| 1912 |
- June
- INOUE TEKKOSHO was founded by Masaji lnoue at Yoriki-machi, Kita-ku, Osaka.
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| 1929 |
- May
- Aerofin type tube was fabricated for the first time in Japan, patent granted.
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| 1932 |
- July
- New factory was constructed at Zengenji-cho, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka City, and the company was renamed and reformed to INOUE KINZOKU KOJO Limited Partnership, with Masaji Inoue as representative partner.
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| 1936 |
- January
- The company was renamed and reformed to INOUE KINZOKU KOGYO CO., LTD, with Masaji Inoue appointed as president.
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| 1961 |
- June
- At the 50th anniversary, appointed Tadayoshi lnoue as president and Masaji lnoue as chairman of the board.
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| 1962 |
- May
- Established the Tokyo branch office in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
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| 1964 |
- January
- Publicly listed in the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.
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| 1964 |
- June
- Shiga Factory was constructed at Oshinohara, Yasu, Shiga Prefecture (old: Yasu-cho, Yasu-gun, Shiga Prefecture), completed the first phase construction. (current No.1 Factory)
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| 1968 |
- November
- License agreement with Overly lnc. USA of floating dryers for web offset printing.
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| 1970 |
- May
- License agreement with Alfsen Gunderson of Norway on heat set machines for paper making felt and sieve.
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| 1971 |
- March
- License agreement with Bachoffen & Meier on coaters and laminators for film and paper.
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| 1971 |
- August
- Completed the second phase construction of Shiga Factory. (current No.2 Factory)
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| 1976 |
- September
- License agreement with TEC Systems USA.
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| 1983 |
- June
- Entered the field of manufacturing equipment for rechargeable battery electrode plates.
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| 1984 |
- June
- Developed Ultra Die Coater.
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| 1986 |
- March
- Developed AIR CAN and AIR CAN DRY.
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| 1989 |
- January
- Developed Cassette Change Coater.
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| 1991 |
- March
- Developed Lab Coater.
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| 1991 |
- November
- Completed the third phase construction of Shiga Factory. (current No.4 Factory)
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| 1992 |
- August
- Completed a test plant of inert gas coating and drying.
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| 1993 |
- August
- Developed UT Coater.
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| 1999 |
- May
- Obtained a patent on the Die Coater of the double-sided coating.
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| 2000 |
- December
- Kiyozo Kanda was appointed as president.
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| 2002 |
- September
- Relocated the Tokyo branch office to Nihonbashi Kayaba-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
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| 2003 |
- November
- Transferred the Engineering Department and Procurement Department to Shiga Factory.
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| 2004 |
- July
- Relocated the Head Office to Kyutaro-machi, Chuo-ku, Osaka.
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| 2005 |
- January
- Registered trademark acquired for Nano Coater.
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| 2006 |
- March
- Developed Digital Coater.
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| 2006 |
- August
- Developed Clean Pilot Coater.
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| 2007 |
- June
- Susumu Takahashi was appointed as president.
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| 2007 |
- September
- Completed the assembling factory for semi-clean purpose at Shiga Factory. (current No.3 Factory)
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| 2008 |
- June
- Business collaboration of MESIM (Mechanical Simultaneous Stretching System) with DMT France and Marubeni Techno Systems.
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| 2010 |
- April
- Developed Smartlab.
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| 2010 |
- May
- Obtained the Certification of ISO9001 and ISO14001.
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| 2012 |
- June
- Celebrated 100th anniversary.
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| 2012 |
- October
- Changed Company name to Techno Smart Corp.
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| 2013 |
- March
- Obtained a patent for a valve for CB Coating.
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| 2013 |
- July
- Spot-trading stock markets of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange were integrated.
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| 2015 |
- September
- Obtained a patent for a high-speed butt splice.
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| 2016 |
- December
- Developed double-sided high-speed Nano Coater.
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| 2018 |
- March
- Developed Die for LIB end insulation layer coating.
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| 2019 |
- April
- Masami Yanai was appointed as president.
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| 2019 |
- July
- Completed the construction of main building of Shiga Factory.
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| 2020 |
- September
- Concluded a business alliance with Dürr Systems AG.
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| 2021 |
- January
- Developed Automatically Controlled Die Coater for electrodes.
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| 2021 |
- April
- Renamed Shiga Factory to Shiga Plant.
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| 2021 |
- June
- Completed No.5 Factory of Shiga Plant.
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| 2021 |
- September
- Developed Automatically Controlled Die Coater for optical applications.
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| 2024 |
- April
- Haruhiro Iida was appointed as president.
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