1928 | Established by Mr. Sokichi Kitamura as Showa Spring Works at 1312 Tachiba-cho, Naniwa-ku, Osaka-shi | 1 | |
1945 | Business suspended by the world war 2 | 2 | |
1953 | Business resumed as individual workshop to produce mainly spinning springs at 2-19-6 Fukae-minami-cho, Joto-ku, Osaka-shi | 2 | |
1968 | Masahito Kitamura, the present chairperson developed flat spring process by press machine expanding business transaction | 3 | |
1971 | Establishment of company | 4 | |
1979 | Launch of the second factory at 2-17-15 Fukae-minami | 5 | |
1987 | Office relocation and launch of design section at 2-18-5 Fukae-minami | 6 | |
1993 | Launch of Fukae Factory at 1-15-2 Fukae-kita | 7 | |
1996 | Launch of The third assembly factory at 2-18-3 Fulae-minami | 7 | |
Capitalization value: 7,000,000JPY | 7 | ||
Capitalization value: 10,000,000JPY | 7 | ||
1999 | Center of business and factories integrated in Tondabayashi Factory located in Osaka Tondabayashi Chusho-kigyo danchi | 8 | |
2004 | Aug. | Introduction of press robot | 8 |
2004 | Mar. | Launch of mass production of automobile parts | 8 |
Jul. | Accredited on ISO 9001:2000 | 8 | |
Aug. | Capital increase by 15,000,00JPY | 8 | |
2005 | Jun. | Extension of press robots | 8 |
Extension of 200T press machines | 8 | ||
Nov. | Establishment of the second factory | 8 | |
2006 | Sep. | Extension of 60T press machines | 8 |
2007 | Feb. | Renovation of assembly room (extension of 3 assembly lines) | 8 |
Jun. | Introduction of electric discharge wire processing machine of Mitsubishi electronic | 8 | |
Nov. | Inauguration of Masahiro Kitamura as the representative director | 8 | |
2008 | Jun. | Accredited on ISO14001 | 9 |
2009 | Aug. | Introduction of AIDA double crank servo press machine | 9 |
2010 | Feb. | Capitol increase by 20,000,000 JPY | 9 |
Aug. | Introduction of AIDA 110T single crank servo press machine | 9 | |
2011 | Jan. | Introduction of 3 dimensional coordinate measuring machine | 9 |
Winning 'Osaka excellent manufacturer award 2010' | 9 | ||
May. | Introduction of Automatic 3 dimensional storage system (Daifuku) | 9 | |
Jul. | Launch of Kadoma Factory (for manufacturing metal mold) | 9 | |
Dec. | Launch of the third factory (for manufacturing metal mold) | 9 | |
Apr. | 2012 Introduction of Makino V33 Vertical machining centers | 9 | |
Aug. | Introduction of Keyence image sensor measuring machine (IM-6500) | 9 | |
Sep. | Alteration of lighting in the main factory to LED | 9 | |
2013 | Jan. | Introduction of Amada slot processing machine SH3D | 9 |
Mar. | Introduction of electric discharge wire processing machine of Mitsubishi electronic (MV1200R) | 9 | |
Mar. | Introduction of automatic load testing machine (MAX-5KN) | 9 | |
Apr. | Web camera system installed | 9 | |
May. | General inspection by ISO for updating of ISO9001 and 14001 | 9 | |
Aug. | 3 stage washer | 9 | |
Vibration barrel washer installed | 9 | ||
Nov. | LED lighting system introduced to the third factory | 9 | |
Sales delivery center established | 9 | ||
Dec. | Surface grinding machine updated | 9 | |
Website renewal | 9 | ||
2014 | Jan. | Showa Create Cebu Inc., an over sea subsidiary at Cebu Philippines, launched | 9 |
Jun. | Staffing a booth at Tokyo Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Exhibition | 9 | |
Jul. | Tokyo sales office established | 9 | |
Aug. | Introduction of AIDA 80T single crank servo press machine | 9 | |
Non-contact type three-dimensional measuring instrument 1 whole set introduced | 9 | ||
2015 | Feb. | AIDA 160t double crank press machine installed at Cebu factory | 9 |
May | Staffing a booth at Tokyo Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Exhibition | 9 | |
Sep. | New second factory launched | 9 | |
Oct. | AIDA 160t servo press installed at the second factory | 9 | |
Mitsubishi Electric discharge wire processing machine (MV2400) newly installed | 9 | ||
Dec. | Visual inspection apparatus 101V newly installed | 9 | |
Keyence image dimension measuring system (IM6225) newly installed | 9 | ||
2016 | May. | Officiary sponsoring Evessa Osaka | 9 |
Jun. | Staffing a booth at Tokyo Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Exhibition | 9 | |
3rd factory wall construction | |||
Oct. | Staffing a booth at MECHANICAL COMPONENTS & MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY EXPO OSAKA (M-Tech) | ||
Dec. | 80 press installed | ||
2017 | Jun. | Staffing a booth at Tokyo Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Exhibition | |
Jul. | Accepting Vietnamese technical intern trainees | ||
Aug. | Obtained ISO9001 ・ 14001 for 2015 | ||
Oct. | Staffing a booth at MECHANICAL COMPONENTS & MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY EXPO OSAKA (M-Tech) | ||
Dec. | Keyence HM-1000 installed | ||
2018 | Feb. | E area 2nd 3D automated warehouse installed | |
Jun. | Staffing a booth at Tokyo Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Exhibition | ||
Aug. | SHOWA CREATE CEBU 5th Anniversary | ||
Accepting the Second Vietnamese technical intern trainees | |||
2019 | Mar. | Renovation and floor expansion of Headquarter's 2 assembly rooms | |
45 press installed | |||
May | Staffing a booth at JECA FAIR | ||
Staffing a booth at INTER MOLD 2019 | |||
Aug. | LM series installed | ||
Accepting the Third Vietnamese technical intern trainees | |||
SHOWA CREATE CEBU started operation of Second factory | |||
Precision surface grinding machine installed | |||
Sep. | Staffing a booth at NISSAY Business & Matching forum | ||
Oct. | Staffing a booth at MECHANICAL COMPONENTS & MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY EXPO OSAKA (M-Tech) | ||
Nov. | Mitsubishi MV2400R-DC newly installed | ||
Exhibited at New Manufacturing / New Service Exhibition 2019 | |||
Exhibited at Maido! Osaka Manufacturing Exhibition Business Meeting 2019 | |||
Burmese engineer joined the company | |||
2020 | Oct. | Staffing a booth at MECHANICAL COMPONENTS & MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY EXPO OSAKA (M-Tech) | |
Dec. | Exhibited at New Manufacturing / New Service Exhibition | ||
2021 | Feb. | Staffing a booth at the 25th Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Exhibition | 10 |
April. | 50th anniversary of foundation | 10 | |
Oct. | Staffing a booth at MECHANICAL COMPONENTS & MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY EXPO OSAKA (M-Tech) | 10 | |
Original product "Patti-Pipe Joint Clip" new size launch | 10 | ||
Nov. | Winter uniform renewal | 10 | |
Original product "Slide Scale Clip" started selling at Monotaro | 10 | ||
Dec. | CAD / CAM software made by C & G Systems, "EXSESSHYBRID" newly installed | 10 | |
Exhibited at New Manufacturing / New Service Exhibition | 10 | ||
2022 | Feb. | KOMATSU 45 servo press newly installed | 11 |
Jun. | Summer Uniform Renewal | 11 |
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SHOWA CREATE CEBU newly opened website https://showa-ph.studio.site/ | 11 |
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Oct. | Staffing a booth at MECHANICAL COMPONENTS & MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY EXPO OSAKA (M-Tech) | 11 |
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Staffing a booth at Business Fair 2022 (Nagoya, Aichi Pref.) | 11 |
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“MOOV, press vol.35″ introduces Showa Spring and original products.「MOOV,press vol.35」 | 11 | ||
Dec. | Staffing a booth at New Manufacturing/ New Service Exhibition 2022(Tokyo) | 11 | |
2023 | April | SSP Cup ~Golf competition~ | 12 |
May | Registered as a decarbonized management declaration business. | 12 | |
June | Staffing a booth at Business Matching Fair 2023 | 12 | |
Staffing a booth at M-Tech | 12 |