Corporate History
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1930 - 1959
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1935
- Financed by the Mitsubishi Group Companies, Kakoki Seisaku, Ltd. (former company name) is founded to domestically manufacture machinery for the chemical industry.
- Receives first product order - for an autoclave (reactor).
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1936
- Receives first order for sulfuric acid generation plant.
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1938
- Company name changed to Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd. (MKK)
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1940
- Develops Japan's first electrode baking furnace and takes first order.
- Receives first order for OP series oil purifier.
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1941
- Delivers first air liquefaction separation plant.
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1947
- Receives first order for penicillin generation plant.
- Orders from chemical companies for ammonia synthetic plant grow strongly.
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1949
- Under Business Reconstruction and Adjustment Law, Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd. (capitalized at \75 million) is reestablished as a secondary corporation to the former Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd.
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1950
- MKK is listed on the Tokyo and Osaka Stock exchanges.
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1954
- Receives first order for carbureted water gas (CWG) plant, followed by strong growth in orders for city gas generation plants.
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1957
- Delivers first Selfjector (SJ) oil purifier for ships.
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1958
- Osaka Sales Office opens.
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1959
- Receives first order for human waste digestion & sludge dewatering plant for sewage works, followed by strong growth in orders for water treatment plant.
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1960 - 1989
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1961
- Receives first order for sulfur recovery plant (Parsons type).
- Establishes Yokkaichi Factory (reorganized as Yokkaichi Works in 1973).
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1963
- Receives first order for hydrogen generation plant.
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1964
- Receives first order from power generation company for bar screen filter.
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1965
- Completes development of first activated sludge separator.
- Orders for industrial wastewater treatment facilities grow strongly.
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1966
- Orders for centrifugal separators (decanter and peeler types) for industrial use grow strongly.
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1970
- Kashima Factory commissioned.
- Cumulative production of SJ-OP series oil purifiers tops 10,000 units.
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1971
- Completes first large-scale wet flue-gas desulfurization plant (employing Wellman Lord process)
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1972
- Receives first order for SNG (Substitute Natural Gas) generator.
- Establishes Kakoki Kankyo Service, KK.
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1977
- Splits off works division and establishes Kakoki Koji Kaisha, Ltd. (later renamed Kakoki E&C, KK. in 1990).
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1978
- Receives order for large-scale electrode baking plant from Indonesia Asahan Aluminum.
- Completes first grey water treatment facility.
- Establishes Kakoki Trading Co., Ltd.
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1983
- Develops supercritical gas extractor.
- Receives first order for LNG satellite station.
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1987
- Factory functions of Yokkaichi Works consolidated with Kawasaki Works and former is renamed Yokkaichi Office.
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1990 - 2019
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1991
- Delivers first UASB anaerobic wastewater reactor.
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1992
- Osaka Sales Office is renamed Osaka Branch.
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1994
- Develops CO2 membrane separation SNG generator.
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1995
- Relocates head office to 1-4-28 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
- Opens Project Center in Yokohama.
- Establishes MKK Europe B.V. in Amsterdam, The Netherlands through joint capital investment with Mitsubishi Corporation.
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1996
- Osaka Branch is renamed Osaka Branch Office.
- Receives first order for permeable brick production plant using sewage sludge as raw material.
- Participates in Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare's Eco-Land Plan (Sludge Recycling Treatment Center).
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1997
- Head office functions relocated from Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo to the Kawasaki Works in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
(Head office relocated to 2-1 Ohkawa-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City in August 1998.)
- Head office functions relocated from Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo to the Kawasaki Works in Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
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1998
- Winds up Kakoki E&C, KK and establishes Kakoki Engineering, KK.
- Starts sales of horizontal centrifugal separators using Krauss-Maffei GmbH (Germany) technology and conforming to GMP production and quality standards for pharmaceuticals.
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1999
- Subsidiaries reorganization : Three technological companies were integrated into Kakoki Plant & Environment Engineering Co., Ltd. and two service companies into Kakoki Trading Co., Ltd.
- Develops and starts deliveries of small-scale onsite hydrogen generator producing 99.999% purity hydrogen.
- Cumulative sales of OP and SJ series oil purifiers top over 60,000 units.
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2000
- Starts sales of new, compact SJ-UNIT series oil purifier.
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2001
- Receives first order for waste gas abatement system for semiconductor industry.
- Establishes Head Sales Office in Miyamae-cho, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki City.
- Closes down Yokohama Project Center.
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2002
- Starts sales of new SJ-GENIUS series marine oil purifiers.
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2003
- Delivers first hydrogen station for fuel-cell vehicles.
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2004
- Yokkaichi Office is renamed Yokkaichi Factory.
- Establishes Shanghai Representative Office (closed down in 2012).
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2005
- Develops "HyGeia" new hydrogen generator.
- Introduces technology of ceramic sound absorption boards.
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2006
- Develops MegaFuelTM bio-fuel production system which uses sewage sludge as feed material.
- Introduces Mitsubishi-VOS Ballast Water Management System using technology from NEI Treatment Systems LLC, USA.
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2007
- Orders for hydrogen generators top 100 units since first order in 1963.
- Establishes Thailand Representative Office (closed down in 2012).
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2008
- Establishes Ryoka Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. wholly owned by MKK.
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2009
- Completes second fabrication shop in Kashima factory.
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2010
- Introduces executive officer system.
- Establishes MKK Asia Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand, in order to expand operations throughout the Southeast Asia region (MKK owns a 49% equity stake).
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2011
- Cumulative production of Mitsubishi Selfjector oil purifiers tops 90,000 units.
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2012
- Starts operation of new SJ (Oil Purifier) factory at Kawasaki Works.
- Launch of new Mitsubishi SJ HERCULES series.
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2013
- The next generation, high-efficiency model of hydrogen generator, HyGeia-A was developed and launched.
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2014
- Mitsubishi SOx Scrubber System, Japan's first system compatible with the regulations governing SOx emissions in ship exhaust gases, jointly developed with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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2015
- Small scale on-site hydrogen generator "HyGeia Series" receives Low CO2 Kawasaki Brand Certification and Grand Prize and Kawasaki Mechanism Certification.
- "Demonstration of hydrogen generation from sewage biogas source" was selected for the Breakthrough by Dynamic Approach in Sewage High Technology (B-DASH) Project as a commissioned research project by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
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2016
- Cumulative production of Mitsubishi self-injectors reaches 100,000 units.
- Transition to a company with an audit committee.
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2017
- Hydrogen station for demonstration on a commercial scale, constructed in Kawasaki Works.
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2018
- Established "Kawasaki Front Office" as a new base for the Plant Engineering Business and the Industrial Machinery Business at 580 Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture.
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2019
Conducted the following organizational restructuring measures for the purposes of stabilizing the revenues of the entire corporate group and strengthening the earning capacity.
- The business of selling our oil purifiers of Ryoka Seisakusho Co., Ltd. was split off and absorbed by our company.
- Kakoki Plant & Environment Engineering Co., Ltd. absorbed Ryoka Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
(The company name after the merger was Kakoki Plant & Environment Engineering Co., Ltd., and was renamed to Mitsubishi Kakoki Advance, Ltd. in November 2020.) - The after-sales service business, which is part of the construction and plant engineering businesses of Yokkaichi and Kashima Factories of our company, was split off and absorbed by Kakoki Plant & Environment Engineering Co., Ltd.
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2020 - Current
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2020
- Kakoki Plant & Environment Engineering Co., Ltd. was renamed Mitsubishi Kakoki Advance, Ltd.
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2021
- Established Taiwan Branch in Taipei City, Taiwan.
- Established our head office at 580 Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture, and transferred the headquarters functions from Kawasaki Works to the head office.
- Closed the marketing section of the head office and Kawasaki Front Office, and transferred each section to Kawasaki Works and the head office.
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2022
- Transferred from the first section to the Prime Market of Tokyo Stock Exchange, through the market reclassification.
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