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1941/ Showa 16 Tadayoshi Takano established Takano Factory as his private company at Mukojima, Tokyo. The factory began to produce springs.
1945/ Showa 20 Evacuated to Miyada village, Kamiina county, Nagano prefecture.
1953/ Showa 28 Established Takano Factory Company Limited.
1968/ Showa 43 Transaction with KOKUYO Co.,Ltd began.
1973/ Showa 48 Changed company’s name from Takano Factory Co.,Ltd to Takano Co.,Ltd. Capital was increased to two-hundred (200) million yen.
1982/ Showa 57 Transaction with TOYO EXTERIOR Co.,Ltd began
1983/ Showa 58 New plant for new field (production of Electromagnetic Actuator) constructed.
1987/ Showa 62 The first machine of Image-processing device with CCD-camera completed. Beginning of the advance into this business field.
1994/ Heisei 6 Hakodate branch office opened in Hakodate city, Hokkaido.
Launched into the new ground of Equipments of health and welfare.
1995/ Heisei 7 Registered at Tokyo Securities Dealers Association as a stock.
1996/ Heisei 8 Gained ISO9001 certificate (Electromagnetic actuator).
1997/ Heisei 9 Listed at the Second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Takano Building was newly constructed at Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, as Tokyo branch office.
Gained ISO9001 certificate (Office furniture).
1999/ Heisei 11 As for a headquarter /a main warehouse of Exterior department, Mazumi plant was set up in Komagane city.
Gained ISO14001 certificate (Office furniture).
Gained ISO14001 certificate (Exterior products).
Gained ISO14001 certificate (Miyada Factory).
Gained ISO14001 certificate (Image Processor).
Gained ISO14001 certificate (Yokohama Factory).
2001/ Heisei 13 Established Opto.One Inc. in Fujieda city, Shizuoka prefecture.
2004/ Heisei 16 Listed at the First section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2005/ Heisei 17 Established Takano Taiwan CO.,LTD.
2006/ Heisei 18 Established Takano Korea CO.,Ltd.
2010/ Heisei 22 Established Takano Commerce and Trading (Shanghai) CO.,Ltd.