History and Outline
1931
| June 1931 | Established Miyano shop of iron pipe fittings sales in Shinmachi minamitori, Osaka City |
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1949
| April 1949 | E stablished spanner professional trading company Asahi Metals in Nishi Ward, Osaka City |
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1951
| February 1951 | Reorganized Asahi Metal to establish Asahi Metal Co., Ltd. with a capital of 1 million yen |
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1954
| October 1954 | manufacturing division separated, founded Asahi Metal Industry Co., Ltd. in Osaka Prefecture Higashi Osaka city with capital 2 million yen. |
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| Organize the Asahi Association and expand sales channels nationwide |
1960
| March 1960 | Head office factory moved to new building in Osaka prefecture Yao city |
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1961
| June 1961 | Acquired Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) display certification |
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1962
| September 1962 | Established Tokyo sales office |
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1970
| March 1970 | Established Shin-Nihon Tools Co., Ltd. with a capital of 15 million yen |
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1976
| October 1976 | Established Fukuoka Sales Office |
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1982
| April 1982 | Absorbed Sanjo Asahi Co., Ltd. in Sanjo City and Shin-Nihon Forge Co., Ltd. in Niigata City |
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| October 1982 | Moved head office factory to Yoshida-chou, Nishikanbara-gun, Niigata Prefecture |
2007
| April 2007 | Merged with Shin-Nihon Tool Co., Ltd. |
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2008
| June 2008 | Installed Automatic polishing robots |
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| October 2008 | Revowave Combination Spanner received the Good Design Award 2008 |
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2010
| October 2010 | Daxkey hexagon wrench received the Good Design Award 2010 |
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2011
| May 2011 | Expansion of automatic polishing robot |
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| October 2011 | catcher ball wrench received the Good Design Award 2011 |
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2013
| October 2013 | Hexagon wrench with catcher function received the Good Design Award 2013 |
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2014
| October 2014 | Revowave Ratchet Handle received the Good Design Award 2014 |
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2017
| October 2017 | T-Shape Speed Handle, Separate Type (Square) & LIGHTOOL ratchet handle received the Good Design Award 2017 |
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2018
| October 2018 | T-Shape Speed Handle, Separate Type (Hexagon) received the Good Design Award 2018 |
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2022
| October 2022 | Color type catcher ball wrench received the Good Design Award 2022 |
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2023
| October 2023 | LCW Combination Wrench and LSX Double Open End Spanner received the Good Design Award 2023 |
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