{"id":79,"date":"2021-06-11T11:30:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T02:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kawasaki-kiko.co.jp\/eng\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2022-02-01T02:47:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:47:57","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.kawasaki-kiko.co.jp\/eng\/company\/history","title":{"rendered":"Corporate History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Past record and achievement upto this point.<\/h2>\n\n
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1905<\/div>\n
Founded<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1908<\/div>\n
Prototype and sale of Yagi-style Primary Tea Rolling Dryer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1917<\/div>\n
Prototype and sale of Yagi-style Final Tea Rolling Dryer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1941<\/div>\n
Developed a spring compression type Final Tea Rolling Dryer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1952<\/div>\n
Established Kawasaki Steelworks Co., Ltd.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1956<\/div>\n
Developed a pulling weight type Final Tea Rolling Dryer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1957<\/div>\n
Developed a Automatic Dryer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1959<\/div>\n
Prototype steel frame Final Tea Rolling Dryer<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1961<\/div>\n
Each machineries shifted to steel frame<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1963<\/div>\n
Developed a Final Tea Rolling Dryer to facilitate discharging by an open kettle. Developed a vibrating conveyor and vertical type conveyor for labor-saving.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1965<\/div>\n
Developed back hot air generator type Primary Tea Rolling Dryer. Completed the large combined tea factory.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1966<\/div>\n
Won the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency Director’s Award for developing an automatic pool for a Primary Tea Rolling Dryer and a package boiler<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1967<\/div>\n
Developed a Automatic Container. To Improve keeping freshness of fresh leaf. Developed an auto temp. controller for a hot air generator.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1968<\/div>\n
Developed a full automation control device by batch system. Advanced automation has led to oilless at rotary part.\nIntroduce large scale plant 120K series. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1969<\/div>\n
Selected as an SME stremline model factory. Completed construction of the Kakegawa factory Phase 1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1971<\/div>\n
Won the automation development award by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1972<\/div>\n
Developed multistage control primary tea rolling dryer. Developed auto feeder system for final tea rolling dryer. Achieved full automation for whole plant. Installing a tea factory which can become future model that considering to pollution control, environmental sanitation.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1974<\/div>\n
Changed company name to “Kawasaki Kiko Co., Ltd.” as the company grew.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1975<\/div>\n
Developed steam flow meter. The first step of quantifying steaming process.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1981<\/div>\n
Developed a micro computer type Final Tea Rolling Dryer which is automated pulling weight process. Awarded for achivement of automated tea factory by the Japan Tea Industry and Technology Association. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1982<\/div>\n
To control tea temperature, time and hot air temperature more precisely due to micro-computerized a controller for Primary Tea Rolling Dryer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1983<\/div>\n
Won the Science and Technology Agency Director’s Award for combined automatic machinery development.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1984<\/div>\n
Developed a Fresh Leaf Flow Meter which is made possible production plan control at tea factory.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1985<\/div>\n
Developed a micro computerized steamer. Enable advanced control at steaming process.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1986<\/div>\n
Held ceremony to commemmorate the 80th anniversary of founding.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1988<\/div>\n
Developed an FA system for central management of tea processing factories.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1989<\/div>\n
Moved the Main office and Technology center to the newly complrted building in Kakegawa. Developed a micro computerized secondary tea rolling dryer combined with microwave moisutre meter.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1991<\/div>\n
Developed a micro computerized primary tea rolling dryer combined with mocrowave moisture meter. Pioneered of Full-scale feedback control technology.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1993<\/div>\n
Developed a fresh leaf FA system.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1994<\/div>\n
Developed a measuring and maintenance system “Tea Platation Keeper”.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1995<\/div>\n
Developed a fresh leaf moisture meter, fresh leaf grading machine, device for measuring an external water content, tea bags palletizer robot.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1996<\/div>\n
Announced for Full line FA.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1997<\/div>\n
Launch an automatic packing machine and moisture meter. President Kawasaki was awarded as Industrial Development Contributor by the governor of a prefecture.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1998<\/div>\n
Announced a labor saving device at blending process.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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1999<\/div>\n
Moved and built a new office for the Kyushu branch. Developed removable microwave moisture meter. Developed Parching FA line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2000<\/div>\n
Completed the Riding-Type Tea Plucking Machine assembly factory. Developed the Riding-Type Tea Plucking Machine KJ series.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2001<\/div>\n
Developed a Foreign Object Remover. Developed a Riding -Type Pruning Machine KJP.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2002<\/div>\n
Developed a Color Sorter, a Traceability System, Riding-Type Sprayer KJS.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2003<\/div>\n
Launch New 200K Line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2004<\/div>\n
Acquired quality management system ISO9001 certification. Developed combined type tea steamer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2005<\/div>\n
Developed a high moisture meter with Shizuoka University. Held ceremony to commemmorate the 100th anniversary of founding.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2006<\/div>\n
Developed hiper controller for a Primary Tea Roling Dryer, full automated packing machine, line monitoring system.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2007<\/div>\n
Developed an energy saving line, superheated steam parcher, Riding-Type Tea Plucking Machine KJ6C-SJ.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2008<\/div>\n
Developed a color sorter KCS-F series, hyper controller for a Final Tea Rolling Dryer, Riding-Type Tea Plucking Machine KJ8C\/KJ10C-SJ.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2009<\/div>\n
Dveloped an inverter type steamer. Acquired a patent for the slit jet plucking method.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2010<\/div>\n
Developed a Foreign Object Remover.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2011<\/div>\n
Developed a Final Tea Dryer 50K.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2012<\/div>\n
Developed a new steamer, a Riding-Type Tea Plucking Machine KJ4N.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2013<\/div>\n
Developed Hybrid Tea Process Line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2015<\/div>\n
Completed the 1.64MW solar power plant.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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2017<\/div>\n
Winners of the Vibrant HABATAKU Small and Medium Enterprises 300 Program 2017. Winner of the “Companies Driving Regional Growth”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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