Okuma History

1898

Inventor Eiichi Okuma founds his own business, the Okuma Noodle Machine Co., to manufacture and sell noodle-making machines

1904

Manufacture and sales of machine tools start

1937

Okuma's machine tool production (value) of machine tools becomes No.1 in Japan

1963

Development of the Okuma Control (OSP) with absolute position feedback encoder
Becoming Japan's only comprehensive manufacturer of both Machine & Control

1976

USA and Europe liaison offices open

1987

Establishment of Okuma Machine Tools Inc. in the US (manufacturing)

1988

Okuma Europe GmbH is established in Germany

1991

Corporate name changes to Okuma Corporation

1995

Okuma America Corporation is established in the US

2001

Manufacture of ACE CENTER MB-V series vertical machining centers starts
Okuma Australia Pty is established (liaison since 1973)
Okuma Machinery (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. is established

2002

BYJC-OKUMA (Beijing) Machine Tool Co. Ltd. is established (manufacturing)
Okuma Technical Centre South is established in Germany

2006

4-company merger (Okuma Holdings, Okuma, Okuma & Howa and Okuma Engineering)

2007

K5 Factory (Kani Plant) is completed
Okuma India Pvt Ltd. is established
Okuma Technical Centre East is established in Austria

2008

Global CS Center, Okuma Memorial Gallery, Logistics Center is built

2013

Dream Site 1 (DS1) is completed

2014

Okuma's OSP suite is launched

2015

Brand message "OPEN POSSIBILITIES" is introduced

2017

Dream Site 2 (DS2) is completed

2018

New TOC Factory is built

2019

Dream Site 3 (Kani Plant) opens

2019

Takeover of Hommel CNC Technik GmbH / Rename to Okuma Deutschland GmbH

2020

Takeover of Gelderblom CNC Machines B.V. / Rename to Okuma Benelux B.V.