1989

Turnover exceeded ten billion yen

Kiyohisa Iwanami appointed as the new President and Kaoru Iwanami appointed as the new Chairman in the company’s 65th anniversary year

Construction completed on the Fukuchiyama Factory (now Fukuchiyama Office) in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture

Chairman Kaoru Iwanami awarded the Gold and Silver Rays of the Order of the Rising Sun, 5th Class

Issued convertible bonds of 18 million Swiss francs (approx. 1.6 billion yen), which are allocated to construction of a new building and upgraded facilities at the Fukuchiyama Factory

1990

Introduced P-JIT manufacturing, which incorporates the concept of “just in time”

1993

Established Nippon Pillar Singapore Pte Ltd. as a sales hub for Southeast Asia

1994

Ceremony held in celebration of our 70th anniversary

Exhibited at ACHEMA ’94, the world’s largest exhibition of chemical devices, in Frankfurt, Germany

Started full-fledged shipments of Emission Defence Packing (EDP) 17, a newly developed packing compliant with the U.S.Clean Air Act

1995

Obtained ISO 9001 certification (Sanda Factory)

Super Type Pillar Fitting received first prize at the DuPont Plunkett Awards, with President Kiyohisa Iwanami attending the awards ceremony

1997

Established Taiwan Pillar Industry Co., Ltd. in Taiwan

1999

Started the Medium-Term Management Plan “Action-2000”

Established the Nippon Pillar Corporation of America in the United States

Obtained ISO 14001 certification (Sanda Factory)

2000

Super 300 Type Fitting was a prizewinner at the DuPont Plunkett Awards

2001

Listed on the First Sections of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange

2002

Launched Super 300 Type Pillar Fitting, whose revolutionary sealing mechanism was the first of its kind in the world

Obtained ISO 14001 certification (Fukuchiyama Factory)

2003

Launched PILLAR TECHNO BLACK (No. 2603-EEE), which helped the early-stage conversion to nonasbestos products

Established Suzhou Pillar Industry Co., Ltd. in China

2004

Started the Medium-Term Management Plan “Challenge III”

Ceremony held in celebration of our 80th anniversary

Construction completed on the Kyushu Factory in Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture

Low Friction Seismic Isolation Bearing won our third award at the DuPont Plunkett Awards, with third prize in the Asia Pacific region