| 1945 |
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Establishment
of Chugai Ro Co., Ltd.
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| 1954 |
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Technology introduction from Midland-Ross
Corporation, U.S.A. on advanced industrial furnaces,
enabling Chugai Ro to take the initiative in modernizing
furnace facilities in Japan.
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Start of manufacture of atmosphere
heat-treat furnaces such as gas carburizing furnaces,
establishing a foundation for the high quality and
mass production system resulting in the growth of
the automotive industry.
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| 1955 |
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Start of manufacture of cold rolled
steel strip coil bright annealing furnaces and supply
of the latest industrial furnaces to the nonferrous
metal, electric, and glass industries for modernizing
production facilities.
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| 1958 |
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Completion of Combustion Equipment
Factory, and start of mass production of high precision
combustion equipment.
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| 1959 |
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Start of manufacture of "Kathabar"
humidity conditioners and installation for brewing,
food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
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| 1961 |
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Start of manufacture of industrial
machinery such as coating lines, tire cord heat-treat
line and paper machine hoods.
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| 1962 |
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Listing on stock exchanges.
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Export of soaking pits and reheat
furnaces to Brazil, leading to advance into the
overseas market.
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| 1966 |
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Development of the top and bottom
fired walking beam type reheat furnace, contributing
to manufacture of large-size furnaces and improvement
in quality of rolled materials.
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| 1969 |
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Technology transfer to France and
U.K. on the top and bottom fired walking beam type
furnace.
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Completion of the Head Office building.
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| 1973 |
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Advance into the business of sewage
sludge incinerating systems.
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| 1975 |
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Completion of Sakai Factory resulting
in improvement in the prefabrication and shop assembly
percentage, decrease in field construction periods
and reduction in costs.
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| 1976 |
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Success in putting into practice
the continuous annealing lines for cold rolled steel
strip with innovative improvements for energy saving
and productivity. Export contract with U.S.S.R.
for the world's largest furnace of this kind.
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| 1977 |
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Technology transfer to Korea Machinery
Co., Ltd., Korea on atmosphere heat-treat furnaces,
contributing to development of heat-treat technologies
in Korea.
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| 1979 |
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Export contact with China Steel
Corporation, Taiwan for large plants including a
reheat furnace for hot-rolling and annealing furnaces
for cold-rolling.
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| 1980 |
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Start of construction in Japan,
Russia and Sweden of continuous annealing furnaces
for cold rolled steel strip utilizing the world's
most advanced technology.
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| 1981 |
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Technology introduction
from Sulzer-Escher Wyss GmbH, Germany on sewage
sludge drying and incinerating plants.
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Technology transfer to Midland-Ross
Corporation, U.S.A. on the walking beam type reheat
furnaces for steel mills.
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Technology transfer to Stein Heurtey
S.A., France on the catenary type annealing furnace
for stainless steel strip.
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| 1985 |
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Cross license agreement with Somerset
Technologies, Inc., U.S.A.
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| 1988 |
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Sales assistance and technology
transfer to Surface Combustion, Inc., U.S.A. on
heat-treat furnaces.
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Receipt of the first order for an
in-line sputtering system.
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Receipt of the first order from
Kyoto Prefecture for a fluidized bed type sewage
sludge incinerating system.
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| 1989 |
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Success in developing ash brick
manufacturing systems by recycling sewage sludge
and in receiving orders for such systems.
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| 1992 |
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Receipt of the order for the 700
"Hi-shifter" batch heat treating furnaces.
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Receipt of the first order for an
environment-conscious cleaning and drying unit "Solmate"
using no organic solvent.
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| 1994 |
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Receipt of a turnkey order from
ACERINOX S.A. for a continuous stainless steel bright
annealing furnace.
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Receipt of the first order for a
regenerative thermal oxidizer.
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| 1995 |
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Receipt of orders for thin steel
slabs holding furnaces for U.S.A and Korea.
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| 1996 |
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Receipt of order
for various facilities for manufacturing large size
color plasma display panels (PDP).
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| 1997 |
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Receipt of turnkey orders from Krupp
Thyssen Nirosta GmbH, Germany and Taiwanese steel
companies for continuous stainless stell bright
annealing furnaces.
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Technology transfer to Hanwha Machinery
Co., Ltd., Korea on the bubbling fluidized bed type
sewage sludge incineration system.
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ISO9001 certified.
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| 1998 |
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Joint development with Dai Nippon
Printing Co., Ltd., Japan of a reflected electron
feedback electrode system which stabilizes plasma
production.
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Completion of a sewage sludge drying
and incinerating system at Kokufu River Basin Sewage
Treating Plant in Niigata, Japan which is a new
model sewage sludge disposal system for relatively
small municipalities.
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Joint development and sales tie-up
with Anelva Corporation, Japan of a MgO deposition
system for the production of large plasma display
panels.
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Receipt fo the first order for a
rotary melting furnace which makes ash from municipal
garbage incinerators innoxious.
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| 1999 |
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Receipt of an order from Acciai
Speciali Terni S.p.A., Italy for the world's largest
stainless steel strip bright annealing line.
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Receipt of the first order for a
next generation vacuum carburizing furnace.
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| 2000 |
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Installation of an environment-conscious
reheat furnace which reduces the fuel consumption
to 30% and halves NOx emission as compared with
the conventional type.
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Installation of the first order
for a dioxin destruction system at Clean Center
in Nomura Town, Ehime Pref., Japan.
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Receipt of successive order for
table coater, MgO deposition system and frit sealing
exhausting equipment for mass production of plasma
display panels.
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Development and installation of
EBC automatic air ratio control system.
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Receipt of order from Avesta Polarit, Finland
for the world's largest annealing furnace for the
world's first full-scale RAP Line.
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| 2001 |
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Receipt of the
first order for a circle drawing coater.
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Receipt of an order for a dioxin destruction system
at Oumihachiman City, Shiga Pref., Japan.
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Receipt of an order for one-chamber-type
vacuum furnace units 1 and 2 adopting a high-pressurization
cooling system.
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Receipt of an order of a bell-type
coil-annealing furnace (H2-BAF) for 100% hydrogen
atmosphere from Sumitomo Metal Industries in Wakayama.
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Development of the next-generation
table coater FLOLIA, which enabled super high-precision
paint coating in units of sub microns.
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Receipt of orders of advanced exhaust
gas processing systems of bag filter type from Ago-cho,
Mie Pref., and the Shirone area in Niigata Pref.
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Installation of steel bar edge heating
equipment incorporating an oxygen combustion system
in response to an increasing demand for high-quality
steel bars.
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Receipt of an order of chicken-dropping
carbonization systems as the first equipment making
use of organic waste disposal technology from Mori
Plant.
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Brisk placement of orders of systems
for PDP mass production.
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| 2002 |
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Development and installation of
rotary type regenerative thermal oxidizer, in addition
to a one-tower, five-room type, in response to an
increasing demand for strong-wind deodorization
equipment.
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Receipt of an order of oxygen injection
equipment from the Makino Pump Station in the Takashima
Valley area in Shiga Pref. for a countermeasure
against the generation of hydrogen sulfide in a
sewage pipe ditch.
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Receipt of an order of special frit
sealing equipment for PDP mass production.
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Installation of the first stripe
coater.
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Receipt of an order from North American
Stainless, USA, for a stainless annealing line.
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Receipt of the first order from
Toyoda Machine Works, Ltd. for a URX gas carburizing
furnace.
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Receipt of the first order from
Jatco Ltd. for a multi incineration system that
processes a variety of waste materials simultaneously.
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Receipt of an order from the NEDO
(New Energy and Industrial Technology Development
Organization) for the Demonstrative Test Project
2002 for Biomass and Other New Energy Sources along
with a survey on the project.
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| 2003 |
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Installation of the first aluminum
crucible furnace using a self-regenerative burner
and immersion-type burner for an aluminum melting
and holding furnace in sequence.
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Receipt of a simultaneous order
of three MgO deposition systems for the mass production
of large-scale PDP facilities.
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Installation of an incineration
system of fluidized circulation type with Japan's
maximum capacity of 110 tons per day at the Kyoto
Pref. Rakusai Sewage Treatment Center.
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Receipt of an order for a full automatic
continuous frit sealing and exhaust system for the
mass production of large-space PDP facilities.
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Receipt of an order for large-sized
drying equipment for industrial waste.
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Receipt of an order for a
table coater for large-scale substrates exceeding
2000 mm.
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| 2004 |
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Receipt of continuous orders from
the JICA (Japan International Corporation Agency)
for energy-saving promotion equipment for China
and Iran.
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Receipt of an order from the Bureau
of Port and Harbor Tokyo Metropolitan Government
for the removal of an existing incinerator with
measures against dioxin taken.
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Delivery of the first flame-type
spray synthesizing equipment as a research installation
for next-generation rechargeable batteries to Fukui
University.
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Release of the FLOLIA 2000 Coater
System as an ultrahigh-precision coating and drying
system for LCDs and organic ELs.
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Receipt of the order for the large steel plate reheating furnaces for large-scale steels in sequence.
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Receipt of the order for the baking furnaces for developing the FED.
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Receipt of the order for the 150 regenerative thermal oxidizers. |
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Receipt of the first order for FLOLIA 2000 Coater System. |
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| 2005 |
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Receipt of the order for continuous galvanizing lines for automobile steel strip in sequence.
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Immersion tube self regenerative gas burner (ISRG) won the Japan Machinery Federation (JMF) President Award as 2006 Energy Saving Equipment.
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Achievement of one of the longest 500hrs continuous operation in the world by woody biomass gasification and co-generation demonstrative system at the Yamaguchi Pref.
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Receipt of the order from domestic and overseas steel mills for reheating furnaces and metal processing lines in sequence.
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Biomass gasification and co-generation technology won the Global 100 Eco-Tech Awards from Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. and Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition.
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Construction is completed on the Sakai Works Engineering Center.
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| 2006 |
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Biomass gasification and co-generation system won the Japan Organics Recycling Association (JORA) President Award.
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Brisk placement of orders of regenerative thermal oxidizers for amendment of Air Pollution Control Law.
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Receipt of an order for a vacuum annealing furnace, in response to an increasing demand for the titanium for aircraft.
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Receipt of the orders for the optical film production lines in sequence.
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Receipt of the orders for a motor core annealing furnace and a continuous gas carburizing furnace by local content in sequence, in response to an increasing demand for the motor and the electrical appliance in China.
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Receipt of an order from a liquid crystal display (LCD) maker in China for a FLOLIA 2000 coater system as a mass production line of the large size substrate.
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Receipt of an order for a degreasing furnace for a new development of motor exhaust gas purification equipment.
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Receipt of the first order for a new model regenerative thermal oxidizer.
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Receipt of an order for a source gas heating system for the production of the silicone.
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Receipt of an order for a biomass gasification and co-generation system in Aso City, Kumamoto Pref., Japan.
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Receipt of an order from Shanghai STAL Precision Stainless Steel Co., Ltd.(STAL), China for a continuous ultra-thin stainless steel strip bright annealing line (SUS-BAL).
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Receipt of an order for a biomass gasification and co-generation system in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Pref., Japan.
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Receipt of an order for an intermittent continuous coater as an expand to the fuel cell market.
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Receipt of an order for a vertical loading type clean baking furnace for the mass production test of the flat panel display (FPD).
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Receipt of an order for a vacuum deposition system SUPLaDUO for the production of the organic light emitting diode (OLED) display.
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| 2007 |
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Receipt of an order for an in-flame treatment equipment.
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Installation of a new model recu-burner for heat treatment furnace at PSM, Inc., Korea.
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Receipt of an order for a large
size table coater for ITO (transparent conductive films of indium tin oxide) coating
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Receipt of the orders
for equipment for space and aviation industries
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Receipt of an order for special heat treatment furnace of magnetic materials
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Receipt of an order for Japan's first gas quench type continuous gas carburizing furnace, which is environmentally friendly and contributes to reduction in the amount of distortion in heat treatment.
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Completion of a pilot plant for compact type biomass gasification and co-generation system at Sakai Works
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Have received a total of 250 orders for the regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO)
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Receipt of an order for vacuum clean dryer for the glass substrate for flat panel display
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With strong demand throughout the world continuing for steel products, have received orders from steel mills in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan for environmentally friendly reheating furnaces able to substantially reduce energy consumption.
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Completed the demonstration of new FLOLIA 3000 coater system able to handle G6 (1850 x 1500 mm) substrates.
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| 2008 |
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Nagoya Sales Office moved to the Honshu- Meieki Building. |
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Acquired a total of 3 million of our own shares in three lots on August 24 and December 21, 2007, and February 28, 2008. |
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Receipt of an order for the FLOLIA 3000 coater system for electronic paper manufacture. |
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Receipt of the orders for equipments for productions of secondary batteries, fuel cells, and solar batteries. |
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Total orders received for table coater series broke through the 150 mark. |
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ISO 14001 certified. |
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Continuing receipt of orders for carbon heat treatment furnaces due to increase in demand for carbon products. |
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Receipt of an order for a table coater for the world’s biggest ever substrates (over 4,000mm).
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Ongoing receipt of orders from chemical companies, tire makers, and others, for large-scale regenerative thermal oxidizers (RTO). |
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As part of the worldwide trend to prevent global warming, the use of regenerative burners is making progress in the cast and forged steel industry.
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Ongoing receipt of orders from steel mills in China and Korea for continuous annealing lines in response to growing demand for stainless steel strip. |
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Have acquired a total of 5 million of our own shares through the acquisition of 1 million on December 22, 2008. |
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| 2009 |
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Receipt of the first order for the
regenerative-burner-compatible Easy & Eco. Burner Control
System. |
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Have received a total of 300 orders for the
regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) |
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Renewal of the demonstration equipment for continuous
vacuum deposition of rolled film to satisfy the demand for flexible
displays and touch-screen panels. |
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Regenerative burner further developed for use with
steelmaking process such as ladle preheaters. |
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Completion of Kokura Factory refurbishment.
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Installation of the No. 1 Exhaust Gas Condenser in order to utilize waste heat of 180˚C and over, amidst increasing demands for plant energy savings and CO2 emission reductions.
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Installation of a small scale biomass gasification system in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture.
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| 2010 |
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5.6 million shares retired. |
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Announcement of agreement with Solar Frontier (formerly Showa Shell Solar) upon the introduction of CIS solar batteries into Solar Frontier’s mass production plants as a result of joint technical development with Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. and Solar Frontier. |
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Ongoing receipt of orders for coater systems for next generation displays (touch panels, electronic paper, 3D displays, etc.) |
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Total number of Easy & Eco. Burner Control System (EBC series) supplied tops 500. |
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Renewal of continuous die coating demonstration equipment following that for continuous vacuum deposition of rolled film. |
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