February, 1946 | The founder, Mitsukazu Murakami, established the "Kaku Agricultural Machinery Works" at Kuki-machi Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu. |
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September 1948 | Started the manufacture of electrical devices as a subcontract factory for Yaskawa Electric Corporation. |
January, 1949 | Changed the company name to Murakami Seiki Kousakusho. |
December, 1951 | Established the limited partnership Murakami Seiki Kousakusho. (Capital: 150,000 Yen) |
June, 1955 | Changed the organization to a joint-stock corporation and adopted the current company name. (Capital: 1,400,000 Yen) |
January, 1959 | Started the manufacture of Uras Vibrators. |
June, 1961 | Acquired land in Yahatanishi-ku, Douhoku-machi and started building a new factory. |
May, 1962 | Completed the new factory and moved there from the Kuki-machi factory. |
May, 1971 | Constructed the Head Office. |
March, 1972 | Started exporting Uras Vibrators. |
January, 1973 | Exceeded 100,000 units in production of Uras Vibrators. |
May, 1973 | Capital Increased to 30,618,000 Yen. |
October, 1974 | Capital Increased to 40,000,000 Yen. |
November, 1978 | Hiroshi Murakami appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer. |
July, 1987 | Extended the factory and started manufacturing powder equipment. |
June, 1988 | Introduced a comprehensive production management system. |
April, 1992 | Designated as a model factory for small and medium-sized business rationalization by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency. |
May, 1992 | Extended the factory. |
April, 1993 | The production of Uras Vibrators exceeded 500,000 units. |
September, 1996 | Uras Vibrators acquired the CE Marking. |
July, 1997 | Received ISO9001 certification. |
February, 2000 | Established Uras Techno Co., Ltd. as a joint capital venture with Yaskawa Electric Corporation. [Investment ratio] Murakami Seiki Mfg., Co., Ltd. : 90%, Yaskawa Electric Corporation : 10% |
May, 2001 | Shoji Hashimoto appointed President and Chief Executive Officer. |
September, 2006 | Started the manufacture of electromagnetic multi-conveyors. |