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Company name	YAMASAKI GIKEN CO.,LTD.
In business since	March 1948
Company established on	October 22, 1965
Closing month	September
Capital	60,000,000 yen
Representative	Chairman: Michio Yamasaki President: Takahiro Morio Senior managing director: Nozomu Yamasaki
Executive Officer	Managing director: Hiromichi Ogasawara Director and Manager of the Development Division: Hitoshi Yokoyama Director and Plant Manager: Hidetoshi Yamanaka Director and Manager of the Marine Products Division: Koji Fukunaga
Number of employees	132
Sales	3,300,000,000 yen （as of September 2020）
Group companies	m.e. works inc.別ウィンドウで開く Hayabusa Suisan別ウィンドウで開く Tosa Seinanmaru別ウィンドウで開く
Main business partners	Yamazen Co.,Ltd. / Fanuc Corporation / Fanacmagtronics Corporation / OM Metal Industry Co.,Ltd. / Watanabe Seikosho.
Main banks	Shikoku Bank / Iyo Bank / Shoko Chukin Bank
Company addresses	Head Office and Factory No.2 Techno-Park, TosaYamada cho, Kami city, Kochi Prefecture, 782-0010, Japan TEL: +81-887-57-6222（Main） / +81-887-57-6225（Customer Service） FAX: +81-887-57-6223 Email: yzinfo@yamasakigiken.co.jp View the access map to Head Office and Factory 別ウィンドウで開く

History

March 1948	Established Yamasaki Institute of Internal Combustion Laboratory at Kamobe, in Kochi City. Developed the motorized bicycle ‘Bluebird’.
December 1957	Developed outboard engine for motorized bicycles. Began exports to Central and South America and Australia.
February 1960	Developed non-stop BB-type transmission.
April 1961	Began development of metal cutting tools such as lathes, planers and horizontal boring machines.
April 1962	Developed DM-type non-stop transmission.
March 1963	Relocated the Company’s main office and the factory to 1147 Koda, Kochi City. Opened the Osaka Business Office in Nishi-ku, Osaka City. Developed YZ-7 Combined Milling Machine.
October 1965	Became a limited liability company under the new name Yamasaki Giken.
May 1967	Developed the YZ-8 Combined Milling Machine.
May 1969	Built our second factory at 2098, Koda, Kochi City. Became a member of the Japan Machine Tool Builders’ Association.
August 1969	Opened the Tokyo Business Office in Setagaya-ku.
May 1971	Developed the YZB-85 Horizontal Boring and Milling Machine.
June 1971	Keiji Yamasaki, the chairman of the ‘Society to Save Urado Bay’, addressed concerns about pollution after the ‘fresh concrete incident.’
April 1972	Opened a fish farm in Uranoichi, Susaki City.
May 1973	Added an assembly plant to the second factory.
October 1973	Added an assembly plant to the second factory.
August 1980:	Added an assembly plant to the main factory.
September 1980	Extended the second factory.
1981	Developed the YZ-8N Vertical Boring and Milling Machine. Started development of the NC machines line.
1982	Increased capital to 30,000,000 yen. Developed the YZ-8 Vertical Boring and Milling Machine. Renamed the Nagoya Office to the Nagoya Business Office.
1983	Released fish into Tosa Bay by the Uranouchi Fish Farm at no public cost. Developed the YZ-75 Vertical Boring and Milling Machine.
1984	Developed the YZ-8C Vertical Boring and Milling Machine.
April 1985	Opened the Hiroshima Office.
September 1985	Added another assembly plant to the second factory.
March 1987	Opened the Maebashi Office.
February 1988	Developed the YZ-8NC Vertical NC Milling Machine.
September 1988	Relocated the main office function to the second factory.
December 1988	Added a machine plant to the second factory.
March 1989	Constructed the third factory.
April 1989	Constructed the staff canteen ‘Keyaki-no-uchi’.
June 1989	Added an office to the second factory.
January 1992	Renamed the Maebashi Office and Hiroshima Office as the Maebashi Business Office and Hiroshima Business Office. Opened the Fukuoka Business Office.
August 1992	Developed the YZ-450NC Vertical Milling Machine.
June 1993	Developed the YZ-8CR Next-generation General Purpose Milling Machine.
January 1994	Developed the YZ-8WR Next-generation General Purpose Milling Machine.
October 1996	Developed the YZ-500 SGATC Next-generation NC Milling Machine.
April 1997	The Company founder Keiji Yamasaki died.
March 1998	Constructed a paint plant.
March 1998	Relocated the Tokyo Business Office to the newly-built site in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture.
April 1998	Developed the YZ-500WR Next-generation General Purpose Milling Machine.
2001	Increased capital to 60,000,000 yen.
January 2002	Relocated the Nagoya Business Office to Kamiotai, Nishi-ku, Nagoya City.
April 2002	Relocated the Osaka Business Office to Higashi-Osaka City.
September 2005	Linked our Company with the Forest Volunteer Organization and opened its forests to the public.
February 2006	Received the 20th Kochi Local Industry Award for its recycled CD floor covering ‘Opalite’.
March 2006	Constructed a new factory in the Techno Park in Kami City. (Completed the first stage of the Tosa Yamada factory.)
July 2006	Established the affiliated company ‘ND Materials’.
September 2007	Completed the second stage of the TosaYamada factory (the machine plant).
April 2008	Opened the Tohoku Business Office in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture. Established the affiliated company ‘Kochi FEL’.
September 2008	Completed the ‘Keyaki-no-uchi’ at the TosaYamada factory.
November 2008	Received the ‘Good Company Award’ (hosted by the Medium and Small Business Research Institute).
December 2008	Completed the third stage of the TosaYamada factory (the paint plant)
November 2010	Established the Kochi Nature Council. The Company assumed operation of the ‘Tosa Nature School’, School of Organic Farming (from the 5th term)
July 2012	Had group companies of m.e. works inc.別ウィンドウで開く
September 2012	Completed the forth stage of the TosaYamada factory (the assembly plant and Material warehouse).