History | ASABA CO.,LTD

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1991	Changed the company name to “ASABA CO.,LTD.”
1996	Signed an order contract with the Mint Bureau of the Ministry of Finance for continuous casting machines for gold and silver.
1997	Moved the head office from Yaesu, Chuo to Yotsuya, Shinjuku.
1999	Established “PCU CO.,LTD.” as a related company.
2000	In May, by the completion of the Niigata factory, restarted after the transfer from Higashimatsuyama factory.
2004	ISO 9001 certification obtained for copper anode manufacturing and sales division in December.
2014	In December, Solar power generation facility "ASABA Mega Solar Country" started operation.
2019	In August, Chiaki Kitagawa appointed as Representative Director.

1962	Established Asaba Shoji Co., Ltd. with 4 million yen in capital in October. Mitsuyuki Oita was appointed as the representative.
1964	Became an agent of Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd.
1966	Received first order for development of vertical continuous casting machine and started trial production of ACC anode(phosphorus-containing copper).
1970	Expanded Niiza factory and started production of ACC anode balls.
1971	Started export of ACC anode to Southeast Asia.
1973	Increased capital to 30 million yen. Trade name changed to Asaba Corporation.
1979	Higashi Matsuyama factory completed in April, transferred from Niiza factory and started operation.
1986	The first ultra-compact continuous casting machine developed by our company is completed and sales are started.
1987	Increased capital to 33 million yen and opened Tohoku Sales Office in Sendai in June.
1988	As the exclusive overseas distributor for our vertical and horizontal ultra-compact continuous casting machines, we concluded an agreement with U.K.-based Wellman Furnace Ltd.