, 1954 |
| Capital | Paid-in 86.5 million yen, authorized 225 million yen |
| Representative Director | Kazuhide Okazaki |
| Number of Employees | 586 employees as of November, 2024 |
Access
- Approx. 11 min. on foot from the east entrance ticket gate, Sannomiya Station,
JR Kobe Line (Tokaido Line) - Approx. 9 min. on foot from the east entrance, Kobe-sannomiya Station, Hanshin Electric Railway
- Approx. 14 min. on foot from the east ticket gate, Kobe-sannomiya Station,
Hankyu Railway - Approx. 15 min. on foot from the east Exit 3, Sannomiya Station, Seishin-Yamate Line,
Kobe Municipal Subway - Approx. 8 min. on foot from Exit 3, Sannomiya-hanadokeimae Station, Kaigan Line,
Kobe Municipal Subway - Approx. 10 min. on foot from Sannomiya Station, Port Island Line
History and Development
| Jan. 1954 |
Founded as Okazaki Trading Company. Started importing and selling chromel-alumel thermocouple wires and various resistance wires made by Hoskins Manufacturing Company in the U.S.A. |
|---|---|
| Apr. 1959 | Established the Manufacturing Department and started manufacturing various thermocouples. |
| Mar. 1960 |
Concluded an Far-Eastern General Agency Agreement with ARi Industries Inc. in the U.S.A. and started importing and selling AEROPAK sheathed thermocouples, pressure detectors, pitot tubes, etc. |
| Jun. 1963 |
Developed new product RESIOPAK sheathed platinum resistance thermometer sensors (PAT.NO.512134), which acquired an overwhelmingly good reputation from customers as new breakthrough products. |
| Dec. 1966 |
Constructed a new factory in Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture, and simultaneously changed our name to Okazaki Manufacturing Company. |
| May 1969 |
Started manufacturing cables such as compensating cables for thermocouples and lead wires for resistance thermometer sensors. |
| Apr. 1972 |
Concluded a technical assistance contract for MI cables with ARi Industries Inc. and started manufacturing the cables. |
| Apr. 1972 |
Constructed a factory that manufactures cables and the elements of resistance thermometer sensors in Usui-machi, Kaho-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture. |
| May 1973 | Constructed the headquarters building in Chuo-ku, Kobe City. |
| May 1977 |
Constructed the Iwaoka Factory as our main factory for manufacturing MI cables and assembling heaters in Nishi-ku, Kobe City. |
| Nov. 1980 |
Purchased ARi Industries Inc. in the U.S.A., acquiring all of its shares. Expanded our business using the company’s accumulated technologies, production facilities, and sales networks in the U.S.A., Canada, and Europe. |
| Apr. 1982 |
Kazuo Okazaki, the president and representative director, received the Director General of Science and Technology Agency Prize as a person with distinguished achievements in science and technology. |
| Feb. 1987 |
Established Okazaki Manufacturing (Taiwan) Co., Ltd, a local subsidiary, in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, to strengthen international strategies. |
| Apr. 1988 |
Kazuo Okazaki, the president and representative director, received a Medal with Blue Ribbon as a contributor for developing science and technology in Japan by developing and nurturing industrial temperature measurement technology for a long time. |
| Jun. 1990 |
Succeeded in developing temperature sensors for space and received official authorization for them as common parts for space development in association with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. from the National Space Development Agency of Japan. |
| Nov. 1993 |
Received ISO 9001 Certification, an international standard for quality management for the Akashi Factory and Sales Department. |
| Dec. 1998 |
Acquired authorization (JCSS authorization number 0079) from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry as an authorized operator for the national standard and traceable temperature calibration by the new measurement law “Traceability System.” |
| Apr. 2001 |
Kazuo Okazaki, the president and representative director, received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays as a contributor to the industrial development of Japan. |
| Sep. 2002 |
Constructed the Kobe Nishi Factory for the space equipment department and development department to be separate and independent. |
| May 2008 | Constructed the Kyushu Factory in Fukuoka Prefecture as a factory dedicated to manufacturing MI cables. |
| Jan. 2012 | The Akashi Factory was moved to Kobe City and renamed as The Main Manufacturing Factory. |
| Oct. 2017 | Moved the Iwaoka Factory. Constructed its main building. |
| Jan. 2019 | 65th anniversary of the foundation |
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