okabe

History

Apr.1917  Mitsunosuke Okabe sets up a one-man company that manufactures and sells general construction hardware.
Oct. 1933  The Company is re-organized into Okabe Tekko & Company Ltd.
Feb. 1944  Okabe Tekko & Company Ltd. is re-organized into Okabe Tekko Co., Ltd. with a capital of 300 thousand Japanese yen.
Jun. 1956  The Company is authorized by the Minister of International Trade and Industry to use JIS mark for "Form Ties."
Apr. 1962  Tokyo Factory built in Koshigaya City starts operation.
Aug. 1963  The Company merges Okabe Shoji Co., Ltd. and is re-named Okabe Co., Ltd.
Jul. 1968  Kyoto Factory built in Kumiyama-cho, Kuse-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, starts operation.
Oct. 1969  The Company co-founds Sanyo Okabe Co., Ltd. in Hiroshima City with Sanyo Shizai Co., Ltd.
Jul. 1972  The Company lists its stocks in the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Nov. 1975  Tokyo Factory is entirely relocated to Kukishobu Industrial Park, Kuki City,
Saitama Prefecture. Kuki Factory starts operation.
Jun. 1977  Okabe Co., Inc. is established in Illinois, U.S.A.
Aug. 1982  The Company implements the primary spin-off plan and spins off the existing branches and offices as its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Jul. 1983  Okabe Color Co., Ltd. is established as the Company's wholly owned subsidiary and starts the Mini Photo-lab Chain business.
Dec. 1985  The Company implements the secondary spin-off projects and spins off the Civil Engineering Division as Okabe Doboku Co., Ltd., and the Research & Development Division as Okabe Engineering Co., Ltd., the Company's wholly owned subsidiaries. (The liquidation of the company is completed on June, 2001)
Feb. 1986  The second spin-off project ends with the spin-off of the main product manufacturing division as Okabe Kiko Co., Ltd., the Company's wholly owned subsidiary.
May 1988  Okabe Lease Co., Ltd. is established as the Company's wholly owned subsidiary.
Jun. 1988  The Company co-founds Okako Shikoku Co., Ltd. with Kobayashi Metals Co., Ltd. and Sanko Co., Ltd. (45% of the stocks held by Okabe) to transfer the business of Okabe Shikoku Hanbai Co., Ltd.
Nov. 1988  The Company takes over Coast Hotels Group's holding company in Canada to embark on the hotel business. (All Shares of this company were sold in September 2016.)
May 1991  Okabe Seiko Co., Ltd., the Company's manufacturing subsidiary, is merged into Okabe Kiko Co., Ltd. and re-starts as Okabe Kiko Co., Ltd., Chiba Factory.
Jun. 1991  The Company lists its stock in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Sep. 1991  Okabe Kaihatsu (Development) Co., Ltd. is established, independent of the real estate division of Okabe Co., Ltd.
Oct. 1993  Okabe Engineering Co., Ltd. opens "Structure Experiment Center " on the premises of Okabe Kiko Co., Ltd., Chiba Factory, Noda city, Chiba Prefecture.
Mar. 1998  "Distribution Center" is established in Tosu city, Saga Prefecture.
Apr. 1998  Okabe Kozo System Co., Ltd. is established to promote sales of Basepack column base method.
Oct. 2000  The Company takes over a Hong Kong company and re-names it Hong Kong Okabe Co., Ltd. in preparation for business in China. (All Shares of this company were sold in January 2010.)
Jan. 2001 

Okabe Kenzai Co., Ltd., Okabe Struct Co., Ltd. and Okabe Doboku Co., Ltd. are established through the merger of existing 16 regional sales subsidiaries, four product subsidiaries, and one R & D subsidiary.

Jul. 2001  Okabe Kenzai Co., Ltd. merges Okabe Kiko Co., Ltd.  Structural Materials related division of Okabe Kiko Co., Ltd. is shifted to Okabe Struct Co., Ltd.  Civil Engineering related division of Okabe Kiko Co., Ltd. is shifted to Okabe Doboku Co., Ltd.  Okabe Co, Ltd. becomes a holding company.
Sep. 2001  Kansai Okabe Co, Ltd. is established by combining Keizi and Hyogo Branches of Okabe Kenzai Co., Ltd., and Construction materials and Civil engineering Department of Kobayashi Metals Ltd.
May 2002  OCM, Inc. is established to sell construction materials in the U.S.A.
Jan. 2003  Okabe Doboku Co., Ltd. merges Okabe Techno System Co., Ltd.
Feb. 2003  O.T.C.M. Co., Ltd. is established to sell construction materials in Taiwan. (The liquidation of the company is completed on December, 2007)
Jan. 2005  The company merges Okabe Kenzai Co., Ltd., Okabe Struct Co., Ltd. and Okabe Doboku Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2005  In order to expand the automobile related business, Okabe Holding USA, Inc., our wholly owned subsidiary, is established, and it acquires all the shares of Water Gremlin Company which business is manufacturing and marketing battery terminals for automobiles.
Jan. 2006  Higashi Oka Manufacturing Co., Ltd. mergers existing 7 regional manufacturing subsidiaries of the Company and changes its business name into OMM Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2006  Okabe Manpower Co., Ltd. is established. (The liquidation of the company is completed on July, 2010)
Jan. 2007  The Company merges Kansai Okabe Co., Ltd. and re-names it Kansai Sales Branch.
Apr. 2007  The Company splits off the Civil Engineering Division and establishes Okabe Engineering Co., Ltd. (a consolidated subsidiary) as a separate company.
Sep. 2007  Via Okabe Holding USA, Inc. (a consolidated subsidiary) the Company acquires all shares in Aquila Piombo S.r.l. a company which manufactures and sells automobile battery terminals in Italy, (now Water Gremlin Aquila Company S.p.A., a consolidated subsidiary)
Dec. 2008  The Company dissolves Okako Shikoku Co., Ltd. and establishes Shikoku Sales Branch to start doing business in Shikoku area.
Mar. 2009  The Company dissolves Sanyo Okabe Co., Ltd. and establishes Chushikoku Sales Branch to start doing business in Chugoku area.
Jan. 2011  The Company merges Okabe Lease Co., Ltd. and re-organizes it as Construction Materials and Lease Group, Sales Division.
Jun. 2012  In order to further expand the automobile related business, Changxing Water Gremlin Non-Ferrous Co. (a consolidated subsidiary) is established in China.
Jul. 2012  Okabe Industry Co., Ltd. (Non-consolidated subsidiary) is established so as to take over business involving manufacturing and marketing for the products of inserts and spacers.
Aug. 2012  The Company signs a comprehensive business alliance agreement with TATSUMI Corporation.
Apr. 2013  The Company merges Okabe Civil Engineering Co., Ltd. and re-organizes it as Civil Engineering Department.
Jan. 2016  Ibaraki Factory built in Shimotsuma City starts operation.
Apr. 2017  The Company celebrates its centenary.
Sep. 2017 The Company acquires all shares of Fuji Bolt Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2018 The Company merges Okabe Industries Co., Ltd.
Feb. 2018 R&D lab built in Shimotsuma City.
Jan. 2019 The Company acquires all shares of Kawahara Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2021 The Company merges Fuji Kizai Co., Ltd. and re-organizes it as Construction Group
Sep. 2021 OCM , Inc. establishes OCM Manufacturing LLC (consolidated company) and Okabe Real Estate Holdings LLC (consolidated company) in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. with wholly owned investment to expand construction materials business.
Oct. 2021 The construction material manufacturing capabilities acquired from Vimco Inc. in Pennsylvania starts operating under property of OCM Manufacturing LLC.

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