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| 1912 | Inokuchi Type Machinery Office founded (Issey Hatakeyama was appointed general manager, under the supervision of Ariya Inokuchi, professor of Tokyo Imperial University.) |
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| 1920 | EBARA CORPORATION established (A plant was constructed near Shinagawa, Tokyo, marking the establishment of the Company, which assumed the responsibilities of the Inokuchi Type Machinery Office and began manufacturing centrifugal pumps.) |
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| 1938 | New plant built in Haneda (The head office and manufacturing operations shifted from Shinagawa to the new facility in Haneda.) |
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| 1941 | New plant built in Kawasaki (The new plant began manufacturing machine tools according to the MachineTool Manufacturing Law.) |
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| 1945 | Haneda Plant damaged in war (All operations, except a pump testing facility, fabrication & welding shop, and main building, deemed no longer functional. As a result, production was transfered to the Kawasaki Plant.) |
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| 1955 | Haneda Plant reopens (The Haneda Plant was resurrected to spearhead the Company's manufacturing operations.) |
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| 1956 | EBARA-Infilco Co., Ltd., established (A 50-50 joint venture between EBARA CORPORATION and Infilco Inc., of the United States, was set up to manufacture water treatment equipment.) |
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| 1964 | Bangkok Office opened (EBARA's first post-WWII overseas sales office) |
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| 1965 | Fujisawa Plant opened (The first facility in Japan to mass-produce standard pumps, it took over the production of chillers from the Haneda Plant.) |
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| 1971 | Central Research Institute established within Fujisawa Plant complex |
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| 1972 | EBARA-Infilco Central Research Institute established |
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| 1975 | EBARA Industrias Mecanicas e Comercio Ltda. established in Brazil (EBARA's first overseas production facility.) Sodegaura Plant opened (To manufacture mainly compressors and turbines.) |
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| 1981 | EBARA International Corporation established in the United States (Pump business base in North America) |
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| 1984 | EBARA Research Co., Ltd., established (Set up to assume and expand the functions of the EBARA and EBARA-Infilco central research institutes.) |
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| 1985 | Kawasaki Plant integrated into Fujisawa Plant |
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| 1987 | No. 1 precision machining facility established at Fujisawa Plant (Vacuum equipment production for the semiconductor manufacturing industry commenced) |
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| 1989 | EBARA Italia S.p.A. established (To manufacture stainless steel standard pumps) |
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| 1990 | Environment Business Division established (To strengthen EBARA's environmental engineering capabilities) |
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| 1991 | Sodegaura Chemical Plant opened |
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| 1992 | EBARA Qingdao Co., Ltd., established in China (To manufacture various types of boilers) Environmental Clinic set up within the Environment Business Division (The clinic conducts environmental analyses and provides consulting services.) |
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| 1994 | Company merged with EBARA-Infilco |
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| 2000 | EBARA Techno-serve Co., Ltd., established |
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| 2001 | Environmental Engineering Corporation established (To strengthen the overseas operations of the Environmental Engineering Group) |
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| 2002 | Global Marketing & Sales Group established |
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| 2005 | In-house company system introduced (Former operating groups realigned under Corporate, which will function as the Head Office, with three core in-house companies (Fluid Machinery & Systems Company, Environmental Engineering Company, and Precision Machinery Company) and one strategic company (New and Renewable Energy Company.) Established EBARA Boshan Pumps Co., Ltd., a manufacturing and sales base in China for large-scale pumps and high-pressure pump |
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| 2006 | The domestic water and sewage processing department was split off as a separate company. |
