About Us
Company History
- April
- 1947
- Established as HIKARI SEIKO Co., Ltd.
(with ¥195,000 in capital)
- October
- 1954
- Production of Universal Joint begun
- January
- 1956
- JIS approval awarded for the first time
in the needle roller industry
- October
- 1969
- Awarded by the Director of the
International Trade and Industry Bureau
- November
- 1973
- Operations begun at needle roller factory
- March
- 1984
- Operations begun at new Inabe plant
- November
- 1988
- Awarded Toyota Quality Control
Prize of Excellence
- November
- 1995
- Awarded TPM Prize of Excellence
- November
- 1995
- Head office building construction
scheduled for completion
- December
- 1996
- Achieved ISO 14001
- January
- 1997
- Awarded Japan Small and Medium
Enterprises Research Center's prize
- August
- 1997
- Completion of philippine HKR lnc.
- April
- 1998
- Achieved ISO 9001
- June
- 1999
- Achieved QS 9000
- August
- 1999
- Completion of HKR HIKARI Ltd. at Inabe site
- June
- 2002
- Granted business license of TIANJIN HIKARI SEIKO PRECISION Co., Ltd.. in Tianjin, China
- September
- 2002
- Launched operations of TIANJIN HIKARI SEIKO PRECISION Co., Ltd.
- October
- 2002
- Established US plant, HIKARI U.S.A., inc
- February
- 2003
- Expanded HKR HIKARI plant
- December
- 2003
- Awarded for Excellence in Consistent TPM Commitment
- March
- 2004
- Awarded for Excellence in Mie Prefecture Management Quality
- March
- 2004
- Awarded "Made In NAGOYA" project
- May
- 2004
- Launched operations of HKR HOKUSEI
- November
- 2005
- Awarded the Merit Award for Distinguished Office from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for its trade skills test
- March
- 2006
- Awarded the Governor Award in Mie Prefecture Management Quality Awards
- April
- 2006
- Selected as one of the 300 most energetic manufacturing SMEs
- September
- 2010
- Granted TS 16949
- April
- 2012
- Fukuyama Giken Industry Co., Ltd. and HIKARI SEIKO became a corporate goup
- August
- 2012
- Established DANYANG HIKARI SEIKO PRECISION Co., Ltd.
- March
- 2015
- Achieved JISQ9100 for aviation, space, defense and quality
- October
- 2017
- Operations begun at new Hokusei plant
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