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Corporate History
- March 1961
- IZUMI established with capital of ¥30 million as Fuji Steel Corporation’s steel processing and warehouse division
- October 1962
- Work on phase 1 construction started; receives license for construction of steel structures
- March 1963
- Sea berth (water depth 5.5m), 10-ton crane yard, and #1 plant (warehouse/steelworks plant building, 3,369m2) completed; starts production of architectural steel structures and straight processing of round bars
- November 1963
- #1 plant expanded (1,880m2) and forming mill installed; starts production of lightweight formed steel
- March 1966
- License as operating warehouse received; starts warehousing business Starts production of high-pressure tanks for LPG tankers started
- March 1967
- #2 plant (2,464 m2) constructed and lightweight formed steel division moved there
- November 1967
- #2 forming mill installed; 2,500-ton capacity system established for lightweight formed steel
- April 1968
- Capital increased to ¥50 million
- February 1969
- #3 plant (steel structures division, 1,780m2) completed
- January 1970
- Pressure Vessels manufacturing plant (3,200m2) completed
- November 1970
- Lightweight formed steel division receives permit to display Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) certification
- December 1971
- 150-ton overhead crane installed next to Pressure Vessels manufacturing plant Construction of large Pressure Vessels manufacturing plant (2,332m2) and dedicated sea berth
- July 1972
- Capital increased to ¥80 million
- April 1974
- Capital increased to ¥120 million
- June 1974
- Outside assembly yard (9,000m2) and movable structure (1,080m2) constructed, 100-ton bridge crane installed
- December 1975
- 50,223m2 of land for plants purchased from Marugame City
- April 1977
- Production of tunneling shields started; completes dedicated warehouse for formed steel and steel plate (2,400m2)
- November 1978
- Receives certification from Japan Sewage Works Association; starts production of steel segments
- July 1979
- 60-ton bridge crane installed in outside assembly yard
- January 1980
- Marine equipment division established; signs technical co-operation contract with Robbie Shaw Engineering of US and starts production, sales and leasing of Flexi-float SEP
- January 1980
- Completes construction materials plant (2,400m2) and moves tunneling shield and steel segment divisions there
- April 1981
- Completes one building (2,160m2) in phase 1 of Marugame plant construction
- July 1982
- Production of steel segments by robots started in construction materials plant
- November 1984
- U and U2 pressure vessel stamp certification received from American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- October 1985
- R&D for Bi-Lobe Tank started
- February 1986
- CAD/CAM system introduced; program development by in-house system engineers started
- October 1987
- Welded H-beam production line installed, production started
- November 1987
- U and U2 pressure vessel stamp certification renewed by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), S stamp certification received
- November 1988
- 200-ton overhead crane installed in large Pressure Vessels manufacturing plant
- January 1989
- Japan’s first Bi-Lobe tank completed
- September 1989
- Starts cutting at Marugame plant
- December 1989
- Completion of world’s first chlorine carrier tank plant based on IGC code
- July 1990
- #1 plant addition dismantled; constructs new Pressure Vessels manufacturing plant (1,880m2)
- July 1991
- Warehouse building (12,000m2) constructed at Marugame plant; warehouse division and tunneling shields moved there; plant becomes Marugame Works together with cutting division
- November 1991
- #1 plant, #2 plant, #3 plant and new Pressure Vessels plant renovated; completes steel structure plant (8,310m2) and starts operations
- March 1992
- Japan Steel-rib Fabricating Association’s H grade acquired
- February 1995
- Receives certification as approved maritime works by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK)
- March 1995
- Pressure Vessels manufacturing plant (1,382m2) renovated into large Pressure Vessels manufacturing plant
- July 1995
- Receives the Minister of Construction’s permission for designated construction work
- November 1995
- Pressure test facility for large tanks installed
- January 1999
- Welfare building (dining room, offices) completed
- January 1999
- Acquires certification of pressure vessels and pipe equipment based on ISO9001 (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai)
- March 1999
- Pressure test facility for large tanks and movable structure (1,000m2, height 22m) added
- October 2001
- Large bending roller installed
- October 2001
- Enlarges Pressure Vessels manufacturing plant (2,696m2) and installs plasma cutting machine
- June 2003
- World’s largest-capacity pressurized 11,000m3 tank plant (2 tanks) completed
- February 2006
- Refrigerated 1,520m3 ethylene tank plant completed
- March 2006
- Movable shack for producing large tanks (22mx20mx26m) completed in Ｔ district
- April 2006
- 150-ton/75-ton, 10-ton, 10-ton bridge crane completed in Ｔ district
- April 2007
- Marugame Works warehouse section and manufacturing section closed as part of business re-organization
- March 2008
- Capital reduced to ¥96 million
- December 2008
- Goods-handling facility (parts warehouse: 1,042m2) completed
- June 2009
- #2 Pressure Vessels manufacturing plant (3,021m2) completed; 150-ton/75-ton/10-ton overhead moving crane installed, 30-ton/15-ton/10-ton overhead crane installed
- June 2009
- Extends T district concrete flat base and 150-ton crane rail
- September 2009
- Starts manufacturing of ethylene tank plant using Hi nickel steel
- November 2009
- Osaka office opened
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