History
1940 |
Hitachi, Ltd. established Mito Works |
1941 |
Construction of forging plant |
1944 |
Completion of 5,000-ton hydraulic forging press |
1951 |
Development of forged rolls commenced |
1953 |
Production and sale of forged rolls commenced |
1961 |
Hitachi, Ltd. established Katsuta Works (operations of Mito Works split between old and new sites) |
1970 |
Completion of 6,000-ton hydraulic forging press |
1987 |
Production and sales of composite high-speed-steel rolls commenced |
1998 |
Completion of 2,000-ton hydraulic forging press |
April 2004 |
Shaped industrial materials business of Hitachi, Ltd. spun off to Hitachi Kyowa Engineering Co., Ltd. |
April 2013 |
Hitachi Kyowa Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi Engineering & Services Co., Ltd., Hitachi Setsubi Engineering Co., Ltd., and Hitachi Electric Systems Co., Ltd. merged and renamed Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd. |
March 2018 |
Japan Advanced Roll Co., Ltd. commenced operations, taking over the forged rolls operations spun off from Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd. |
September 2023 |
Formed capital alliance with TOKYO BOEKI MATERIALS LTD., and became a subsidiary of Tokyo Boeki Group |