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Company History
| 1949 | Established as the Hisanao Kojima store in Tanabe-cho, Tsuduki-gun, Kyoto now Tanabe City, Kyoto). Started manufacturing and sale of micro flow meters for analyzers and experimental devices. |
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| 1952 | Company name changed to Kojima Seisaku-sho. |
| 1969 | Started manufacturing and sales of micro flow controller valves and pressure controller valves. |
| 1971 | Construction of new HQ building and factory at Kawara, Tanabe-cho, Tsuduki-gun, Kyoto. |
| 1973 | Started manufacturing and sales of fluid controllers. |
| 1974 | Incorporated as Kojima Seisakusho, Co., Ltd and capitalized at 10 million yen. |
| 1978 | Established Tokyo Branch in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. |
| 1982 | Acquired 1,000m2 site in Kusauchi, Tanabe-cho, Tsuduki-gun, Kyoto. Constructed new HQ building and a factory on this site. |
| 1983 | Established Osaka branch in Kita-ku, Osaka. |
| 1985 | New factory completed on HQ site. |
| 1988 | Acquired 2,3102,310m2 of land next to the HQ site. |
| 1989 | Introduced CI on occasion of 40th anniversary. Completed construction of an annex to HQ. Acquired a 640m2 site in Kawara, Tanabe-cho, Tsuduki-gun, Kyoto. |
| 1990 | Started manufacturing and sales of oxygen and nitrogen gas generators. |
| 1992 | Acquired site of 11,184m2 in Uji Tawara-cho, Tsuduki-gun, Kyoto. Completed construction of a new factory (1,682m2) on this site. |
| 1993 | Started manufacturing and sales of ozone water processing system. |
| 1995 | Opened Nagoya office. |
| 1996 | Completed construction of research and development wing on the Uji Tawara factory site. Won "Kyoto Small and Medium Enterprise Technology Grand Prize" with the high purity nitrogen gas generator. |
| 1997 | Changed the company name from Kojima Seisakusho, Co., Ltd. to KOJIMA INSTRUMENTS INC. |
| 1998 | Opened Yokohama, Fukuoka and Kyoto offices. Completed new factory on the Uji Tawara factory site. |
| 1999 | Received permission from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for the manufacture of medical instruments. Started manufacture and sale of First Life (home-use oxygen enricher). Obtained ISO90001 certification. |
| 2000 | Changed to quarterly settlement of accounts on occasion of 50th anniversary. |
| 2001 | Completed construction of the class 100 ultra clean room in the Uji Tawara factory. |
| 2003 | Began regional new development consortium R & D work. |
| 2004 | Adopted FP, FS dual business division system. |
| 2006 | Obtained ISO14001 certification. |
| 2008 | Awarded “Kansai Front Runner Grand Prize 2008” |
| 2009 | KOJIMA INSTRUMENTS was selected as “Top 300 of Medium and Small Size Manufacturer 2009”. |
| 2010 | Hisatoshi Kojima is named as Chairman, and Mariko Kojima as President. |