History
1920 | Started manufacturing balls for bicycle at Juso, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-city |
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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. |