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COMPANY PROFILE

GROUP COMPANIES

• Nessei Kogyo Co., Ltd. (fin tube manufacture)
• Marusa Kogyo Co., Ltd. (plate working)
• Toryo Sharyo Seibi Co., Ltd. (maintenance of special vehicles and construction machinery)
• Alpha Plus Power Co., Ltd.

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HISTORY OF THE COMPANY

• 1910's

  1911-Founded by Naohide Takeuchi in Fukagawa, Tokyo, who succeeded in producing a suction engine in Japan. Products were exported.
  1917-Production of air compressors, air turbines and Washington pumps began.

• 1920's

  Orders received for drinking water distillation equipment and cooking mess cars from the Japanese army.

• 1930's

  1935-The current Sunamachi factory was completed. Production of 65 to 400 horsepower diesel engines, diesel power generation units and diesel powered air compressors began. A large number or orders were received from overseas.

• 1940's

  1942-Incorporated with an initial capital of 2.5 million yen, and Naohide Takeuchi assumed the position of president.
  1943-Designated as a military supply factory, and the production of 550 horsepower engines began.
  1946-Successful development of heat exchangers for engine use; production of equipment for GM and Cummins began.

• 1950's

  1953-New equipment added to the heat exchanger factory, and license production of engine-use intercoolers for Sulzer and MAN B&W began.
  1960-Hideya Takeuchi assumes position as president.

• 1960's

  1963-Suction develops Japan's first LPG re-liquification compressor.
  1965-Intercoolers and aftercoolers for large turbocharger compressors developed.

• 1970's

  1979-Main air compressors and anti-vibration equipment for use in destroyer-class warships developed and delivered to the Japan Self Defense Agency.

• 1980's

  1985-Development of modular design TCZ series air compressors completed, and sales began.
  1987-Series of high performance intercoolers and aftercoolers for turbo compressor use completed.

• 1990's

  1993-Succeeded in developing a reciprocating-type vibration-less compressor (patented) and delivered to the Japan Self Defense Agency.
  1997-Developed the world's first low temperature differential Stirling engine which that achieved one horsepower of driving force from a temperature differential of 100 degrees C.

• 2000's

  Developed the first compressor for use in hydrogen stations for fuel cell automobiles. Used in WE-NET Project and JHFC Project of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
  2003-Makoto Takeuchi assumes position as president.
  2006-Developed the indirect heating low temperature difference Stirling engine for wood biomass combustion. Achieved 10.4 kW output power.

• 2010's

  2014-Delivered wood biomass CHP power generation equipment to the Omachi Citizen's Exchange Center in Minamisoma City.
  2019-Started delivering ultra-compact hydrogen compressors for on-site hydrogen generation.

• 2020's

  2022-Reliquefaction compressor used for large ammonia carriers.

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