History

1922-1979

1922	Established Tanabe Iron Works
1951	Established Tanabe Kakoki Co., Ltd.
1957	Delivered 7,000kVA sealed electric furnace for pig iron
1960	Delivered 4,500kVA FeMn electric furnace and 15,000kVA CaC2 rotary electric furnace
1963	Exported electric furnace for 5,400kVA CaC2 to South Korea
1968	Delivered 50t/d heavy oil-fired lime furnace
1977	Ohno factory completed

1980-1989

1982	Moved the head office to 978 Ono, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture.
1984	Established Tanabe Electronics Co., Ltd. Delivery of gas direct-fired bright annealing furnace for enameled wire
1985	Integrated the Automation/Labor Saving Equipment Division and the Industrial Heating Division to form the Industrial Machinery Systems Division and the Thermal Systems Division.
1987	Delivered PWTF melting and solidification equipment (plutonium waste treatment equipment) Exported electric furnace for rock wool to Finland Delivery of dacrodized baking equipment
1989	Delivered continuous vacuum hot press equipment

1990-1999

1991	Company name changed to "Tanabe Co., Ltd."
1992	Started joint development with JFE (former NKK) of electric resistance ash melting furnace Delivered UBC Delacquering Plant
1993	Delivered electric furnace equipment for melting waste asbestos, etc.
1994	Delivered a production line for vacuum insulation materials for refrigerators.
1996	Delivered burner-type melting furnace equipment for waste asbestos Delivery of coated fuel particle manufacturing equipment for nuclear fuel
1997	Delivered electric resistance ash melting furnace to Hachioji City Installed a burner-type ash melting demonstration furnace in the in-house laboratory.
1998	Supplied automobile disk pad firing furnace to France
1999	(Germany) New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) / JFE (former NKK) and CO in China2Reduction Electric Arc Furnace Energy Saving Model Project Construction Started

2000-2009

2000	Tanabe Denshi Co., Ltd. completed new office building Delivered burner-type ash melting furnace equipment to Hioki district, Kagoshima prefecture.
2001	50th anniversary project ・Relocated Tokyo headquarters to Tanabe Building (Nihonbashi Koamicho) ・Acquired ISO9001 certification
2002	Delivered ash melting furnace equipment to local governments such as Kasugai City, Yachimata City, and Fujiyoshida City.
2004	Casting division obtained certification from classification society DNV (Norway)
2005	Development of equipment using superheated steam (SHS) Niigata Industrial Creation Organization (NICO) Adopted as a support project for craftsmanship
2006	Installed a metal chip degreasing demonstration furnace in the in-house laboratory as part of NICO's work support project Participated in NEDO's magnesium forging component technology development project
2007	Delivered SHS metal chip degreasing equipment Installed a recycling demonstration furnace in the in-house laboratory for the NEDO magnesium forging component technology development project.
2008	Expansion of casting factory
2009	Adopted by the Central Association of Small and Medium Enterprises National Association for manufacturing small and medium enterprises product development support project

2010-2019

2010	Delivered a large kiln for sintering raw materials for lithium-ion batteries.
2011	60th anniversary of foundation Obtained ISO14001 certification
2012	90th anniversary of foundation
2013	Delivered China's first electric furnace for melting blast furnace slag and manufacturing rock wool
2014	Adopted as a support project for manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises and small-scale business prototype development "Development of high-temperature continuous sintering technology for carbon nanofibers" Delivered four 39,000KVA FeCr electric furnaces to China
2015	Delivery of rotary kiln equipment for lithium ion raw materials
2016	Built a new in-house laboratory building
2017	Selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as a "Regional Future Driving Company"
2019	Added a primary processing plant and a new assembly plant to the Ohno factory. Established Tanabe Tech AB in Sweden Delivered a rotary kiln for lithium-ion raw materials to Europe Selected as one of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's "300 Small and Medium Enterprises and Small Businesses"

2020~

2022	100th anniversary