1929 TAKAHATA Industry Co., Ltd. was personally founded by Kanzaburo Takahata at Jujo, Kita-ku, Tokyo. Among other products, the company commenced the manufacture of water meter parts and supplied them to the Bureau of Waterworks, Tokyo Metropolitan Government. 1941 Private company reorganized as a limited partnership company. Established a new plant at Takinogawa, Kita-ku, Tokyo. Commenced the supply of parts to waterworks departments of municipal governments throughout Japan. Commenced the manufacture of precision parts for instruments. 1943 Purchased 6,870 m2 of land at Sumiyoshihon-Chou, Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture to construct the Kofu Plant. 1944 Established the head office and sales office at Nishimaru-Chou, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1959 Significant expansion required to meet sharply increased demand. Purchased 2,064 m2 of land at Ohara-Chou, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo to construct the Tokyo Plant. Moved the older plant in Nishimaru-Chou, Tokyo to the new site to form an integrated production system, from parts manufacture to assembly. 1963 Moved head office to Ohara-Chou, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. Commenced production of plastic gears and other precision parts to mark the start of full-scale injection molding business. 1964 Established to prepare for mass production lines for injection moldings at the Kofu Plant. Established a tooling department equipped with facilities for manufacturing molds at the Tokyo Plant. 1970 Constructed the Welfare Hall at the Kofu Plant (three-story reinforced concrete building; total floor space 1,061 m2). 1972 Constructed three new welfare halls at the former site of the Sengoku office, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo (three buildings; total floor space 560 m2). 1973 Established a new affiliate called YUTAKASEIKI, LTD.at Nakatomi-Chou(Now renamed "minobu-Chou"), Minami-Koma County, Yamanashi Prefecture, to increase the company’s plastics processing capacity (land area 1,981 m2; total floor space 1,167 m2 for three buildings). 1976 Kofu Plant certified for UL standards. 1977 Introduced IBM computers to centrally control business. Introduced an automated storage and retrieval system for dies (capacity for 344 pallets) at the Kofu Plant. Also enhanced the die processing facility. 1978 Marketing division spun off as an independent company under the name TAKAHATA Kogyo Co., Ltd. Limited partnership TAKAHATA Industry Co., Ltd. reorganized into TAKAHATA SEIKO CO., LTD. Newly constructed a head office building and warehouse (two-story steel frame building; total floor space 857 m2). 1979 Constructed new office building at the Kofu Plant (two-story steel frame building; total floor space 215 m2). Installed a new large-scale verification testing facility for water meters (50 to 200 mm in diameter). 1984 Designated as the No. 1 company among those invited to Yamanashi Prefecture under the Yamanashi Prefecture Satellite Concept. Purchased 28,308 m2 of land at Sakaigawa Village in Higashi County(Now renamed "Sakaigawa-chou, fuefuki city") to construct a new production plant (five buildings; total floor space 4,864 m2). 1986 Completed new facility in the second round of construction at the Sakaigawa Plant (one building; floor space 1,962 m2). 1987 Installed a new automatic lathe and power press facility in the third round of construction at the Sakaigawa Plant (one building: floor space 854 m2). Transferred from Kofu Plant. Introduced CAD systems for die design (ME10 to ME30). 1988 Constructed an all-NC die plant at the Kofu Plant (one building; floor space 362m2). 1989 Added new CAD-CAM systems. 1990 Established TAKAHATA PRECISION (M) SDN. BHD. in Malaysia (land area 16,220 m2; plant area 8,175 m2). Established Logistics Center at the Sakaigawa Plant to improve distribution (total floor space 1,360m2). 1991 Established TAKAHATA PRECISION (THAILAND) LTD. in Thailand (land area 4,400 m2; plant area 3,600 m2). 1995 Established the Purchase and Quality Assurance Center (one building; floor space 1,620 m2). Established TAKAHATA PRECISION (THAILAND) LTD. HI-TECH FACTORY in Thailand (land area 20,000 m2; plant area 5,040 m2). All domestic plants and offices obtain ISO9001 and 9002 certification. 1996 Established a clean room for assembling medical equipment (total floor space 324 m2) and a meter durability testing laboratory (water meter diameter 40 to 300 mm; total floor space 343 m2) at the Sakaigawa Plant. All plants and offices of TAKAHATA SEIKO CO., LTD. and TAKAHATA Kogyo Co., Ltd. obtain ISO9001 and ISO9002 certifications collectively. 1997 Established TAKAHATA (H.K.) CO., LTD. in Hong Kong, China. Launched molding business in China through Sub-contractors. 1999 Promoted concurrent engineering by introducing CAD-CAM (mold design to mold processing). Designated as a specified manufacturer of Class 1 and Class 2 water meters by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). 2000 Obtained ISO14001 certification. 2001 Established TAKAHATA (H.K.) CO., LTD. SHENZHEN FACTORY in Shenzhen, China. 2002 TAKAHATA Kogyo Co., Ltd. merged with its parent company, TAKAHATA SEIKO CO., LTD. Established TAKAHATA SEIKO (SUZHOU) CO., LTD. in Suzhou, China. Established TAKAHATA PRECISION AMERICA, INC. in Tennessee, U.S.A. 2004 The new factory was completed to Suzhou in China. Established TAKAHATA (H.K.) CO., LTD. DONGGUAN FACTORY in Dongguan, China. 2005 Established TAKAHATA PRECISION VIETNAM CO.,LTD. in Haiphong Vietnam.