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1914
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General
Starts machinery segment
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Compressor
Starts development of air compressors
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1915
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Compressor
Starts production of Japan’s first reciprocating air compressors
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1953
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General
Opens Takasago Plant (now Takasago Works) in Takasago City, Hyogo Prefecture
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1955
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Compressor
Starts production of screw compressors
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1965
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Heat exchanger
Starts production of ALEX
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1966
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Compressor
Starts production of centrifugal compressors, which completes full compressor lineup—reciprocating, screw, and centrifugal
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1967
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Heat exchanger
Produces first desulfurization reactor
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1968
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Heat exchanger
Receives first order of Cold Boxes for ethylene plants
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1977
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Heat exchanger
Delivers first LNG vaporizers to Japanese market
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1979
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General
Establishes KOBELCO brand as internationally unified trademark
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1993
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General
Completes construction of new Takasago machinery plant
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1995
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General
Suffers damage by Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
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2005
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General
Celebrates Kobe Steel’s 100th anniversary
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2006
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Compressor
Establishes production and sales base in U.S. (KCA) under joint investment with EDTI
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2011
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Compressor
Opens base office in China by acquiring stake in WCC
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2012
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Compressor
Establishes sales base in Germany (KEU) and UAE (KMME)
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Heat exchanger
Starts DCHE deliveries
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2014
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General
Celebrates machinery segment’s 100th anniversary
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2016
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General
Establishes sales base in Qingdao, China (KMQ) for tire and rubber machinery segment
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Compressor
Receives first order of non-standard screw compressors for LNG carriers
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Heat exchanger
Wins 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
Establishes base office in Philippines (KMP)
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Heat exchanger
Wins 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
Acquires majority stake in WCC and makes it a subsidiary
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2021
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Heat exchanger
Opens branch office in Qatar
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Heat exchanger
Receives order of microchannel heat exchanger (DCHE) for Australian gas field project
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