History - KAJIWARA INC. (2024)

1939 ●Founding of Kajiwara Kogyosho, Yasuo Kajiwara, proprietor. History - KAJIWARA INC. (1)Founded by husband and wife
1948 ●Restructured as Kajiwara Kogyo Joint-Stock Company, Representated By Yasuo Kajiwara.

History - KAJIWARA INC. (2)Old company building at the time of reconstruction.

History - KAJIWARA INC. (3)“KK Type Mixing Cooker”

1960 ●‘K-2 Type Mixing Cooker’ completed. History - KAJIWARA INC. (4)“K-2 Type Mixing Cooker”
1963 ●New type of “SEIAN Machine” completed.
1964 ●Minorikawa prize for invention & Ministry of international trade and industry award
●Restructured into Kajiwara Kogyo Co. Ltd.(Yasuo Kajiwara, President and Representative Director)
1966 ●Completion of the horizontal cooking and stirring machine “Reokneader KH”.History - KAJIWARA INC. (5)“Reokneader KH”.
1967 ●Tokuji Kajiwara appointed President and CEO
1969 ●Saitama factory completed in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture established

History - KAJIWARA INC. (6)Kappabashi Showroom completed.

History - KAJIWARA INC. (7)Saitama Factory completed.

1970 ●Osaka sales office opened in Nishi-ku, Osaka.
●Completion of “ReoMixer”
1971 ●Kitchen Equipment Division opened on the site of the Kappabashi showroom.
1972 ●”ReoMixer” awarded Nara Invention Prize.
●Exhibited at the International Industrial Exhibition in Paris
1973 ●Exhibited at the US Bread Industry Exhibition
1974 ●Kanto Region Invention Encouragement Award for 1974
1975 ●Establishment of laboratory for basic research
●Fukuoka Sales Office (now Fukuoka Office) established in Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City.
1977 ●Spun off the Kitchen Equipment Division and established Kajiwara Kitchen Supply Inc.
1978 ●Completion of Osaka Kajiwara Building, relocation of Osaka Sales Office (now Osaka Office).
●”Automatic Bean Cooker KAB” completed.
●Yashio Plant completed in Yashio, Saitama.
1981 ●Sendai Office (now Sendai Office) opened in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai City.
●Kajiwara Tokyo Head Office building completed.

History - KAJIWARA INC. (8)“Mixing Cooker OAM”

History - KAJIWARA INC. (9)Tokyo Head Office building completed

1982 ●Exhibited at FOOD ASIA, Singapore.
1983 ●”Self Weighing System” completed.
1985 ●”Automatic Bean cooker” awarded Nikkei Excellent Product Award and Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman’s Award.
●”Copper/Stainless Steel Kettle” completed..
●Opened Nagoya Sales Office (now Nagoya Office) in Nishi-ku, Nagoya.
●”Inconsistent Speed Mixing Cooker KRD” completed.
1986 ●Exhibited at Europan, France
1987 ●’Encrusting and Forming Machine EC’ completed.
●’Encrusting and forming machine EC’ awarded Science and Technology Agency Director-General’s Encouragement Prize
1989 ●”CAS line” completed, Received Invention Merit Award.
●Tokyo Factory opened in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture (merged with the Saitama and Yashio Plants).
●Hiroshima Sales Office (now Hiroshima Office) opened in Naka-ku, Hiroshima.History - KAJIWARA INC. (10)Tokyo Factory
1990 ●CAD-ing the entire design department.
1991 ●Awarded the Chairman’s Merit Prize of the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation for the “Self Weighing System”.
●President Tokuji Kajiwara received the Science and Technology Agency Director-General’s Award for the ‘Development of a heating and stirring machine for food products’.
1992 ●Award (now the Good Company Award).
●President Tokuji Kajiwara, Medal with Yellow Ribbon.
1993 ●’CAS line’ awarded Suga Invention Prize at Tokyo Invention Exhibition.●”Tsubuan Unit CAT” completed..History - KAJIWARA INC. (11)“Tsubuan Unit CAT”
1998 ●Establishment of Kajiwara Inc.
●”Mixing Cooker for Custard Cream KRS+H” completed
1999 ●’Hybrid Mixing Cooker Gasteam’ completed.
●”Mixing Cooker OAM” awarded Nisshoku Excellent Food Machinery and Materials Award.
●Kajiwara Kogyo Co. Ltd. awarded TPM Excellence Award Class 2
2000 ●Completed “Revolpan RFN”
●”Hybrid Cooker Mixer” Awarded Commissioner of the Japanese Patent Office Encouragement Prize at the Tokyo Invention Exhibition.
●ISO 9001:1994 certification (currently ISO 9001:2015)
●”Hybrid Mixing Cooker Denjisteam” completedHistory - KAJIWARA INC. (12)“Hybrid Mixing Cooker”
2001 ●Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo, Sapporo Sales Office (now Sapporo Office) opened
●”Hybrid Mixing Cooker” receives Kanto Region Commendation for Invention, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency Director-General’s Encouragement Award.
●Tokuji Kajiwara, President Received Invention Promotion Merit Award.
2002 ●Exhibited at Europan, France/td>
2003 ●”Hybrid Mixing Cooker” receives Japan Machinery Federation Chairman’s Prize, Energy-saving Equipment Award,
New Machine Development Award for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Chairman’s Prize of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry,
Nisshoku Excellent Food Machinery and Materials Award.
Food Industry Technology Merit Award.
2004 ●Kajiwara Customer Center opened in Yashio, Saitama.History - KAJIWARA INC. (13)Kajiwara Customer Center
2005 ●Opening of the Kajiwara Customer Center User Test Room in Yashio, Saitama.
●Hidehiro Kajiwara appointed as President and Representative Director.
2006 ●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara Received the 2005 Arai Prize.
●”Cooking Cooling Homogenizing Σ” completed.
●”Cooking Cooling Homogenizing Σ”History - KAJIWARA INC. (14)“Cooking Cooling Homogenizing Σ”
2007 ●”Reokneader α” and “Cooker/Soaker KAM-05” completed.
●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara was awarded the Invention Encouragement Merit Prize.
●Received the Invention Encouragement Award at the Tokyo Invention Exhibition for “Reokneader α”.History - KAJIWARA INC. (15)“Reokneader α”.
2008 ●Exhibited at Interpack (Germany).
2009 ●”Kettle inner surface temperature sensor”, receives the Tokyo Invention Exhibition, Japan Patent Office Commissioner’s Incentive Award.
●”Reokneader α” awarded Nisshoku Excellent Food Machinery Award.”
2010 ●”Rich flavour Bean Paste Manufacturing Equipment”, receives Tokyo Technology and Invention Exhibition, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Incentive Award.
2011 ●”Rich flavour Bean Paste Manufacturing Equipment” receives Kanto Region Invention Award, Tokyo Governor’s Prize
2012 ●Tokyo factory Received the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Award for Excellence in Radio Calisthenics.
●Exhibited at FHA (Singapore)
2013 ●”Tabletop Homogenizer Σ-005″ completed.
●Kajiwara Singapore Pte. Ltd. is established in Singapore.History - KAJIWARA INC. (16)Kajiwara-Singapore-Pte.-Ltd.
2014 ●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara Received the 2014 Intellectual Property Merit Award from the Japan Patent Office.
●Received the Nisshoku Excellent Food Machinery Materials and Material Award for “Cooking Cooling Homogenizer Σ”
●Exhibited at Gulfood Manufacturing (UAE).
2016 ●Tokyo Factory ANNEX completed.History - KAJIWARA INC. (17)Tokyo Factory ANNEX
2017 ●”Cooking Cooling Homogenizer Σ” receives Invention Grand Prize, Invention Merit Award.
2018 ●”Springless Sanitary Blade” Receives Award for Nisshoku Excellence in Food Machinery, Materials and Supplies.
●Kajiwara Inc. received the 5th Intellectual Property Utilisation Award, Special Prize.
2019 ●80th anniversary of the company’s foundation
●Kajiwara Inc Received the Food Industry Heisei Contribution Award.
●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara received the Award for Distinguished Contribution to Food Culture from the Japan Food Culture Foundation.
2020 ●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara Receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays Medal
●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara receives the Food Industry Achievement Award from the Japan Food Journal.
2022 ●’Hybrid Mixing Cooker 300′ receives Nisshoku Award for Excellence in Food Machinery, Materials and Ingredients.
2023 ●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara, Food Industry Special Contribution Award from the Japan Food Journal.
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