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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 |
1918 | Establishment of Okuma Machinery Works Ltd. |
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 |
1966 | Manufacture of LA-N NC lathes and MDB double-column machining centers starts |
1974 | Manufacture of MCM double-column machining centers (5-sided applications) starts |
1975 | Manufacture of LS-N NC lathes starts |
1976 | USA and Europe liaison offices open |
1980 | Main operations relocate from the old headquarters plant (Nagoya) to Oguchi |
1982 | Manufacture of LB15 NC lathes starts |
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 |
1997 | Okuma Nanjing office opens |
1998 | Manufacture of SPACE TURN series NC lathes starts |
2000 | The IT PLAZA is launched, a new IT manufacturing system Okuma Techno (Thailand) is established |
2001 | Manufacture of ACE CENTER MB-V series vertical machining centers starts |
2002 | BYJC-OKUMA (Beijing) Machine Tool Co. Ltd. is established (manufacturing) |
2003 | Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Award for "Thermal Deformation Compensation System," the core of the Thermo-Friendly Concept |
2005 | 3-company integration (Okuma, Okuma & Howa and Okuma Engineering) |
2006 | 4-company merger (Okuma Holdings, Okuma, Okuma & Howa and Okuma Engineering) |
2007 | K5 Factory (Kani Plant) is completed |
2008 | Global CS Center, Okuma Memorial Gallery, Logistics Center is built |
2009 | Okuma Technical Centre Moscow is established in Russia |
2013 | Dream Site 1 (DS1) is completed |
2014 | Okuma Vietnam Co., Ltd. is established |
2015 | Brand message "OPEN POSSIBILITIES" is introduced |
2016 | Manufacture of LASER EX series |
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. |