Trade name	Okutani Ltd.
Founding	May, 1895 Founded by first generation Gizaburo Okutani July, 1948 Reorganized as a stock company (Capital Japanese Yen 300,000) 1957 Increase of capital (Japanese Yen 1,000,000) 1962 Newly constructed Kobe head office building. 1967 Joined Kobe Steel Complex Cooperative Association and Akashi Plant established July, 1979 Opened Himeji office. 1984 Expansion of Akashi Second Plant. March 1988 Received approval from Mitsubishi Heavy Industry (MHI) for parts for nuclear power plants. 1992 Increase of capital (Japanese Yen 4,000,000) 1993 Increase of capital (Japanese Yen 10,000,000) 1995 100th Anniversary. 2005 Received approval from Hitachi, ltd　for parts for nuclear power plants. January, 2007 Opened Sakai Plant (Integration with　Uni Puch Kogyo) September, 2007 Registered the trademark of our image character "Punching Man". January, 2008 Opened show room in Kobe Head Office. August, 2008 Registered the trademark of Okutani Punching World. June, 2009 Super Punching released. October, 2009 Installed laser punching multifunctional machine. December, 2009 Joint application with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding for a filter for exhaust gas received a patent in the U.S. February, 2010 Received the trademark of Super Punching. April, 2010 ISO9001 certification obtained (Kobe head office and Akashi Plant) April, 2011 ISO9001 certification obtained (Sakai Plant) March, 2012 Selected by JETRO as a company to discover promising export projects. February, 2013 Installed Precision All-Across Punching Press machine 200 tons and 60 tons. March, 2013 Perforated Plastics released. June, 2013 Opened an office in the suburbs of Chicago in the U.S. June, 2013 Registered the trademark of Super Punching at Australia. June, 2013 Received approval from Kawasaki Heavy Industry for parts for Gas Turbine. July, 2013 Registered the trademark of Super Punching at the U.S. September, 2013 Started importing and selling Electron Beam Drilling products. September, 2013 Launched Perforated CFRTP (Carbon Fiber Reinforce Thermo Plastic). September, 2013 Registered the trademark of Super Punching at 28 European countries (CTM member countries) March, 2014 Entered into an exclusive distributorship agreement with Accurate Inc. for Super Punching in North America. July, 2014 Opened Dusseldorf office. August, 2014 Opened Tokyo office. March, 2015 Receives Certification of Toshiba Power Systems Keihin Plant. 2015 120th Anniversary March, 2016 Expansion of Akashi 3rd Plant. April, 2017 Jointly filed with Toray Plastics Precision, Perforated CFRTP was granted a patent. October, 2017 Second TRUMPF multifunction laser machine installed at Akashi Plant. December, 2017 Soenen Sectional Perforated Press CAPS 200t installed at Akashi Plant. March, 2019 Entered into an exclusive distributorship agreement with ActionLaser for Laser screens in Japan and China. November, 2019 Registered the trademark of Super Punching at China. June, 2021 Amada’s Turret punch presses EMZ23510Ⅱ installed at Akashi Plant. May, 2022 Renewal of Head Office with Okutani History Museum. June, 2022 Joint development of duplex stainless steel perforated metal strainer with NS-Stainless Corporation. December, 2022 Ltd. added two leveling machines (at the 1st and 3rd plants) at the Akashi Plant. ・PR80LS-15320 (for thin plates) 3100 width, the largest in Japan ・Installed 2 units of G160L-7170 (for medium and thick plates) 1600mm width December, 2022 Introduced Amada's EML2515AJ fiber laser processing machine at Akashi Factory 2 January 7th, 2023 Okutani participated in the "Declaration of Action from 'WATASHI'" organized by Hyogo Prefecture February, 2023 Okutani received a certification for its "Management Power Improvement Plan" from the Kinki Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. August, 2023 "Mesh-sheet and its manufacturing method (CFRTP EX mesh)", a joint application by Okutani and Toray Group/Toray Plastics Seiko, Inc. was registered as a patented product on August 17, 2023. December, 2023 The "LASER PUNCHING" [Overseas] trademark was registered.
Representative	Representative director　Tomohiko Okutani
Number of employees	63（Japanese・Chinese・Filipino・Vietnamese）
A.Kobe Head Office & Showroom	5-5, Aioi-cho 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 650-0025 Phone: +81-78-351-2531 Fax: +81-78-361-1484
Himeji Branch	50-3, Ichikawabashi-dori 2-chome, Himeji-shi, Hyogo 670-0825 Phone: +81-79-288-0458 Fax: +81-79-288-2077
Tokyo Branch	Ueno nagatanit Town Plaza 305 29-5, 4-chome, Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0016 Phone: +81-3-5812-7795 Fax:+81-3-5812-7796
Akashi Plant	(Kobe Tekko Danchi) Junna Ikawadani-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2124 Phone: +81-78-974-1907  Fax: +81-78-974-1959
Sakai Plant	460 Tanjo, Mihara-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 687-0011 Phone: +81-72-361-9121 Fax: +81-72-361-9122
Akashi Plant	(Kobe Tekko Danchi) Junna Ikawadani-cho, Nishi-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo 651-2124 Phone: +81-78-974-1907 Fax: +81-78-974-1959
Chicago Sales Contact	c/o ITA, Inc. 150 Pierce Rd.,Itasca, IL 60143, USA Phone: +1 847 364 1121 Fax: +1 847 364 1183
Düsseldorf Sales Contact	Immermannstraße 38, D-40210 Düsseldorf,Germany Phone: +49-211-1623-596 Fax: +49-211-1623-597
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