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Company Outline
| Name | Shikoku Welding Electrode Co., Ltd. |
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| Established | April 15, 1947 |
| Capital | 90 milion yen |
| Sales | 11.9 billion yen (as of March 2020) |
| Custmers | about 1,250 companies (as of 2014) |
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Timeline
| 4.15.1947 | Shikoku Welding Manufacturing was established |
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| 12.1948 | Illuminite-type welding stick Shikoku Rode No.8 passed the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Machinery Testing Exam A-2 |
| 7.1950 | 1st automatic coating machine completed: production capacity 60T |
| 8.1951 | Shikoku Rode No.8 passed Nippon Kaiji Kyokai A-2 |
| 4.1952 | 2nd automatic coating machine completed: production capacity 130T |
| 8.1954 | The plant received authorization to display the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) mark (JIS Z3211 coated Electrodes for mild steel) |
| 4.1955 | Certification by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK) standards |
| 4.1958 | Completion of the new plant and relocation |
| 8.23.1963 | Shikoku Welding Electrode Co., Ltd. established (Capital: 10 million yen) |
| 12.1963 | No. 3 coating machine completed: production capacity 250T |
| 4.1964 | Certification by American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) standards |
| 8.1964 | Certification by Lloyd’s Register (LR) standards |
| 2.1965 | Shiroyama Plant acquired for shipbuilding and canning |
| 5.1968 | Completion of the new Head Office |
| 7.1968 | Capital: 20 million yen |
| 9.1968 | Cutting-edge coating machine (currently No. 1) installed: production capacity 450T |
| 4.1969 | Spun off the LP Gas Division and inaugurated Shikoku Youzai Shouji Co., Ltd. |
| 5.1969 | Opened the Niihama Office (afterwards relocated to Saijo) |
| 4.1970 | Opened the Matsuyama Office |
| 5.1970 | Certification by Bureau Veritas (BV) standards |
| 8.1970 | Fully automated electrode coating machine (currently No. 3) installed: production capacity 650T |
| 10.1971 | No. 3 roller hearth continuous vacuum furnace installed (currently connected to No. 3 coating machine): productivity capacity 750T |
| 2.1972 | Opened the Marugame Office (now the Marugame Sales Office) |
| 4.1973 | Opened the Saijo Office, relocated from Niihama (now the Saijo Sales Office) |
| 3.1974 | Computer installed in order to rationalize administration |
| 5.1974 | 100T universal testing machine installed |
| 9.1974 | Developed a delivery system using electrode heated containers |
| 4.1976 | Welding Cutting Show held |
| 5.1976 | Continuous drying device and fixed high-heat drying furnace (processing capacity 3T/3h) installed |
| 6.1977 | Capital: 40 million yen |
| 4.1979 | Certification of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) standard |
| 10.1979 | Capital: 60 million yen |
| 12.1979 | The plant received authorization to display the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) mark (JIS Z3212 coated Electrodes for high tensile strength steel) Certification by Norske Veritas (NV) standards |
| 2.1980 | Capital: 90 million yen |
| 3.1980 | Automatic electrode measuring apparatus / packing machine installed Automatic electrode loading equipment in operation |
| 5.1980 | Certified by Korean Register (KR) standards |
| 6.1980 | Upgraded to cutting-edge coating machine (currently No. 2) |
| 10.1980 | Relocated the Matsuyama Office to a new building No. 2 roller hearth continuous vacuum furnace (currently connected to No. 2 automatic coating machine): production capacity: 1200T and fully automatic electrode loading equipment installed |
| 11.1980 | Relocated product warehousing to a new building |
| 3.1981 | Hot air circulating high temperature furnace (processing capacity: 8T/4h) installed |
| 1.1982 | Roller hearth continuous vacuum furnace installed |
| 3.1982 | Automatic container filling device installed |
| 4.1983 | Founder Toshiaki Murakami received the Science and Technology Minister’s Award Keiichi Murakami was appointed President |
| 4.1984 | Opened the Niihama Office |
| 10.1984 | Storage-type continuous wire drawing machine installed High-speed core wire cutter equipment installed Certified by Central Research (CR) standards |
| 11.1984 | Fluorescent X-ray analysis device installed Metal carbon content analysis device installed |
| 2.1987 | Opened the Mihara Sales Office |
| 10.1987 | 1st President passed away |
| 2.1989 | Completion of the raw materials warehouse |
| 12.1991 | Expanded testing and research laboratory |
| 3.1992 | Reconstructed drying plant Metal structure observation device Soldering flux research device |
| 5.1992 | Updated to new computer system |
| 12.1992 | Completion of the new Marugame Sales Office |
| 2.1993 | Completion of the new Saijo Sales Office |
| 8.1993 | The plant received authorization to display the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) mark(JIS Z3221 Stainless steel coated Electrodes) Stainless steel coated electrodes certified by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK) standards |
| 7.1995 | Relocated the Niihama Sales Office to a new building |
| 4.1997 | 3rd system upgrade: groupware operation started with client/server system (PH-1) Selected by the Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation as eligible for SME creation generic technology research and intermetallic coating research began. |
| 4.20.1997 | Celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the company |
| 4.1999 | New wire drawing cutter process replaced |
| 5.1999 | Received ISO 9002 quality system standard certification from LRQA |
| 10.1999 | Full transfer of client server network computers completed |
| 2.2000 | Information system group set up |
| 5.2000 | Received certification of conversion to ISO 9001 quality management system standard certification from LRQA |
| 9.2000 | Tosa Youzai became an Affiliated Company |
| 7.2001 | Invested in Sanyo Sanso which became an Affiliated Company |
| 8.18.2001 | Achieved 200,000 t production volume of coated electrodes |
| 10.2002 | HR planning group set up Sales planning section set up |
| 1.2003 | Formulation of corporate philosophy |
| 7.22.2003 | President Keiichi Murakami received the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Award |
| 11.2003 | Started Naka Auto manufacturing |
| 12.2003 | Opened the Innoshima Sales Office |
| 2.2.2004 | Tosa Youzai relocated from Futaba-cho, Kochi to Niida |
| 4.2004 | Installed ink jet printer for the packing process |
| 12.8.2004 | Started FCW line operation (1 line) |
| 3.2005 | Decided on the name of the SWECO mascot character, ‘Arc Angel’ Started FCW line operation (full line) |
| 6.17.2005 | FCW obtained JIS Z 3313 |
| 11.21.2005 | Expanded the scope of ISO 9001 to cover the whole company including FCW |
| 2.2007 | Established a Local Affiliated Company in Dalian, China (Dalian Shikoku Welding Commodities Co., Ltd.) |
| 10.2007 | Relocated the Mihara Sales Office to a new building |
| 11.2007 | President Keiichi Murakami received the Yellow Medal of Honor |
| 11.2008 | Opened the Hikari Office |
| 5.2010 | Keiichi Murakami was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors Yuichi Murakami was appointed President |
| 9.2010 | Relocated the Hikari Office |
| 5.2011 | Received ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems certification from LRQA |
| 10.19.2011 | Established a Local Affiliated Company in Dong Nai, Vietnam (ACROWEL VIETNAM Co., Ltd.) |
| 4.2012 | HIKARI Office upgraded to the HIKARI Sales Office |
| 3.2017 | Kyoritsu Co., Ltd. became an Affiliated Company |
