Corporate History
During the Pacific War in 1942, Olroth & Co., Ltd was established at Sanjo city in Niigata prefecture, which is well
known for hardware producing area.
Afterwards, going through a difficult phase of the war, we have been successfully doing business for over 70 years.
Founder Taichiro Yuki
| Dec.1938 | The Company starts in Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, as a jointly operated factory of the Sanjo Steel Machinery Guild of small household hardware concerns. |
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| Jul.1942 | Officially established as Olroth & Co., Ltd., the Company takes over the guild’s facilities and manufacturing machine tools as wholly owned subsidiary of Niigata Ironworks Co., Ltd. The forging section also starts production. The Company’s capital is ￥500 thousand. |
| Nov.1945 | Following the closure of Niigata Ironworks Co., Ltd. for reparations, the Company beigins manufacturing cigarette-processing equipment to help reconstruct the Japanese Ministry of Finance’s Monopoly Bureau that had been destroyed during the war. The forging section also restarts precision product manufacturing. |
| Apr.1946 | The Takasaki Plant is founded in the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, as a dedicated plant for cigarette-processing equipment. |
| Jun. 1949 | The Tokyo Branch Office is opened in Chiyodaku, Tokyo.(The name was changed to the Tokyo Branch in 1970.) |
| Apr. 1956 | The Company’s shares are listed on the Niigata Securities Exchange. |
| Nov.1961 | The Company’s shares are listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Oct. 1962 | A new Takasaki Plant is built in Kuraganomachi in line with the establishment of the Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Monopoly Corporation. |
| Dec. 1963 | Olroth Machine Works enters an exclusive contract with Hauni Werke, Korber & co. KG of Germany. for the sale of Tobacco Cutting Machine. Model KT 400 A (cigarette-processing equipment) to the Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Monopoly Corporation. |
| Nov. 1966 | The Company’s Head Office and Sanjo Plant are built in Sakaemachi, Minami Kanbara-gun.(current Sanjo-City) |
| Jun. 1971 | Olroth Machine Works enters a contract with the United States company, Bernal Rotarysystems Incorporation for the exclusive manufacture and sale of rotary dies in Japan and Southeast Asia. |
| Sep.1971 | Contracted with Robert Blohm of Germany for exclusive production and sales of Surface grinding machine in Japan and nonexclusive production and sales in the world. |
| May. 1972 | The Osaka Branch is opened in Osaka City. |
| Oct. 1975 | A new Tokyo Branch is completed. |
| Apr. 1977 | The Utsunomiya Branch Office is opened in Utsunomiya(name changed to Utsunomiya Branch in 1991). |
| Mar. 1980 | Olroth Machine Works enters a contract with T.Y. Miles, of the United States, to provide technical assistances on broaching maching. |
| May. 1981 | A new Utsunomiya Branch Office is built in Hiraide Industrial Park. |
| Apr. 1991 | Capital is increased to ￥1525 million. |
| Oct. 1992 | Olroth Machine Works celebrates its 50th anniversary. |
| Nov. 1992 | A new plant containing the DS and heat treatment sections of the Die System Division is completed. |
| Nov. 1995 | Foshan Shunde, Lecong, Sanjo Forging Co., Ltd. in Guangdong Province, China, established. |
| Sep. 1997 | The FLX Plant (a flexible die plant of the Die System Division) is completed. |
| Nov. 1999 | The Forging Division gets “ISO9000S”certification. |
| May. 2000 | The Die System Division gets “ISO9001”certification. |
| Jun. 2000 | The Machinery gets “ISO9001” certification. |
| Aug. 2001 | Forging Headquarter’s new plant (automatic forging press line) completed. |
| Dec. 2003 | Head office and Sanjo Plant acquire ISO 14001 certification. |
| Apr. 2012 | Securities delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Mar. 2017 | Foshan Shunde, Lecong, Sanjo Forging Co., Ltd. in Guangdong Province, China built and relocated to a new office and factory. |
