NITTO KOHKI CO.,LTD.

ENGLISH
JAPANESE

GLOBAL

CONTACT US

YouTube

YouTube

Product search Close

MENU

Products

Products Top

New products

NITTO KOHKI Official YouTube Channel

Company
News & Events
Videos
Investor Relations
Download
ENGLISH
JAPANESE

GLOBAL

Contact us

CLOSE

History

1950's

1956
Established the company in Kugahara, Ota-ku, Tokyo
1956
Released Quick Connect Couplings “SP CUPLA”
1958
Released Portable Magnetic Base Drilling Machine “ATRA BL”

1956
“AIR MICROMETERS” as the origin NITTO KOHKI

1960's

1960
Established Toyama Sales Office (currently Hokuriku Sales Branch)
1962
Established Osaka Sales Office (currently Western Sales Div.)
1963
Relocated the headquarters and plant (Nakaikegami, Ota-ku, Tokyo)
1965
Established Nagoya Sales Office (currently Midland Sales Div.)
1968
Established Los Angels Representative Office
1969
Established NITTO KOHKI U.S.A.

1962
Released Pneumatic High Speed Multi Needle Chisel “JET CHISEL”

1963
Relocated the headquarters and plant

1970's

1970
Established New York Representative Office
1973
Succeeded in commercializing Linear-motor-driven Free Piston “Linear Compressor”
1975
Released MEDO Brand “MEDO Bubble Bath A7001”
1977
Acquired MEDOTECH (formerly Happy Precision Engineering) through M&A and made it a group company
1977
Completed construction and started operation of Ujiie Plant (currently TOCHIGI NITTO KOHKI)
1979
Established MEDO U.S.A. (currently NITTO KOHKI U.S.A.)
1979
Established NITTO KOHKI EUROPE in U.K.(currently NITTO KOHKI EUROPE UK Branch)

1973
Succeeded in commercializing the linear-motor-driven free piston pump

1977
Started operation of Ujiie Plant (currently TOCHIGI NITTO KOHKI)

1980's

1989
Established Singapore Representative Office (currently Singapore Branch)
1989
Established a representative office in Germany

1980
Participated in the exhibition in Paris, France.

1990's

1990
Established WESTAIR-NITTO SALES (currently NITTO KOHKI AUSTRALIA)
1990
Established the MIKIYA Science And Technology Foundation
1992
Established NITTO KOHKI DEUTSCHLAND (currently NITTO KOHKI EUROPE)
1992
Established NITTO KOHKI AUSTRALIA MFG
1995
Shares were listed on the over-the-counter market
1998
Listed in the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

1997
Established NITTO KOHKI (THAILAND) CO., LTD. (currently NITTO KOHKI INDUSTRY (THAILAND)) in Thailand as the pump production base

2000's

2000
Listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2000
Established TOCHIGI NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
2000
Ujiie Plant split off into TOCHIGI NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
2000
Acquired SHIRAKAWA NITTO KOHKI (formerly Shirakawa Densei) through M&A and made it a group company
2000
Established Bangkok Representative Office under the umbrella of Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd., Singapore Branch (currently Bangkok Representative Office)
2000
Established Shanghai Representative Office (currently NITTO KOHKI (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.)
2002
Established NITTO KOHKI (THAILAND) CO., LTD. (currently NITTO KOHKI INDUSTRY (THAILAND)) in Thailand as the “CUPLA” production base
2004
Established Shenzhen Representative Office (currently NITTO KOHKI (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. Shenzhen Branch

2000
Expanded business through M&A

2000
Listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange for further growth

2010's

2010
The new headquarters' building was completed
2012
Established NITTO KOHKI (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
2012
Established NITTO KOHKI (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. Shenzhen Branch
2013
Established NITTO KOHKI INDUSTRY (THAILAND)
2015
Established India Liaison Office
2019
Established Indonesia Representative Office

2014
Unifying Corporate Mark in Nitto Kohki group

2015
Business of CUPLA started for fuel-cell vehicles

2015
“HYGIENIC CUPLA” for the food industry entered the new industry

2020's

2020
Toshio Mikiya, Founder passed away.
2022
Transitioned to Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2024
MEDOTECH CO., LTD. and SHIRAKAWA NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD. merged, and the company was renamed TOHOKU NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.