Ogura History
Ogura History
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May
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1938 | Established Ogura Seisakusho Co., Ltd. Hiroshi Ogura, the first President, established Ogura Seisakusho at Nishirokugo 3-23,Kamata-ku (presently Ota-ku), Tokyo to engage in the manufacture of aircraft-related products. |
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May
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1939 | Began to manufacture mechanical clutches. |
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Apr.
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1944 | Relocated the plant to Aioi-mura, Yamada-gun, Gunma (presently Aioi-cho,Kiryu City) |
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May
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1948 | Established Ogura Seimitsu-Kogyo Co., Ltd. to manufacture and sell precision parts for machine tools. |
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May
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1958 | Embarked on the manufacture of electromagnetic clutches and selenium rectifiers. |
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May
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1961 | Renamed Ogura Seisakusho Co., Ltd. to Ogura Clutch Co., Ltd. |
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May
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1963 | Listed on the over-the-counter registration stock market. |
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May
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1964 | Began to manufacture and sell air-conditioning clutches. |
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Feb.
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1965 | Initiated the export to the USA of air-conditioning clutches. |
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Jul.
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1967 | Completed and relocated the Head Office and Plant No.1 to the present address. Renamed the former Head Office to Plant No.2. |
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Oct.
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1969 | Completed Plant No.3 in Kiryu City, Gunma. |
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Nov.
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1969 | Opened the New York Branch Office. |
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Jun.
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1971 | Ogura was awarded as a contributor of exportation by the Minister of International Trade and Industry. |
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Nov.
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1972 | Established OGURA OF AMERICA INC in San Francisco, California. (previously our equity method applied subsidiary company) |
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Sep.
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1974 | Completed the Akabori plant at Akabori Kashima-cho, Isesaki City, Gunma Pref. |
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Aug.
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1985 | Completed the Kohbayashi Plant at Kohbayashi-cho, Isesaki City, Gunma Pref. |
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Jan.
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1988 | Established OGURA CORPORATION in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. (presently our consolidated subsidiary) |
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Dec.
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1996 | Founded OGURA S.A.S. in Nord, Valenciennes, France. (presently our consolidated subsidiary) |
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Jan.
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1998 | Founded and began operation of Ogura Industrial Corporation in Somerset,New Jersey, U.S.A. (presently our consolidated subsidiary) |
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Oct.
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1999 | Founded Ogura Clutch do Brasil LTDA in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (presently our consolidated subsidiary) |
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Jun.
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2000 | Founded Huron Precision Parts Corporation in Madison Heights, Michigan,U.S.A. |
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Nov.
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2001 | Founded Ogura Clutch Malaysia SDN.BHD. in Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan,Malaysia. (former Ogura subsidiary excluded from application of the equity method) |
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May
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2003 | Founded Ogura Clutch (Dongguan) Co.,Ltd. in Dongguan City, Guang Dong Province, China. (presently our consolidated subsidiary) |
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Jun.
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2004 | Founded Ogura Clutch ( WUXI ) Co., Ltd. in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, China. (presently our consolidated subsidiary) |
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Dec.
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2004 | Withdrawal of the over-the-counter registration from Japan Securities Dealers Association. Listing on the market of Jasdaq Securities Exchange. |
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Sep.
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2006 | Toyo Clutch Co., Ltd. became our wholly owned subsidiary. |
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Dec.
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2007 | Merger of Ogura Corporation, our consolidated subsidiary, and Huron Precision Parts Corporation. Ogura Corporation was the actual surviving company. |
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May
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2008 | Celebrated the 70th anniversary of the company founding. |
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Jul.
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2008 | Established Ogura Clutch (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Amata City, Rayong Province,Thiland. (presently our consolidated subsidiary) |
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Oct.
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2008 | Total production of air-conditioning clutches has exceeded 300 million units. |
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Apr.
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2010 | The merger of Jasdaq Securities Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange. Listing on the market of Jasdaq Osaka Securities Exchange. |
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Sep.
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2011 | Plant at Ogura Dongguan in China expanded to increase production. |
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Oct.
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2012 | Expanded the plant at Ogura Clutch Thailand Co., Ltd. |
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May
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2013 | Established Ogura Clutch Changxing in Huzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province in People's Republic of China. (presently our consolidated subsidiary) |
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Jun.
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2014 | Established Ogura Clutch India, PVT., LTd. in Haryana state in Republic of India. (presently our consolidated subsidiary) |
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Dec.
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2014 | Joined Keidanren, Japan Business Federation. |
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Aug.
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2016 | Cumulative production quantity of air conditioner clutches exceeded 400 million pieces. |
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may.
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2018 | Celebrated the 80th anniversary. |
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Jul.
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2018 | Established Sansen Co., Ltd. as subsidiary and succeeded its business from the former Sansen. |
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Jul.
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2018 | Name of Sansen Philippines (Calamba in Province of Laguna) was changed to Ogura Clutch Philippines, Inc. |
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Apr.
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2019 | Sunaga Electronics became subsidiary of Ogura. |
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May.
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2022 | Company name of Tokyo Seiko Co. Ltd. has been changed to Ogura Reikan Tanzo Co. Ltd. |
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May.
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2022 | Company name of Sansen Co. Ltd. has been changed to Ogura Denki CO.,LTD. |
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May.
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2022 | Company name Sunaga Seiko Denshi (DongGuan) Co.,LTD. has been changed to Ogura Seiko Denshi（DongGuan）CO., LTD. |