Company Profile
Facing limitless challenges in the precision instrument industryCorporate History
| 1941 | Founded as a sole proprietorship by Kenichi Komatsu. Began with the manufacture of springs, flat springs and wire springs. | |
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| 1943 | Became a military designated factory. Factory relocated to the outskirts of Sendai city. | |
| 1951 | Returned from factory evacuation and began with the production of wire springs. | |
| 1952 | Incorporated as Komatsu Seisakusho Co., Ltd. as a result of increased production and sales and saw a remarkable rise in the ratio of production of precision springs for camera shutters. | |
| 1958 | Began production of clock-related precision springs. | |
| 1960 | Entered the automobile parts and electric appliance industries and began sales to related manufacturers. | |
| 1962 | Converted to a joint-stock company (Capital: 4 million Yen) and changed trade name to Komatsu Spring Industrial Co., Ltd. Sales division was separated and established as "New Komatsu Spring Industrial Co., Ltd." as an independent sales company to expand sales channels. | |
| 1963 | Second factory built in Tokyo to expand production capacity in response to increased demand. | |
| 1966 | Acquired "New Komatsu Spring Industrial Co., Ltd." to streamline management. | |
| 1969 | Commended by the Minister of International Trade and Industry for making notable contribution as an exporting company. | |
| 1973 | Headquarter building rebuilt. | |
| 1975 | Capital partnership with Tokyo Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd. | |
| 1976 | Funaoka factory in Shibata-cho, Miyagi built. | |
| 1979 | Convertible bonds converted to stock and added to capital, raising paid-in capital amount to 131,800,000 yen. | |
| 1981 | Third factory built in Tokyo. | |
| 1984 | Setsuko Komatsu appointed as Representative Director. | |
| 1986 | Funaoka factory renovated. | |
| 1989 | Akita Ota-machi factory built in Senpoku county (Daisen City), Akita prefecture. | |
| 1992 | Akita Ota-machi second factory built. | |
| 1997 | Opening of PT.KOMATSU BANE INDONESIA in Indonesia, beginning production overseas. | |
| 2002 | Acquired ISO9001: 2000 authentication. NoJQA – QM7736. | |
| 2006 | Won prize at the "1st Competition of the Top 300 Small/Medium Sized Companies Producing Active Products" (Selected by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI). | |
| 2007 | Jan. | Acquired Eco-Action 21 Certification (No.1270 by the Ministry of the Environment). |
| Apr. | Awarded honor of “Corporate Tax Return Excellence” from the Omori tax office. | |
| Jun. | Capital at 100 million yen. | |
| July | Visitation by the Emperor (Headquarter factory). | |
| Sept. | Construction and relocation of new factory within the Ogawara factory due to aging of Funaoka factory. | |
| 2011 | Certified as “Excellent factory (All-Round Achiever award)” by Ota city Tokyo. | |
| 2013 | May | Awarded honor of “Corporate Tax Return Excellence” from the Omori tax office. |
| 2014 | Feb. | PT.KOMATSU BANE INDONESIA moved |
| 2017 | Jan. | Setsuko Komatsu (Chairman) has been published in “The 34th Excellent Management Awards Female Management Division Award” of Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun sponsored. |
| May | Setsuko Komatsu (Chairman) was awarded Order Decorations, “The Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays” | |
| July | Authorized as “The Driving Company for the regional future” by Japan’ s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry | |
| 2018 | Apr. | Awarded honor of “Corporate Tax Return Excellence” from the Omori tax office. |
| 2023 | May | Awarded honor of “Corporate Tax Return Excellence” from the Omori tax office. |
