Company History
Since the company was established in 1923, we have been continually challenging ourselves to advance our technologies in Takasago’s main business of constructing air conditioning equipment and associated fields.
We will keep working to further improve upon the technologies we have developed, as we aim to help create a decarbonized and sustainable society.
1923–1967EstablishmentFrom heating to air conditioning
1923
November: Established Takasago Heating Works Co., Ltd. by taking over all rights and obligations of the Heating Works Unit of the former Takasago Industry Co., Ltd.
1943
July: Changed company name to Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd.
1949
March: Opened Osaka Branch
October: Completed registration (A)
No. 558 with the Minister of Construction under the Construction Industry Act
(Registration renewed every two years thereafter)
1952
March: Opened Sapporo Branch Office
(Promoted to branch in April 1968)
August: Opened Nagoya Branch Office
(Promoted to branch in March 1959)
1959
February: Opened Kyushu Branch Office
(Promoted to branch in April 1972)
1961
January: Completed construction of the head office building
(Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda Ward)
1965
November: Opened Hiroshima Branch Office
(Promoted to branch in April 1989)
1967
April: Opened Tohoku Branch Office
(Promoted to branch in April 1973)
1969–2011Growth PeriodExpansion of the Group and entering new fields
1969
November: Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1970
April: Implemented the first Long-Term Management Plan
1971
November: Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange
1972
March: Established Nippon Development Kosan Co., Ltd.
(Currently a consolidated subsidiary)
(Changed company name to Hucoss Co., Ltd. in April 2021)
April: Established Nippon PMAC Co., Ltd.
(Currently a consolidated subsidiary)
April: Opened Yokohama Branch Office
(Promoted to branch in January 1987)
September: Established Nippon SF Co., Ltd.
(Changed company name to Nippon Flect Co., Ltd. in April 1978)
1973
August: Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and First Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange
1974
October: Opened Singapore Branch
(Transferred business operations to a local corporation in April 2005)
December: Received permission from the Minister of Construction under the Revised Construction Industry Act (Special, General - 49) No. 5708
(Permission renewed every three years thereafter)
1975
April: Formulated the second Medium-Term Management Plan
1980
April: Opened the Overseas Business Headquarters
(Reorganized into the Business Department in July 1983. Promoted to Business Headquarters in September 2005. Reorganized into the Engineering Business Headquarters, Overseas Division in April 2011. Renamed to the Engineering Business Headquarters, International Division in January 2014. Reorganized into the International Business Headquarters in January 2015.)
November: Established TTE Engineering (Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd.
(Currently a consolidated subsidiary)
1981
April: Implemented a Medium-Term Management Plan
1984
July: Established Thai Takasago Co., Ltd.
(Currently a consolidated subsidiary)
December: Newly established the General Research Laboratory in Atsugi City
(Renamed to the Technical Laboratory in April 2014)
1986
April: Implemented Plan ’90, a Long-Term Management Plan
1990
April: Opened the Overseas Division Hong Kong Branch
(Closed in March 2010)
1991
April: Implemented NCP-1, a Long-Term Management Plan
April: Opened Kanto Branch
(Closed in March 2011)
1994
March: Established Takasago Thermal Engineering (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
(Currently a consolidated subsidiary)
1995
June: Established Takasago Philippines Inc.
(Suspended operations in March 2013)
1996
March: Opened the Overseas Division Taiwan Branch
(Closed in February 2007)
April: Implemented Plan 21, a Long-Term Management Plan
1998
April: Opened the Global Environment Department
(Renamed to the Quality and Environment Department in April 2000.
Renamed to the Quality, Environment and Safety Department in April 2011.)
November: Acquired ISO 9001 Certification for all branches in Japan
1999
December: Acquired ISO 14001 Certification for all branches in Japan
2000
March: Established Takasago Maintenance Co., Ltd.
(Changed company name to Takasago Engineering Service Co., Ltd. in June 2008.
Currently a consolidated subsidiary.)
2001
April: Implemented a Medium-Term Management Plan
2003
July: Established Chuden Takasago Engineering Consultancy Co., Ltd.
(Liquidated in December 2011)
July: Established Takasago Construction Engineering (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
(Currently a consolidated subsidiary)
2005
January: Established Takasago Singapore Pte. Ltd.
(Currently a consolidated subsidiary)
April: Implemented a Medium-Term Management Plan
December: Received permission (revised) from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Special, General -17) No. 5708
(Permission renewed every five years thereafter)
2006
March: Relocated the head office to an adjacent building
(Try Edge Ochanomizu)
April: Opened the Internal Audit Office
April: Opened Kanshinetsu Branch
September: Opened the Industrial Air Conditioning Business Headquarters
2007
March: Established Takasago Vietnam Co., Ltd.
(Currently a consolidated subsidiary)
April: Concluded a business and capital alliance with Marusei Co., Ltd.
May: Concluded a business alliance with Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
2008
April: Implemented a Medium-Term Management Plan
October: Made Nippon Flect Co., Ltd. a subsidiary by acquiring additional stock
(Changed company name to Nippon Floda Co., Ltd. in January 2009)
(After becoming a consolidated subsidiary, business was transferred to the Company and Takasago Marusei Engineering Service Co., Ltd.)
2009
January: Opened the Overseas Business Headquarters Abu Dhabi Branch
(Closed in June 2011)
2010
January: Abolished the listing of shares on the Osaka Stock Exchange
2011
April: Implemented a new Medium-Term Management Plan
April: Introduced the three Business Headquarters system
(East Japan, West Japan, Engineering)
2012–PresentTransformation PeriodFrom an Environmental Engineering Company to an Environment-Creator™
2012
March: Made Nihon Setsubi Kogyo Co., Ltd. an equity method affiliate
March: Made Marusei Co., Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary
November: Established Takasago Engineering India Pvt. Ltd.
(Currently a non-consolidated subsidiary)
2013
July: Established the Green Air Plaza
November: Established PT. Takasago Indonesia
(Currently a non-consolidated subsidiary)
2014
April: Formulated the Long-Term Business Framework GReeN PR!DE 100 and a Medium-Term Management Plan
July: Relocated the head office from Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo to Shinjuku Ward in Tokyo
October: Established Takasago Marusei Engineering Service Co., Ltd.
(Established as a new wholly-owned subsidiary, after Marusei Co., Ltd. was made into a 100% subsidiary and following the completion of the merger of Marusei Co., Ltd. and Takasago Engineering Service Co., Ltd.)
2015
January: Promoted the International Division to the International Business Headquarters, and established a four Business Headquarters system
January: Relocated the Kanshinetsu Branch from Tokyo to Saitama Prefecture
February: Established Takasago Engineering Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
June: Set up the Takasago Education and Research Fund in the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), the first Japanese company to do so
August: Received the Minister of the Environment Award for contribution in business, academia, and government, sponsored by the Cabinet Office
December: Made India-based Integrated Cleanroom Technologies Pvt. Ltd. an equity method affiliate
2017
May: Concluded a business and capital alliance agreement with YAMATO Inc.
November: Made India-based Integrated Cleanroom Technologies Pvt. Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary
2018
October: Concluded a business alliance with Yamato Scientific Co., Ltd.
November: Made Kiyota Kougyo Co., Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary
2019
March: Made Kazusa Environmental Research Center a subsidiary
April: Implemented a new human resources system
December: Concluded a corporate partner contract with ispace, inc. for the HAKUTO-R commercial lunar exploration program
2020
January: Established a research and development center, Takasago Thermal Engineering Innovation Center
April: Implemented the CxO system
August: Concluded a comprehensive partnership agreement with Tsukuba Mirai City in Ibaraki Prefecture
2022
February: Concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in relation to a strategic alliance with Autodesk, Inc.
March: Established the Ishikari Atsuta Green Energy Co., Ltd.
(100% owned by the Company) in Hokkaido
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