History

1920 Started manufacturing balls for bicycle at Juso, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-city
1933 Started manufacturing steel balls for bearing and reorganized into company ltd with a capital of 500,000 Yen.
1938 Started Tokyo branch office.
1939 Owada Plant(Present Main Works) was established
1951 Awarded license of JIS indication at both Owada and Juso works.
1954 Transfered Head Office to Kadoma-city (OSAKA).
1955 Started Nagoya branch office.
1961 Invested in SAKAI AMATSUJI STEEL BALL MFG.CO.,LTD.
1962 Awarded the Minister of International Trade and Industry prize as a excellent work of JIS permission.
Started AKS SALES CO.,LTD.
1967 Juso plant was merged into Owada Plant(Present Main Works)
1969 Invested in SHIN-NIHON STEEL BALL MFG CO.,LTD.
1973 Established Shiga works.
1977 Awarded license of JIS indication at Shiga works.
1985 Awarded the Minister of Laber prize as a excellent work for hygienic administration.
1988 NSK-AKS PRECISION BALL COMPANY(U.S.A) was established
1989 Increased the capital to 2.1 billion Yen.
AKS PRECISION BALL EUROPE LTD.(U.K.) was established
1991 Accomplished new Head Office.
1995 Received the Certificate of “ISO 9002”.
2000 Established PT.NSK-AKS PRECISION BALL INDONESIA
2001 Received the Certificate of “ISO 14001”.
2002 Established AKS PRECISION BALL POLSKA SP. ZO.O.(POLAND)
2003 SHIN-NIHON STEEL BALL MFG.CO.,LTD. came under the control of AKS and its trade name was changed to AKS EAST JAPAN CO.,LTD.
2005 Received the Certificate of “ISO/TS16949”
Established AKS PRECISION BALL (HANGZHOU)CO.,LTD.(CHINA)
NSK-AKS PRECISION EUROPE LTD.came under the control of AKS and its trade name was changed to AKS PRESICION BALL EUROPE LTD.
The trade name of PT.NSK-AKS PRESICION BALL INDONESIA was changed to PT.AKS PRESICION BALL INDONESIA
2008 Solar power generator systems were introduced to Head Office(Osaka) and Shiga Plant.
New factories were established in Shiga Plant.
When the marking system of JIS Mark was amended , all the plants of AKS declined the license to mark the former JIS Mark
2010 Received the Certificate of “OHSAS18001”.
2018 Received the Certificate of “IATF16949”.
2021 AKS absorbed and merged with AKS SALES Co., Ltd.