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| March 1946 |
Established Nankai Seiko at No. 231, 4-cho, Sanbo-cho,
Sakai, Osaka as a bearing manufacture
Started manufacturing and sale of SMT brand ball bearings
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| December 1949 |
Incorporated as Nankai Seiko Co., Ltd. with a capital of Yen 1,000,000, as its business expands
Started exports to Europe
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| July 1965 |
Started exports to the United States |
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| July 1969 |
Started exports to West Germany (at that time) |
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| February 1975 |
Increased the capital to Yen 18,000,000 |
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| January 1976 |
Started manufacturing and sale of double-row angular
contact ball bearings |
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| April 1976 |
Started manufacturing and sale of AISI 440C stainless steel ball bearingsDeveloped a market for stainless steel ball
bearings by establishing a mass production system
and the industry's first rapid delivery system based on make-to-stock production
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| March 1979 |
Started manufacture and sale of thin-walled ball bearings |
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| October 1982 |
Built plant No. 2 at headquarters' plant site |
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| April 1983 |
Started manufacture and sale of ball bearings for linear motion system |
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| November 1988 |
Built plant No. 3 at headquarters' plant site |
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| May 1990 |
Built Kawachinagano plant in Osaka |
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| May 2001 |
Introduced computerized production control system |
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| December 2001 |
Started manufacture and sale of AISI 316L stainless steel
ball bearings |
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| August 2002 |
Started manufacture and sale of AISI 304 stainless steel ball bearings |
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| May 2003 |
Started manufacture and sale of titanium ball bearings |
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| December 2004 |
Obtained ISO 14001 certification
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| September 2005 |
Started manufacture and sale of AISI 630 stainless steel ball bearings |
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| May 2007 |
Introduced computerized sales system |
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| November 2007 |
Built new plant at Izumi Techno Stage in Izumi,Osaka |
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| August 2008 |
Moved head office to Izumi plant |
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