Kyodo Drawn Shaft Co., Ltd. established in Nakagawa-Higashi, Ikuno-ku, Osaka under President Kotaro Tsukamoto; Capital: ¥195,000
June 1959
Kashima factory completed.
June 1960
Company name changed to "Kyodo Shaft Co., Ltd."
Aug. 1964
Headquarters moved to Kashima plant.
May 1965
Designated as a Technology Improvement Research Factory by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).
Oct. 1971
Kyodo Precision Steel Co., Ltd. established. (merged with Kyodo Shaft Co., Ltd. in December 2005)
Mar. 1976
BLK Steel Inc. established (until 1982)
Jan. 1977
Kyodo-American Corp. established (until 1995)
Oct. 1978
Tokyo Office opened (until 1998)
Nov. 1981
Exported cold finished steel bar production plant to Canada and gave technical guidance to Laurel Steel in Canada
Jan. 1985
Kyodo Special Steel Wire Co., Ltd. established and started operation.
Sept. 1985
Hiroshima Office opened (until 2000)
May 1986
Amagasaki Factory completed.
Aug. 1990
Tadakazu Tsukamoto appointed president.
Mar. 1996
Mahajak Kyodo Co., Ltd. established in Thailand.
Oct. 1999
Acquisition of ISO 9001 certification: Registration number 0487.
Dec. 2004
Acquisition of ISO 14001 certification: Registration number E960.
June 2006
Capital participation in Kobe Wire Products (Foshan) Co., Ltd.
