Nov, 1935

Company founded in Minato-ku,Osaka under the private ownership of Noboru Takenaka

Jan, 1942

Designated to a Navy-supervised factory exclusively manufacturing bolts, nuts, and rivets for warships and nuts and bolts for Navy oil refinery facilities .

Aug, 1952

Saiwaicho Factory established in Naniwa-ku Osaka, where mass production of alloy and special steel products started

May, 1956

Okajima Factory newly established in Taisho-ku, Osaka

Apr, 1960

Fuse Factory( currently called Higashi Osaka Factory)completed to replace Saiwaicho Factory and full-capacity operation started

Feb, 1968

Tokyo Office opened.

Jun, 1970

Awarded by the Minister of International Trade and Industry for the contributions to exportation

May, 1984

Patent granted on "Resin-Coated Nuts and Bolts" (JP 1206194.)

Oct, 1985

Ceramic resin-coated nuts and bolts developed, and their manufacture and sales started

Dec, 1985

A new Headquarters Building completed in the Higashi Osaka Factory site

Apr, 1986

TAKECOAT®-1000 specified in the master vendors list of Exxon Mobil Head Office, USA

Oct, 1989

Started Division of Electronic Equipments

Jan, 1995

TAKECOAT®-1000 coated nuts and bolts adopted for the segment fasteners in Trans Tokyo Bay Highway(Aqua-Line), and their delivery started.

Dec, 1996

TAKECOAT®-1000 coated nuts and bolts adopted by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the United Arab Emirate

Jan, 1998

Awarded a Good Company Award by the Medium and Small Business Research Institute

Apr, 1999

Joint patent applied on "TAKECOAT®-Yakitsuki-Non", an excellent seizing-protective coating of special resin

Apr, 1999

Opened Tokyo Office(Electronic Equipment Division)

Jul, 1999

ELECUT, a bolt excelling in electric insulation commercialized

Mar, 2003

Awarded a Gold Prize in the 5th Ceremony of Higashi Osaka Grand Awards for Creative Design and Manufacturing

Aug, 2005

Awarded a METI Prize for Excellence in the 1st Ceremony of Japan Grand Awards for Creative Design and Manufacturing ; METI stands for the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

Apr, 2006

Patent applied on "NANOTECT®, a Carbon Nanotube including High-Strength Anti-rusting Coating System (Patent Application 2006-12280)

Apr, 2006

Selected by METI as one of the "300 Most Active Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers in Japan": METI stands for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

Oct, 2006

NANOTECT® selected as a target technology of the METI Projects to Support the Enhancement of Strategic Core Technologies,2006

Aug, 2007

A new Test & Research Laboratory completed in the Division of Nuts & Bolts

Apr, 2009

Awarded a Prize for New Product (NANOTECT®) and a Special Prize for Technological Management in the 21st Awarding Ceremony for Small-and Medium-sized Enterprises' New Technologies and New Products

Jun, 2010

Patent on NANOTECT® granted (JP 4536031)

Jul, 2011

A new Machining Mill completed

Oct, 2011

Opened Kobe Office(Electronic Equipment Division)

Feb, 2012

Awarded a METI Prize for Excellence in the 4th Ceremony of Japan Grand Awards for Creative Design and Manufacturing

Nov, 2012

Recognized officially by the Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau as a company of excellence in tax declaration since 1969

Mar, 2013

The Abu Dhabi Branch in United Arab Emirates opened

Mar, 2014

Selected by METI as one of the Global Niche Top (GNT) 100 Corporations

Apr, 2014

Patent granted on "Control Device and Control Method for Synchronous Motors" (Sensor-less Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors)( JP 5534991)

Apr, 2014

Chairman Hirotada Takenaka received the Order of the Rising Sun,Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon at the Spring Conferment

Oct, 2016

Electronic Equipment Division launched robot import, sales, and rental.

Nov, 2016

TAKENAKA MIDDLE EAST LLC was established in the United Arab Emirates.

Dec, 2016

Taking advantage of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Standardization System for Cultivating New Markets, Takenaka’s NANOTECT® was selected as a standardization project, and adopted into the JIS Standard Z 8921-2016: Carbon nanotube composite resin coating film.