Company history

Mother company Takada Kougyou

•  Founded as TAKADA INDUSTRY Ltd. in 1968 by Minoru Takada, company is placed in GIFU prefecture
•  President and owner – Atsushi Takada
•  Sales in 2008 - 2,800 mil. JPY

Takada’s history

•  1968, May Foundation of Takada Kougyou.
•  1971, September Became a limited company, Takada Industry with 1 500 000 yen capital.
•  1977, February Introduced full automatic horizontal type injection molding machines to streamline its production and adopts TQC to strengthen.
•  1979, April Increased capital to 6 000 000 yen.
•  1980, February Introduced Tampo printing machines to perform  the integrated production of design parts.
•  1982, February Company implemented system TPM (Total Preventive Maintenance).
•  1983, September Takada Kougyou was award “Excellent Business”.
•  1984, August Introduced thermoplastic resin molding machines to scope with the diversification of customers needs.
•  1985, April Erected a new office building and streamlines clerical work.
•  1986, April Extend the plant building to increase the production capacity.
•  1991, June Introduced full automatic insert molding machines for further production rationalization.
•  1997, August Extended the Shizu plant to secure floor space for future production increase.
•  1998, August Atsushi Takada assumes the presidency.
•  2001, December Introduced laser processing machines.
•  2002, January Investment in the CR approved.
•  2002, February Industrial zone Louny selected for a new branche.
•  2002, September Building works initiated.
•  2002, December Earned ISO 9001 certification(Takada Kougyou).
•  2003, March Czech plant (TiCz) completed.
•  2003, April Trial operation permitted.
•  2003, December Serial production for TRCZ started.
•  2004, May Earned ISO 9001 + 14001 certification, permit to use the plant granted.
•  2008, August Increasing the number of machines to compensate for the loads of individual machines (Third investment in machines: Installation of eight     horizontal injection molding machines
•  2011, August Installation of vertical injection molding machine (Fourth investment: one vertical injection molding machine + an automatic insert system)
•  2013, June Installation of a vertical injection molding machine (Fifth investment: installation of two vertical injection molding machines)
•  2017, July Completion of the plant construction - Phase II
•  2017, August Installation of horizontal injection molding machines (Sixth investment in machines: installation of five horizontal injection molding machines)
•  2018, August Installation of horizontal injection molding machines (Seventh investment in machines: installation of four horizontal injection molding machines)