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| 1923 |
| The late Takenori Kikuchi founded the original firm, Kikuchi Manufacturing Company in Osaka and started the manufacture of TIGER brand vacuum bottles. |
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| 1952 |
| Its head office
and factory moved to Taisho-ku,
Osaka. The Tokyo office was established. |
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| 1953 |
| Its company
name was changed to Tiger Vacuum
Bottle Ind, Co., Ltd. |
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| 1955 |
| Its head office
and factory moved to Joto-ku,
Osaka in order to meet the remarkably
increasing demand for vacuum bottles. |
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| 1958 |
| Tiger is honored
to be the first manufacturer of
the JIS(Japanese Industrial Standard)
factory in the field of vacuum
bottle industry. |
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| 1963 |
| Tiger constructed
a new factory in Kadoma, Osaka,
which was at that time the largest
in the field. |
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| 1966 |
| Tiger was appointed
as a model factory of quality
control by the Government. |
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| 1967 |
| Tiger introduced
the automated vacuum bottle manufacturing
system, which was the first in
the vacuum bottle industry. |
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| 1968 |
| The late Takenori
Kikuchi was selected as Chairman
and Yoshito Kikuchi promoted to
President. |
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| 1970 |
| Tiger established
its own sales company, Tiger Products
Co., Ltd. and Nobuo Shirae was
appointed President. |
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| 1971 |
| Tiger constructed
a new head office, a new factory
and integrated mass production
system and started to produce
rice warmers. |
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| 1978 |
| Completed expansion of head office with Building 3. Completed Ikoma Ground. |
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| 1982 |
| Completed head office distribution center. |
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| 1983 |
On the occasion
of its 60th anniversary, the company
name was changed to Tiger Vacuum
Bottle Co., Ltd. and introduced
new corporate system including
its new symbol mark, logo and
slogan.
Tiger constructed Tiger Vacuum
Bottle Center where stainless
steel vacuum bottles are manufactured
by means of fully automatic vacuumized
system. |
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| 1986 |
| Incorporated use of a CAD system. Tosu distribution center completed. |
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| 1987 |
| Tiger constructed
a metal pressing factory for stainless
steel vacuum bottles at Tiger
Vacuum Center. |
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| 1988 |
| Incorporated use of Tiger production control system (TOPICS). |
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| 1989 |
| Incorporated use of online sales and distribution system (TOPS). |
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| 1990 |
| Tiger established
Tiger Vacuum Bottle, Taiwan Co.,
Ltd., a joint stock manufacturing
company in Taiwan. |
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| 1991 |
| Tiger established
Tiger Hanbai( H.K.) Co., Ltd.,its
own sales company in Hong Kong. |
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| 1995 |
| Tiger constructed
a second major factory and warehouse
in head office site. |
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| 1997 |
Tiger constructed
an eastern distinct distribution
center in Tochigi prefecture to
cover eastern Japan.
Tiger established Shanghai Tiger-born
electronic & electrical Appliance
Co., Ltd., a joint stock manufacturing
company in China. |
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| 1999 |
| Tiger Corporation
merged its sales company Tiger
Products Co., Ltd. Yoshisato Kikuchi
is promoted to New president. |
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| 2001 |
| The HO Plant is granted ISO9001 accreditation. |
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| 2002 |
| JAPAN TIGER CORPORATION OF U.S.A. was established. |
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