Corporate Information
History
| 1935 (Showa 10)March | Yuzo Yanagida founded Yanagida Kanaami Seisakusho in Nishi-ku, Osaka. |
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| 1947 (Sho 22)June | Relocated to Minami-ku, Osaka to expand business and changed its organization to establish Kansai Wire Netting Co.,Ltd. with a capital of 195,000 yen, and Yuzo Yanagida became the first president. |
| 1949 (Sho 24)March | Production of wire conveyor belt started. |
| 1952 (Sho 27)March | Joined JIS-Z-8801 Test Sieve Standard Committee as a member to make draft JIS and started production of tese sieve according to JIS since December. |
| 1953 (Sho 28)June | Tokyo Sales office opned in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. |
| 1954 (Sho 29)November | Kyushu Sales office opened in Kokura, Fukuoka prefecture. |
| 1964 (Showa 39)July | Completed Kawanishi factory in Kawanishi city, Hyogo prefecuture to increase production capacity. |
| 1965 (Showa 40)September | Nagoya Sales office opened in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya. |
| 1969 (Showa 44)June | Tokyo factory was completed in Iwai city, Ibaraki prefecture to meet demand in Kanto region. |
| 1972 (Showa 47)May | The former Osaka factory was merged with Kawanishi factory to form Osaka plant in order to streamline production. |
| 1976 (Showa 51)November | Rokuteru Yanagida was appointed President and CEO. |
| 1984 (Showa 59)July | Tokyo Branch Office moved to new building in Chiyora-ku, Tokyo for expansion. |
| 1986 (Showa 61)March | KANSAI U.S.A. CORPORATION was established in Houston, Texas. |
| 1987 (Showa 62)November | New head office building was built in Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Ditrubution center was connected to Sales department and operation of inventory and shipping was streamlined. |
| 1990 (Heisei 2)September | KANSAI U.S.A. In collaboration with CORPORATION, SIAM WIRE NETTING CO.,LTD was established in Thailand with the main purpose of manufacturing industrial Zhijin networks. (to 100% of the Company’s equity in February 2008) |
| 1997 (Heisei 9)May | Nagoya Sales office was reorganized into Nagoya branch in line with expansion of business operation. |
| 1997 (Heisei 9)August | International Mesh Products Pte., Ltd. was established in Singapore to expand sales to Asian countries. |
| 1998 (Hira 10)July | Capital particiapation in TMA Corporation Pty Ltd, which developed business in Australia and the United States to prevent buildings from termite attack with stainless steel wire mesh. |
| 2000 (Heisei 12)March | Osaka factory obatnied ISO 9002 certification for quality management system. |
| 2000 (Heisei 12)May | Yoshio Matsuki was appointed President and CEO. |
| 2003 (Hira 15)March | By share tansfer, we became a fully owned subsidiary of Nippon Filcon Co., Ltd. |
| 2003 (Hira 15)December | Tokyo factory obtained ISO 9001:2000 certification. |
| 2004 (Hira 16)May | Kansai Wire Netting Technology (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. was established in a joint venture with a Taiwanese company. |
| 2004 (Hira 16)December | Kyushu Sales office moved from Kitakyushu to Hakata. |
| 2005 (Hira 17)December | Kyushu Sales office was reorganized into Fukuoka Branch in line with expansion of business operations. |
| 2007 (Heisei 19)February | Thai Sintered Mesh Co., Ltd. was established in a joint venture in Thailand to manufacture sintered laminate wire mesh. |
| 2007 (Heisei 19)June | TMA Corporation Pty Ltd became a wholly owned subisidary. |
| 2012 (Heisei 24)July | Amagasaki factory was completed to consolidate production of processed products such as filter and screens. |
| 2013 (Heisei 25)January | Hideaki Tanikawa was appointed President and CEO. |
| 2014 (Heisei 26)July | NK industry was established as a wholly owned subisidary in Amagasaki, Hyogo prefecture. |
| 2016 (Heisei 28)January | Amagasaki factory obatained ISO 9001:2008 certification. |
| 2017 (Heisei 29)November | The entire company got ISO 9001:2015 certification. |
| 2019 (Hira 31)January | To increase production capacity, Tokyo factory was closed and Bando factory was completed in Bando city, Ibaraki prefecture. |
| 2023 (Reiwa 5)June | KANSAI U.S.A. Closed CORPORATION. |
| 2025 (Regulation 7)January | Keiji Beppu was appointed President and CEO. |