1909 | Founded by Tomekichi Maruyama. Started production of various metals and snaps. |
1914 | Moved to Honjo-ku Irie-cho, Tokyo City. |
1923 | Burned down due to the Great Kanto Earthquake. |
1924 | Moved to 5-1517, Honcho, Funabashi-shi, Chiba prefecture to resume operation. |
1933 | High-speed auto pressing machines were introduced from Germany to increase the volume of production and quality. Organized a general partnership company Maruyama Kinzoku Seisakusho. Capital: 50,000 yen Representative partner: Tomekichi Maruyama |
1944 | Changed name to Maruyama Kinzoku (Maruyama Metal MFG.) and reorganized into a stock company. Capital: 130,000 yen |
1948 | Increased capital to 1,000,000 yen. |
1950 | His Imperial Highness Takamatsu visited the factory on October 11th. |
1953 | Toki Maruyama became the company president. |
1965 | Increased capital to 4,000,000 yen. Built and moved to a new main factory at the present location. |
1970 | Increased capital to 10,000,000 yen. |
1973 | Tomimasa Maruyama became the CEO. |
1978 | Increased capital to 30,000,000 yen. |
1979 | Celebrated the company's 70th anniversary. |
1982 | Awarded from Chiba prefectural government for efforts promoting trade. |
1987 | Recognized for “excellent incorporation.” |
1990 | Celebrated the company's 80th anniversary. |
1993 | Tomimasa Maruyama became Chairman of the Board. Tatsuo Kawakami became CEO. |
1995 | Introduced a state-of-the-art production machine from Germany. |
2000 | Celebrated the company's 80th anniversary. Conducted recreation trip to Beijing. |
2001 | ISO9001 Certified. |
2002 | Established a joint corporation (環豊金属有限公司) in China on November 15th. |
2004 | Company trip to Shanghai, visited China factory. Mayor of Funabashi City visited our factory on November 24th. 環豊金属 Increased capital from 41,000,000 yen to 65,000,000 yen. |
2007 | Started Maruyama Metal's employee ownership program. |
2010 | Company trip to Thailand. Celebrated the company's 101st anniversary. |