History

1922–1979

1922	Founding of Tanabe Iron Works
1951	Establishment of Tanabe Chemical Machinery Co., Ltd.
1957	Delivery of a 7,000 kVA Sealed Electric Furnace for Pig Iron
1960	Delivery of a 4,500 kVA electric furnace for FeMn and a 15,000 kVA rotary-hearth electric furnace for CaC₂
1963	Export of a 5,400 kVA Electric Furnace for CaC2 to South Korea
1968	Delivery of a 50 t/d Heavy Fuel Oil-Fired Lime Kiln
1977	Completion of the Ohno Plant

1980–1989

1982	Relocate the headquarters to 978 Ono, Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture
1984	Establishment of Tanabe Electronics Co., Ltd. Delivery of a Direct-Fired Gas-Fired Bright Annealing Furnace for Enameled Wire
1985	The Automation and Labor-Saving Equipment Division and the Industrial Heating Division were merged to form the newly established Industrial Equipment Systems Division and Thermal Systems Division.
1987	Delivery of PWTF Melt-Solidification Facility (Plutonium Waste Treatment Facility) Export of Electric Furnaces for Rock Wool to Finland Delivery of a Dacromet Coating System
1989	Delivery of Continuous Vacuum Hot Press Equipment

1990–1999

1991	Changed the company name to ”Tanabe Co., Ltd.”
1992	Start of Joint Development of an Electric Resistance Ash Melting Furnace with JFE (formerly NKK) Delivery of the UBC Deracking Plant
1993	Delivery of an Electric Melting Furnace for Waste Asbestos and Other Materials
1994	Delivery of a Production Line for Vacuum Insulation Material for Refrigerators
1996	Delivery of a Burner-Type Melting Furnace System for Waste Asbestos Delivery of a Nuclear Fuel Cladding Pellet Manufacturing System
1997	Delivery of an Electric Resistance Ash Melting Furnace to Hachioji City Burner-Type Ash Melting Demonstration Reactor Installed in the Company's In-House Laboratory Building
1998	Delivery of a Disc Pad Sintering Furnace for High-Speed Trains to France
1999	New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) / JFE (formerly NKK) and China on CO2Construction Begins on Energy-Saving Model Project for Electric Furnaces

2000–2009

2000	Completion of Tanabe Electronics Co., Ltd.'s New Headquarters Building Delivery of a burner-type ash melting furnace to the Hioki District in Kagoshima Prefecture
2001	50th Anniversary Commemorative Events ・Relocated the Tokyo headquarters to the Tanabe Building (Nihonbashi Koamicho) ・Obtained ISO 9001 certification
2002	Delivered ash melting furnace equipment to various municipalities, including Kasugai City, Yachimata City, and Fujiyoshida City
2004	Casting Division Obtains Certification from DNV (Norway)
2005	Development of Equipment Utilizing Superheated Steam (SHS) Selected for the Craftsmanship Support Program by the Niigata Industrial Creation Organization (NICO) Foundation
2006	Installed a metal chip degreasing demonstration reactor in the in-house laboratory building as part of NICO’s Technology Development Support Program Participated in NEDO’s Magnesium Forged Components Technology Development Project
2007	Delivery of SHS Metal Chip Degreasing Equipment Installed a recycling demonstration furnace in the company's in-house laboratory as part of NEDO's Magnesium Forged Components Technology Development Project
2008	Expansion of the Foundry
2009	Selected for the Product Development Support Program for Manufacturing SMEs by the National Federation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Organizations

2010–2019

2010	Delivery of a Large Kiln for Calcining Raw Materials for Lithium-Ion Batteries
2011	60th Anniversary Obtaining ISO 14001 Certification
2012	90th Anniversary of Our Founding
2013	Delivery of China's First Electric Furnace for the Production of Rock Wool from Remelted Blast Furnace Slag
2014	Selected for the Support Program for Prototype Development, etc., for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises and Small Businesses "Development of a Technology for Continuous High-Temperature Sintering of Carbon Nanofibers" Delivered four 39,000 KVA electric furnaces for FeCr production to China
2015	Delivery of Rotary Kiln Equipment for Lithium-Ion Raw Materials
2016	Construction of a New In-House Laboratory Building
2017	Selected as a "Regional Future-Leading Company" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Click here for more details
2019	Expansion of the Ohno Plant to Include a Primary Processing Plant and a New Assembly Plant Established Tanabe Tech AB in Sweden Delivery of a Rotary Kiln for Lithium-Ion Raw Materials to Europe Selected for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s “300 Thriving SMEs and Small Businesses” Program

2020–

2022	100th Anniversary of the Company's Founding