| February |
1939 |
Heian Ironworks (Inc.) founded in Aioi-cho, Hamamatsu-city (capital of 50,000 yen). |
| August |
1945 |
Cmmenced manufacture and sales of wood machining & sawmill equipment. Industrial development starts. |
| January |
1961 |
Selected by small and Medium Business Agency as ideal model plant for streamlined production. |
| May |
1961 |
Establish separate sales division. Founded Heian Trading Co., Ltd. |
| April |
1964 |
Constructed new factory complex at Mishima-cho, Hamamatsu-city. |
| November |
1965 |
Received award as best streamlined model factory from Small and Medium Business Agency. |
| June |
1970 |
Received award from MITI for contribution to corporate product exports. |
| June |
1971 |
Received award from MITI for contribution to corporate product exports. |
| September |
1973 |
Established a cutting blade factory. |
| October |
1975 |
Heian “Auto borer” receives “Award for Technical Excellence” at 22nd Nagoya International Wood-Working Machinery Fair. |
| August |
1979 |
Established separate export division. Founded Heian International Co., Ltd. |
| October |
1984 |
Received “Invention Promotional Award” for turret type CNC router at the 1984 Kanto Regional award ceremony. |
| June |
1985 |
Heian simultaneous 5-Axis CNC router at the History Hall at the Tsukuba Science exhibition. |
| August |
1985 |
Established Technical Center. |
| February |
1986 |
Received the “Specal Fukuda invention prize” for the ‘Surfriding CNC router’ and GPO system at the 11th Annual Invention Awards. |
| April |
1988 |
Director-General’s Prize awarded by the Science and Technology Agency for promoting development of microprocessor-controlled machinery. |
| July |
1990 |
Changed the corporate name to Heian Corporation. |
| June |
1994 |
Established the Miyakoda Research Institute at Hamamatsu Technopolis. |
| September |
1998 |
Acquired ISO9001 certification. |
| February |
1999 |
Merged with Heian Trading Co., Ltd and Heian International Co., Ltd. |
| August |
2002 |
Received 2002 Challengers Award at IWF in USA. |
| November |
2002 |
Established the Shanghai factory in China. |
