The company receives gold medals at the Domestic Confectionary Exposition.
March 1945
The company’s plant and office are destroyed during World War II.
March 1946
The company resumes operations in the city of Takarazuka.
September 1953
The company receives the Minister of Health and Welfare Prize at the 1st Domestic Confectionary Technology Exposition.
April 1955
The company exhibits a patented bean jam kneading machine at the 3rd Confectionary Fair by the Tohoku Association, where it earns an honorary medal.
December 1956
The company becomes a joint-stock corporation, and Gentaro Shinagawa becomes president.
April 1958
The Tokyo Office opens. The company begins offering industrial products and exhibits a patented industrial agitator at the Osaka International Trade Fair.
April 1961
The Kokura Office opens.
February 1962
The company is recognized as an exceptional plant in the city of Osaka by the mayor of that city.
August 1962
The company’s plant relocates to the town of Tawaramoto in Shiki-gun, Nara Prefecture.
April 1968
The company develops a vacuum blending cooker.
September 1970
The company builds a plant to assemble industrial machinery.
May 1971
The company develops a fully automatic continuous egg roasting machine.
February 1976
The Osaka Office opens.
November 1977
Eizo Zaitsu becomes president.
June 1978
The company develops High-power Yamato, a fully automatic rice-cake pounding machine.
The company develops a vertical continuous steamer (which is subsequently recognized by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry as eligible for a tax break due to its energy-saving performance).
March 1979
The company develops a vacuum-type rapid-cooling machine.
July 1980
The company develops a sanitary kneader.
October 1980
The company is recognized by the chairman of the Nara Labor Standards Bureau for its excellent occupational sanitation environment.
September 1982
The company develops Automatic QM, a continuous agitator.
November 1983
The company introduces office computers.
July 1984
The company builds a new coating and polishing plant.
September 1984
Shiro Shinagawa becomes president.
May 1985
The company builds a new machining plant to accommodate its introduction of machining centers.
July 1985
The company is recognized by the chairman of the Nara Labor Standards Bureau for its excellent occupational safety record.
October 1986
The company develops Mochiya-san, a compact, automatic rice-cake machine.
March 1987
The company begins using a CAD system.
July 1987
The company builds the No. 1 Creation Plant and a three-story office
building as part of a program of activities to commemorate the 77th anniversary of its founding.
September 1987
Chairman Eizo Zaitsu becomes director and counselor.
April 1989
The Nagoya Office opens.
August 1989
The company builds the South Building No. 4 Plant and a three-story office building.
October 1991
The company’s egg roaster receives the Secretary’s Award from the Science and Technology Agency (recognizing its contributions to scientific development).
The company builds a 760-square-meter canvas-walled warehouse.
October 1992
The company builds the No. 5 and 6 Plants and a four-story office building.
September 1993
The company develops High-power Asuka, a fully automatic crank-type rice-cake pounding machine.
September 1996
The company develops Mini-Asuka Tsuki-Taro, a fully automatic crank-type rice-cake pounding machine.
November 1997
The company develops the Shinagawa Twin Servo Mixer.
June 1999
The Tokyo Office relocates, and the company purchases a building in Tokyo.
June 2001
The company receives patent No. 3204612 for the Shinagawa High-pressure Steam Boiler.
March 2003
The company receives ISO 9001 certification.
December 2007
The company’s Triple Master high-speed kneading granulator receives the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Prize in the development category at the 29th Food Industry Company Awards.
April 2008
The company is chosen as one of the top 100 manufacturing companies in the Kansai region.
June 2009
The company is chosen as one of the top 100 manufacturing companies in the Kansai region.
June 2009
The company is chosen as one of the top “300 Small and Medium-sized Manufacturing Companies That Will Support Japan’s Future.”
November 2010
The company is chosen as one of the most unique manufacturing technology companies in Nara.
November 2011
The company receives the Nara Block Prize at the 2011 NBK Awards.
March 2012
The Kokura Office relocates and changes its name to the Fukuoka Office.
April 2014
Construction of the Nara Head Office Plant and a new company building is completed.
August 2014
The Sapporo Office opens.
March 2015
Akira Shono becomes president.
April 2015
Shinagawa Ayumi becomes an auditor of the company.
December 2017
Shinagawa Machinery Works is recognized as a company that will play a key role in determining the future of its region.
January 2018
The company is recognized at the 1st Nara Prefecture Global Leading Companies.
