{"id":512,"date":"2017-01-26T20:39:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T11:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokaibane.com\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T07:26:38","slug":"company-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tokaibane.com\/en\/about-us\/company-history","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"History\"<\/h3>\n
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March 1934<\/th>\nMetal spring business started in Osaka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 1944<\/th>\nTokai Spring Industry Co., Ltd. established<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 1951<\/th>\nPlant for hot coil springs (large springs) completed in Fukushima-ku, Osaka<\/p>\n
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April 1957<\/th>\nHiroshima Works established and operations started in the Hiroshima area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 1971<\/th>\nNew factory completed in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, strengthening the production system as a comprehensive spring manufacturer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 1975<\/th>\nTokyo Sales Office opened and operations started in the Tokyo area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 1995<\/th>\nObtained ISO 9002 certification, an international quality assurance standard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 1996<\/th>\nExtended ISO 9001 certification, the international quality assurance standard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 2001<\/th>\nCompleted construction of a new 21st century plant in the core industrial park in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December 2001<\/th>\nObtained ISO 14001 certification, the international environmental management standard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 2007<\/th>\nDisc spring production plant completed in the core industrial park in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture<\/p>\n
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February 2008<\/th>\nCertified as an \u201cIT Management Practice Company\u201d by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 2008<\/th>\nReceived the Porter Prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 2009<\/th>\nAwarded the Grand Prize (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award) in the SME IT Management Awards 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May 2010<\/th>\nReceived the Incentive Award at the 2nd Japan Marketing Awards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 2010<\/th>\nCompleted construction of the brick factory \u201cKeishokan\u201d in Kamimidai, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture<\/p>\n
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November 2013<\/th>\nObtained AS\/EN\/JISQ 9100 certification for the aerospace industry quality management system<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November 2013<\/th>\nHot coil spring plant relocated from Itami City to Kamimidai, Toyooka City and completed<\/p>\n
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November 2015<\/th>\nReceived the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award at the 6th Monozukuri Nippon Grand Awards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June 2016<\/th>\nHead office relocated from Fukushima-ku, Osaka to Nishi-ku, Osaka<\/p>\n
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December 2018<\/th>\nSelected as a \u201cRegional Future Leading Company\u201d by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 2022<\/th>\nReceived the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency Director-General\u2019s Award in \u201cThe Most Valuable Company in Japan\u201d awards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August 2024<\/th>\nCompleted construction of the open laboratory \u201cTokai Lab\u201d<\/p>\n
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February 2025<\/th>\nReceived the Toyooka City Work Innovation Award \u201cAnshin Company 2024\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May \u2013 June 2025<\/th>\nExhibited at the Healthcare Pavilion of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai<\/p>\n
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March 2026<\/th>\nReceived the Tajima Industry Grand Prize in the \u201cExcellent Company to Work for in Tajima\u201d category<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 1934 Metal spring business started in Osaka March 1944 Tokai Spring Industry Co., Ltd. established June 1951 Plant for hot coil springs (large springs) completed in Fukushima-ku, Osaka April 1957 Hiroshima Works established and operations started in the Hiroshima area June 1971 New factory completed in Itami City, Hyogo Prefecture, strengthening the production system as a comprehensive spring manufacturer February 1975 Tokyo Sales Office opened and operations started in the Tokyo area August 1995 Obtained ISO 9002 certification, an international quality assurance standard August 1996 Extended ISO 9001 certification, the international quality assurance standard November 2001 Completed construction of a new 21st century plant in the core industrial park … Continue reading “History”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":121,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"com-page-detail.php","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tokaibane.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tokaibane.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tokaibane.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokaibane.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokaibane.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokaibane.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184741,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokaibane.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions\/184741"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokaibane.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tokaibane.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tokaibane.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}