History

1935 March	Yuzo Yanagida founded Yanagida Kanaami Seisakusho in Nishi-ku, Osaka.
1947 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 March	Production of wire conveyor belt started.
1952 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 June	Tokyo Sales office opned in Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
1954 November	Kyushu Sales office opened in Kokura, Fukuoka prefecture.
1964 July	Completed Kawanishi factory in Kawanishi city, Hyogo prefecuture to increase production capacity.
1965 September	Nagoya Sales office opened in Atsuta-ku, Nagoya.
1969 June	Tokyo factory was completed in Iwai city, Ibaraki prefecture to meet demand in Kanto region.
1972 May	The former Osaka factory was merged with Kawanishi factory to form Osaka plant in order to streamline production.
1976 November	Rokuteru Yanagida was appointed President and CEO.
1984 July	Tokyo Branch Office moved to new building in Chiyora-ku, Tokyo for expansion.
1986 March	Local subsidiary KANSAI U.S.A. Established CORPORATION in Houston, Texas.
1987 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 September	Together with KANSAI U.S.A. CORPORATION, established SIAM WIRE NETTING CO., LTD. in Thailand, with the primary purpose of manufacturing industrial woven wire mesh. (to 100% of the Company’s equity in February 2008)
1997 May	Nagoya Sales office was reorganized into Nagoya branch in line with expansion of business operation.
1997 August	International Mesh Products Pte., Ltd. was established in Singapore to expand sales to Asian countries.
1998 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 March	Osaka factory obatnied ISO 9002 certification for quality management system.
2000 May	Yoshio Matsuki was appointed President and CEO.
2003 March	By share tansfer, we became a fully owned subsidiary of Nippon Filcon Co., Ltd.
2003 December	Tokyo factory obtained ISO 9001:2000 certification.
2004 May	Kansai Wire Netting Technology (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. was established in a joint venture with a Taiwanese company.
2004 December	Kyushu Sales office moved from Kitakyushu to Hakata.
2005 December	Kyushu Sales office was reorganized into Fukuoka Branch in line with expansion of business operations.
2007 February	Thai Sintered Mesh Co., Ltd. was established in a joint venture in Thailand to manufacture sintered laminate wire mesh.
2007 June	TMA Corporation Pty Ltd became a wholly owned subisidary.
2012 July	Amagasaki factory was completed to consolidate production of processed products such as filter and screens.
2013 January	Hideaki Tanikawa was appointed President and CEO.
2014 July	NK industry was established as a wholly owned subisidary in Amagasaki, Hyogo prefecture.
2016 January	Amagasaki factory obatained ISO 9001:2008 certification.
2017 November	The entire company got ISO 9001:2015 certification.
2019 January	To increase production capacity, Tokyo factory was closed and Bando factory was completed in Bando city, Ibaraki prefecture.
2023 June	Together with KANSAI U.S.A. Close the CORPORATION.
2025 January	Keiji Beppu became President and Representative Director.

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