1929
Kawazoe Machine Works founded in Osaka City under Keiichi Kawazoe
Headquarters:
1-22 Yoshino-cho, Konohana-ku, Osaka City
(now Fukushima Ward, Osaka City)
1936
First factory completed in Amagasaki City (current location)
1942
Moved head office to Amagasaki City (current location)
1961
Kawazoe Machine Works, Ltd. established with capital of 5 million yen and Michihiko Kawazoe appointed President and Representative Director.
1966
Increased capital to 20 million yen
1973
Formed business alliance with Mitsubishi Metal Corporation (now Mitsubishi Materials Corporation)
1979
50th anniversary
1982
Technical alliance with Kiesering (Germany)
1996
Kazuhiko Kato is appointed President and Representative Director
1996
Developmental dissolution of the alliance with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
1999
Merger of TH. Kieserling and Albrecht GmbH & Co. with Schumag AG (now SMS group)
Kawazoe Machine Works and Schumag continue their technical alliance
2003
Technical alliance with Schmag for "Continuous Drawing Machine
2004
President Kazunori Hirai appointed
2008
SMS/Schumag merger in Germany Becomes SMS Meer Gmbh
2009
Completed construction of new headquarters plant
2009
80th anniversary
2010
ISO9001 Certification
2010
Increased capital to 45 million yen
2019
90th anniversary
2020
Taiga Hirai appointed President and Representative Director
