1918 |
Ichikawa Brothers Trading Company is established in Osaka. |
1948 |
Corporate name is changed to Kyowa Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; vacuum bottle manufacturing and sales begins. |
1953 |
Corporate name is changed to Kyowa Vacuum Bottle Co., Inc. |
1961 |
Name is changed to Zojirushi Corporation and the elephant is adopted as the corporate logo; ZO means elephant, in Japanese, which symbolizes strength, intelligence and familiarity. |
1964 |
Japan's first automated vacuum bottle production equipment is developed; mass production of glass vacuum bottle liners begins. |
1968 |
Osaka factory is opened. |
1970 |
Construction is completed for Osaka Head Office building and Shiga Manufacturing Plant; new electric rice warmer is introduced. |
1973 |
Air Pot is launched, Zojirushi receives high acclaim for this push-type beverage dispenser. |
1980 |
Sale of electric air pots commenced. |
1981 |
Stainless steel double wall vacuum bottles are launched; Stainless steel vacuum bottle manufacturing process is patented and the TUFFBOY line is introduced. |
1983 |
Micro computerized, Micom electric rice cooker/warmer is introduced. |
1985 |
Tokyo Main Office is completed. |
1986 |
Zojirushi lists shares on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange; corporate identity is introduced; Union Zojirushi Co., Ltd., in Thailand is established. |
1987 |
Zojirushi America Corporation is established in California, U.S.A. |
1988 |
The Home Bakery, bread machine is introduced. |
1993 |
Minuet Computer Integrated Manufacturing system is launched. |
1995 |
Zojirushi Hong Kong Co., Ltd. and Zojirushi-Simatelex Co., Ltd. are established. |
1996 |
Korea Liaison Office is incorporated in Seoul. |
1998 |
Zojirushi celebrates 80th Anniversary; Shiga Factory is certified with ISO9002. |
1999 |
Osaka and Shiga Factory are certified with ISO14001. |
2000 |
Europe Liaison Office is incorporated in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Osaka Factory is certified with ISO9001. |
2001 |
New President Mr. Norio Ichikawa is appointed; Taiwan Representative Office is incorporated in Taipei, Taiwan;"Mimamori Hotline" project is commenced to help monitor the elderly through their use of an electric "I-Pot*".
*For more details of "I-Pot", visit http://www.mimamori.net (currently available in Japanese only) |