Our history
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1914
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General
Started machinery segment
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Compressor
Started development of air compressors
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1915
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Compressor
Started production of Japan’s first reciprocating air compressors
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1953
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General
Opened Takasago Plant (now Takasago Works) in Takasago City, Hyogo Prefecture
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1955
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Compressor
Started production of screw compressors
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1965
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Heat exchanger
Started production of ALEX
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1966
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Compressor
Started production of centrifugal compressors, completing our full compressor lineup—reciprocating, screw, and centrifugal
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1967
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Heat exchanger
Produced first desulfurization reactor
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1968
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Heat exchanger
Received first order of Cold Boxes for ethylene plants
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1977
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Heat exchanger
Delivered first LNG vaporizers to the Japanese market
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1979
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General
Established the KOBELCO brand as an internationally unified trademark
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1993
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General
Completed construction of new Takasago machinery plant
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1995
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General
Suffered damage by Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
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2005
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General
Celebrated Kobe Steel’s 100th anniversary
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2006
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Compressor
Established production and sales base in the US (KCA) under joint investment with EDTI
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2011
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Compressor
Opened base office in China by acquiring a stake in WCC
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2012
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Compressor
Established sales base in Germany (KEU) and UAE (KMME)
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Heat exchanger
Started DCHE deliveries
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2014
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General
Celebrated machinery segment’s 100th anniversary
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2016
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General
Established sales base in Qingdao, China (KMQ) for tire and rubber machinery segment
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Compressor
Received first order of non-standard screw compressors for LNG carriers
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Heat exchanger
Won Highest Award in Japan Stainless Steel Association Prize with Diffusion-bonded Compact Heat Exchanger (DCHE) for hydrogen fueling stations
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2017
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Compressor
Established base office in the Philippines (KMP)
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Heat exchanger
Won ISSF New Application Award with Diffusion-bonded Compact Heat Exchanger (DCHE) for hydrogen fueling stations
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2020
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Compressor
Acquired majority stake in WCC and makes it a subsidiary
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2021
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Heat exchanger
Opened branch office in Qatar
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Heat exchanger
Received order of microchannel heat exchanger (DCHE) for Australian gas field project
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