| 1882 |
Forging started at the Sumitomo Besshi Mine Shop |
| 1885 |
Casting started at the Sumitomo Bessi Mine Shop |
| 1931 |
Old casting plant was completed |
| 1934 |
Incorporated as Sumitomo Machinery Co.,Ltd.
In-house supplier of castings and forgings |
| 1937 |
Roll plant completed |
| 1940 |
Changed to be Sumitomo Machinery Industries Co.,Ltd. |
| 1944 |
Relocated forging plant to Isoura |
| 1945 |
Changed to be Shikoku Machinery Industries Co.,Ltd. |
| 1952 |
Restored to be Sumitomo Machinery Industries Co.,Ltd |
| 1953 |
DCI rolls manufactured first in Japan. |
| 1954 |
Established Foundry Division |
| 1955 |
Started Sales outside |
| 1956 |
Renamed to be Foundry & Forging Division |
| 1960 |
Roll Section independent from Foundry Division |
| 1969 |
Renamed to be Sumitomo Heavy Industries Co.,Ltd |
| 1974 |
Completed highly modernized cast steel foundry |
| 1975 |
Development of SIP-DCI heat treatment technology |
| 1980 |
Established Sumitomo Heavy Industries Foundry & Forging Co.,Ltd |
| 1986 |
World-first product by Osprey Spray Deposition Process |
| 1987 |
Completed one of the Japan's largest vertical centrifugal casting machine |
| 1988 |
Completed surface hardening foundry |
| 1990 |
Completed Osprey Spray Deposition Plant |
| 1995 |
Completed overall facilities for high-speed tool steel roll manufacture |
| 1999 |
Acquired ISO 14001 certification |
| 2000 |
Established Shin Nippon Chain &Machinery Co.,Ltd. |
| 2001 |
Renamed to be Sumitomo Heavy Industries Himatex Co.,Ltd.
Shin Nippon Chain & Machinery Co.,Ltd. became a 100% owned subsidiary |
| 2002 |
Acquired ISO 9001 certification |
| 2004 |
Completed inclinable small-sized centrifugal casting machine |
| 2005 |
Withdrawal from cast steel business |
| 2006 |
Transferred Slide Gato business to Kurosaki Harima Corporation |
| 2007 |
Introduction of entire equipment for adamite and graphitic steel roll production
Developed a new type ductile iron roll with an
improved anti-wear property |
| 2008 |
Acquired Shin Nippon Chain & Machinery
Fuel conversion from heavy oil to LP-gas for a heat treating furnace applied
to rolling mill rolls
Introduction of TPS(Toyota Production System)to shorten lead time for roll
production |
| 2009 |
Relocation of machining shop for small-and-medium sized rolls to lsoura District.
Introduction of a machining center with fine-face machining equipment and three NC lathes into the machine shop.
Fuel conversion to LP-gas for another roll heat treating furnace |
| 2010 |
Large lathe for machining large rolls such as blooming rolls and billeting
mill rolls
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| 2011 |
Emission spectral analysis apparatus renewed |
| 2012 |
Lead time shorted 30 days by project activities based upon TPS(Toyota Production
System) |
| 2013 |
HBS(Sumitomo Heavy Industries Himatex Business School)opened
Start of cost reduction activity based upon TPS
High speed tool steel based roll with a higher resistance to heat crackings for roughing train was developed |
| 2014 |
Opening of SHI Himatex Management School(first term)
Start of development of a new technology for hard facing
Start of development of a new type roll material for a new application |
| 2015 |
Start of second term of SHI Himatex Management School
Renewal of a roll foundry overhead crane to a latest speed-control type(125tons/50tons) |
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