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| Jan. 1940 | Inauguration of Shinko Mfg. Co., Ltd. (Nishi-ku, Osaka) |
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| Oct. 1963 | The inauguration of Shinko Mfg. Co., Ltd., was succeeded by the establishment of a limited private company, Shinko Works, in order to streamline the business. (Nishi Yodogawa-ku, Osaka) |
| Oct. 1964 | Establishment of the Osaka Office The plant was moved and established in Shijo-Nawate, Osaka. |
| Dec. 1964 | Establishment of the Nagoya Office |
| Dec. 1965 | Establishment of the Kyushu Branch Office (In 1972 became the Fukuoka Office) |
| Jan. 1966 | Establishment of the Tokyo Office |
| Mar. 1968 | Establishment of International Trade Dept. (Name changed to the Global Business Department in 2001) |
| Jan. 1969 | The Nabari Plant was completed and commenced operation. |
| Oct. 1970 | The company was reorganized and the name was changed to Shinko Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 1971 | Merger and absorption of Shinko Machinery Co., Ltd. |
| Mar. 1972 | The Nabari Plant was enlarged to expand production. The storage center was also expanded to improve the promptness of the delivery system. |
| Jul. 1973 | The Nabari Testing and Research Laboratory Building was enlarged and the quality control system was strengthened. |
| Mar. 1976 | The Japanese Business Department was separated from the parent company, and inaugurated as an independent sales company. The production structures of the Nabari, Shijo-Nawate and Toyonaka factories were modified for specialized production. |
| Jul. 1976 | The new product series "Maxon" was introduced. |
| Nov. 1978 | The Shijo-Nawate Plant extension was completed. |
| Sep. 1979 | The jumbo Nabari Plant was established. At this time, a testing tower was completed and equipped with various testing functions and the quality control system was further strengthened. |
| Aug. 1981 | Sales contracts were completed for the automatic shelving (rotary stockers) sector with West Germany (Leominster Europe). |
| Mar. 1982 | A new product plant was completed at the Nabari Plant.
Handling of new products was strengthened, and new-product development and production of rotary stockers commenced. A "new era of mechatronics" was declared. Microcomputers were actively introduced and the promotion of OA and the development of mechatronics products were begun. A technology contract in the automatic shelving (rotary stocker) products sector was completed with West Germany (Leominster Europe). |
| Jan. 1984 | Three dimensional measuring tools were introduced. The inspection system was expanded and domestic production of precise planetary Speed Reducer was begun. |
| Jun. 1987 | Independent domestic sales companies were integrated and established as Makishinko. |
| Oct. 1990 | The Fukuoka Office transferred to a newly built facility. |
| Jun. 1991 | Sales companies merged and the company trademark was changed to MAKISHINKO. |
| Sep. 1992 | Mr. Junji Makimura was named as the Managing Director. |
| Oct. 1993 | MakiAce was released on the market. |
| Feb. 1997 | "Shuttle" (automated storage systems) were released on the market. |
| Jul. 2000 | The JA and JB series, new models of jacks, (Jack Ace), were released on the market. |
| Oct. 2001 | The SB30 Series bevel gear box (an improved series) was released on the market. |
| Feb. 2003 | The compact and light weight JA002 series jack (series expanded) was released on the market. |
| Mar. 2003 | Compact and low price MA25 Worm Speed Reducer (an improved series) were released on the market. Makishinko Co., Ltd. was awarded ISO9001:2000 quality management system certification. |
| Aug. 2003 | Worm Speed Reducer for servo motors and a low backlash series (backlash angle within 30 minutes) were released on the market. |
| Oct. 2005 | A Hi-lead series (high-speed) jack (JA and JB series) was released on the market. |
| Jan. 2006 | Establishment of the Shanghai Office |
| Mar. 2007 | Screw jacks (trapezoidal screw, balls crew) with low dust specifications were additionally released on the market. |
| Mar. 2008 | The MAH double speed Worm Speed Reducer was added to the MakiAce series (MA Series). |
| Apr. 2008 | SB Series bevel gear box (Spiral gears) with gear ratios of 1:1.5, 1:2.5 and 1:3 were additionally released on the market. |
| Apr. 2009 | SA series Precision planetary Speed Reducer for servo motors were released on the market. |
| Jun. 2009 | Makishinko Co., Ltd. was awarded ISO9001:2008 certification. |
| Jun. 2010 | Establishment of Chu-Shikoku Office (Kurashiki City, Okayama) |
| Oct. 2013 | 50 years Anniversary Ceremony in Osaka |
| Jan. 2016 | The release of Aluminum Worm Speed Reducer “MAL” |
| Apr. 2018 | Upgrading ISO9001 to 2015 Certification |
| Jan. 2019 | The release of Inventory Management Software “MAKICAN” for Rotary Stocker and Shuttle |
