History

Brief History

January 1947	Kamacho Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha established
March 1957	Company name changed to Kamacho Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha (Kamacho Scale Co., Ltd.), and relocated plant to current location
1960	Established Tokyo Office
1961	Tokyo Office promoted to status of Branch Office, established Nagoya Office
1962	Established Osaka Branch Office
1964	Relocated Head Office to current location, established Kyushu Branch Office
1967	Expanded truck scale assembly plant
1968	Expanded hopper scale assembly plant
1969	Expanded hopper scale assembly plant
1970	Expanded packer scale assembly plant
1974	Granted license to conduct construction business
1975	Manufactured facilities for compressing and recycling non-combustible waste into resources
October 1984	Increased capital to 200 million yen
December 1984	Increased capital to 250 million yen
February 1985	Increased capital to 300 million yen
March 1988	Promoted Nagoya Office to status of Nagoya Branch Office
April 1988	Established new plant for instrumentation
October 1989	Expanded instrumentation office
October 1994	Obtained approval for specified scale models (2 tons or less)
August 1995	Completed load cell performance test facilities
October 1995	Obtained approval for specified scale models (over 2 tons)
1997	In line with enactment of Act on Sorted Collection and Recycling of Containers and Packaging, started manufacturing PET bottle compressors (PB Series) and compressors and packers for other plastics (PL Series)
June 1998	Obtained ISO9002 certificate
August 1998	Expanded assembly plant for PET bottle compressors (PB Series)
April 2000	Expanded assembly plant for other plastics compressor and packers (PL Series)
October 2001	Completed and started sales of digital load cell-type truck scales
September 2002	Obtained ISO9001 certificate (2000 version)
March 2004	Certified as designated manufacturer
March 2006	Obtained ISO14001 certificate
May 2008	Registered for JCSS weight calibration services
October 2011	Decreased capital to 80 million yen