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in 1968 Seichiro Naganuma established Kyoto Kasei Kogyo Co. in Onishi, Amagasaki City.
in 1969 Began production and sales of plastic molded products at a (temporary) factory in Takaoka, Takino-Cho.
in 1972 Completed construction of Kansai Plant in Kato City, Hyogo Prefecture. 5,457.77 square meters.
in 1978 Completed construction of Tohoku Plant in Miyazaki-Cho, Kami-gun, Miyagi 8,234.84 square meters
in 1979 Began MK activities (QC activities) with the first MK presentation at the head office.
in 1982 Moved the head office from Amagasaki City to Takaoka, Kato City.
in 1985 Opened the Shinjuku Office in Tokyo.
in 1986 Established TOMS Co. and started mold production (currently co-located with Kansai Plant).
in 1989 Opened the Osaka Office in Ibaraki City, Osaka.
in 1999 Increased capital to 100 million yen.
in 2000 Head office and factory acquired ISO9002 certification.
in 2001 Head office and factory acquired ISO14001 certification.
in 2002 Company name changed from Kyoto Kasei Kogyo Co. to Aska Company Co. through internal recruitment.
in 2003 Acquired land for a factory in Takino Industrial Park 13,577.02 square meters
in 2005 Tsuneo Naganuma becme Representative Director and Makoto Naganuma became Executive Vice President.
in 2006 Completed construction of the S Site at the head office and factory (implemented by Takenaka Corporation) and started development and manufacturing of measuring instruments.
in 2007 Opened a printing plant at Kansai Plant
in 2008 Began foreign matter removal cleaning for equipment and molds
Exhibited for the first time at the International Plastic Fair
in 2009 Exhibited for the first time at Interphex Japan
in 2010 Developed a multi-point light stimulator "MiLSS" in the field of brain function analysis with Tohoku University (Joint patent)
Developed an in-line camera analysis system
in 2013 Completed construction of the S Site at the head office and factory (implemented by Takenaka Corporation)
in 2014 Acquired 13,332.08 square meters in Gambara Industrial Park as a new factory site in Miyagi Prefecture
in 2015 Obtained FSSC22000 and ISO22000 certification (Food Safety Standards)
in 2016 Started a seminar to introduce image processing inspection
Started the development of molding machine log analysis with molding machine manufacturers
in 2017 Invention and patent application of big data processing to determine whether a molded product is good or bad and to identify signs of abnormality in molding equipment in advance
Renovation of Kyoto Kasei Memorial Office "KY House"
in 2018 Celebrated 50 Years in Business
Invention and patent application of a method for predicting malfunction of injection molding machines and an inspection device using the method
Construction of a new factory "Knowledge Park" in Miyagi Prefecture
in 2019 Began sales of CFM, a mold clamping force monitoring device for molding machines