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History

1951 Company founder Nobuo Fukushima starts Fukushima Industries Corporation in Asahi-ku, Osaka.  
1956 Head office and main production factory move to Mitejima, Nishi Yodogawa-ku, Osaka.  
1962 Company develops and begins mass production of the ER Series, the industry's first commercial standard refrigerators. ER Series
1964 Responding to the increase of volume sales outlets, the company standardizes and starts production of open showcase freezer refrigerators.  
1974 New head office is built in Mitejima 3-chome, Nishi Yodogawa-ku, Osaka.  
1979 Company develops and starts sale of the energy saving open showcase SE Series. SE Series
1984 New Okayama Factory is established in Shoo-cho, Katsuta-gun and starts production. Development and sale of the enhanced function open showcase SX Series. SX Series
1987 Company fully remodels its commercial Freezer Refrigerators with the development and sale of the ERX Series with its fully automatic heater def. ERX Series
1988 Company enters the field of defrosting, jointly developing with Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd. the "clean defroster", a high humidity air defroster.  
1989 Company enters the field of bakery with the development of a bakery machine.  
1994 OTC trading status is acquired on JASDAQ and IPO is made.  
1995 Listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange (Part 2). The Shiga Factory is established at its present site in Minakuchi-cho, Kouka-city, Shiga-ken and starts production. The Shiga Factory
1996 Commercial Fridge Freezers are fully remodeled with the development and sale of the new microprocessor controlled EXD Series. EXD Series
1997 Company provides 100% funding for the establishment of subsidiary "Fukusima International (H.K.) Co., Limited" in Hong Kong.
Development and sale of the new NEXTER Series showcase freezer refrigerators.
NEXTER Series
1998 Development and sale of new HACCP compatible "Blast Chiller / Shock Freezer" cooking system. Blast Chiller / Shock Freezer
1999 Development of "Low Temperature Incubator" and "Pharmaceutical Showcase Refrigerator" medical equipment mark entry into the physics and chemistry and medical equipment fields. Low Temperature Incubator
2000 Shiga Factory receives ISO14001 certification.  
2001 Introduction of "Fukushima S Net 24" provides a 24 hour maintenance service via remote management and control.  
2002 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Part 2).
Okayama Factory receives ISO9001 certification.
Consolidated subsidiary Fukushima Tourei Co. Ltd. is founded.
Reverse-osmosis filtration system RO water vending machine is developed.
RO water vending machine
2004 Shiga Factory receives ISO9001 certification.
Consolidated subsidiary Fukusima International (Singapore) Pte.,Ltd is founded.
Consolidated subsidiary Taiwan Fukusima International Co., Ltd is founded.
 
2005 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Part 1) and Osaka Securities Exchange (Part 1).  
2006 Consolidated subsidiary "Beijing FuRenJing Refrigeration and Machinery Electric Co., Ltd." changes its trading name to "Beijing ER Shang-Fukushima Machinery Electric Co.,Ltd" and moves to a new factory.
Second Okayama factory is established and starts operation on land adjoining the existing Okayama factory.
Full remodeling of our commercial fridge freezers with the development and sale of the URD Series with its improved energy saving.
Second Okayama factory
URD Series
2007 Company develops and starts sale of the inverter refrigerators IR Series.
Company develops and starts sale of the Axia-Eco system.
Axia-Eco system
2008 Company develops and starts sale of the inverter refrigerators with carbon offset for the first time in the industry's world.
Consolidated subsidiary Fukusima International (Shanghai)Co.,Ltd is founded.
the inverter refrigerators with carbon offset
2009 Company acuqires all the stocks of High-bridge Co.,Ltd.Company makes High-bridge Co.,Ltd and TAKAHASHI MANUFACTURING Co.,Ltd which is High-bridge Co.,Ltd of a wholly-owned subsidiary consolidate subsidiary.
Company develops and starts sale of the new IM Series inverter showcase freezer refrigerators.
 
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