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2025	Acquired H&F Corporation, comprehensive stamping press manufacture.
2024	Acquired AMADA WELD TECH CO., LTD. (now AMADA’s Micro Welding Section) to strengthen the laser welding business.
	Opening of the “Welding Technical Center” in Italy.
	Opened the AMADA Technical Education Center (ATEC) to strengthen engineering capabilities.
2023	Announced Medium-term Business Plan 2025.
	Opened the AMADA GLOBAL INNOVATION CENTER (AGIC).
	Developed the AMNC 4ie, a new NC unit for social and environmental issues. Launched sales of sheet metal fabrication machines equipped with AMNC 4ie.
	Developed DX solutions. Announced the LIVLOTS, a new DX solution for manufacturing.
	Developed autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Announced the AMTES process linking solution.
	Developed a three-dimensional fabrication system using blue lasers. Announced the ALCIS-1008e 3D laser integration system.
2022	Announced Long-term Vision 2030.
	AMADA WELD TECH INC. developed micro machining system. Announced the Delta series laser welding system.
	Opened the third band saw blade plant in Lianyungang, China.
	AMADA MIYACHI CO., LTD. changed its name to AMADA WELD TECH CO., LTD. (now AMADA’s Micro Welding Section).
2020	Acquired Finnish automation systems manufacturer LKI Käldman, and established AMADA AUTOMATION EUROPE LTD. Reorganised as a production base for peripheral equipment for sheet metal fabrication machines.
	Opened the Carolina Technical Center in North Carolina, United States.

A New Era For Laser Welding
December 2019	Completed construction of Ono Plant No. 2 (Ono-shi, Hyogo)
November 2019	Opened a bending tooling plant in New York, U.S.A.
November 2019	Retrofitable bending machine HRB-1003, HRB-1003ATC equipped with hybrid drive system was released
November 2019	Ultra high-speed 3-axis linear drive/Fiber Laser Cutting Machine REGIUS-3015AJ was unveiled
October 2019	AMADA HOLDOINGS Isehara HQ received the FY2019 Factory Greening Award Program.
May 2019	Fiber Laser Cutting Machine VENTIS-3015AJ equipped with LBC Technology was released
December 2018	AMADA MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD. and DENSO CORPORATION received MF Technology Award
October 2018	PT. AMADA MACHINERY INDONESIA was established in Indonesia
October 2018	Fiber Laser Cutting Machine “”VENTIS-3015AJ”” received MM Award in “”EuroBLECH 2018″”
October 2018	New Incheon Technical Center was opened in Korea
October 2018	Acquired all shares of ORIIMEC CO., LTD.
August 2018	Received the Encouragement Prize of the 3rd HR Technology Award for introduction of AI for new graduate recruitment.
August 2018	Marvel Manufacturing Inc. was acquired as a wholly owned subsidiary and renamed AMADA MARVEL, INC.
July 2018	Satellite Center was opened in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
July 2018	SDE-2017 GORIKI, a digital servo stamping press, received the Nippon Brand Prize of the 48th Innovative and Inventive Design Excellence Award.
June 2018	Monterrey Technical Center was opened in Mexico
April 2018	AMADA Museum was built to commemorate AMADA Group’s 70th anniversary
April 2018	AMADA CO., LTD. merged with AMADA ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
October 2017	AMADA MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD. acquired SANWA DAIYA KOHAN CO., LTD. a wholly owned subsidiary and changed its company name to AMADA SANWA DAIYA CO., LTD.
June 2017	Renewal opening of European manufacturing base Charleville-Mezieres plant (France)
May 2017	Opened a technical center in Poland
January 2017	Hyper Saw HPSAW – 310 received the 59th Ten Greatest Products Award
November 2016	Opened northeast satellite center
September 2016	AMADA HOLDINGS 70th anniversary
August 2016	Opened a new technical center at AMADA THAILAND
August 2016	Established AMADA ASIA PACIFIC as ASEAN regional headquarter
April 2016	Open a satellite center in Tainan, Taiwan
February 2016	Fiber laser machine “ENSIS-AJ series” received the Japan Energy Conservation Equipment Award sponsored by Japan Machinery Industry Association Director General of Natural Resources and Energy Agency
July 2015	Fiber laser automation system “ENSIS solution” (Energy saving · multiproduct variable quantity · wide range) won the 45th Mechanical Industry Design Award “Nippon Strength (Nippon Brand)”.
April 2015	Opened a new technical center at AMADA MAQUINARIA IBERICA
April 2015	Established a technical research institute at Isehara Headquarter
April 2015	With the establishment of AMADA HOLDINGS CO., LTD. on April 1, 2015, the web sites of the AMADA Group companies were renewed.
January 2015	“”Carrier cover processing by servo press and indexing device”” received MF Technical Grand Prize sponsored by Japan Forging Machinery Association
January 2015	Fiber Laser cutting Machine ENSIS-3015AJ was honored the Ten New Product Award 2014
November 2014	Fukushima Factory opened
August 2014	AMADA ENGINEERING changed its name to AMADA AUTOMATION SYSTEMS in August 2014
May 2014	AMADA UK(UNITED KINGDOM) opened its Technical Centre in May 2014.
April 2014	MIYACHI CORPORATION changed its name to AMADA MIYACHI CO., LTD.
January 2014	The Sheetcenter LASBEND-AJ was honored the Masuda Award of Ten New Product Award 2013
December 2013	The Punch/Laser Combination Machine ACIES series and Fiber Laser Cutting Machine FOL-3015AJ were honored Environmental Minister’s Award of Global Warming Prevention Activities 2013
July 2013	The Full Automatic Bending System EG-6013AR was honored the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award of the 43rd Machine Design Award
June 2013	The Technical Center opened in southern Germany
May 2013	Shanghai facility opened in Shanghai, China
March 2013	MIYACHI CORPORATION became AMADA’s subsidiary
February 2013	The Blair plant opened in California, USA
August 2012	Manufacturing tie-up for stamping press with China’s NINGBO CFG MACHINERY INDUSTRIAL LTD.
July 2012	Sao Paulo Technical Centre opened in Brazil
June 2012	Business tie-up with PRIMA INDUSTRY of Italy for development & production of Panel Bender. Los Angeles Technical Center was opened in LA, USA
April 2012	AMADA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY GmbH established, development company in Gemany
April 2012	Established AMADA (CHAINA) CO., LTD. in Shanghai, China
February 2012	AMADA SWISS GmbH established
January 2012	The Fiber Laser Cutting Machine FOL-3015AJ was honored the Masuda Award of Ten New Product Award 2011
November 2011	Toki Works opened in Toki, Gifu Prefecture – Base of development, manufacture, sales, and service for machine tool and cutting businesses”
October 2011	Kansai Technical Center opened
August 2011	Established AMADA DO BRASIL LTDA.
April 2011	AMADA（INDIA）PVT. LTD. Opened technical center (India, Bangalore)
April 2011	Merged AMADA MACHINE TOOLS and AMADA MACHINE TOOLS MFG. Combined cutting and machine tool manufacturing, and sales.
April 2011	Combined AMADA TOOL TECHNICA and the tooling sales department of AMADA CO., LTD. Changed the trade name to AMADA TOOL PRECISION CO., LTD.
January 2011	Established regional general headquarters AMADA ASIA PTE., LTD.
November 2010	AMADA KOREA CO., LTD. Opened technical center
July 2010	Announced successful development of fiber laser oscillator
July 2010	AMADA MACHINE TOOLS EUROPE GmbH Opened technical center
June 2010	AMADA ITALIA S.r.l. Opened new company office building and technical center
June 2010	Established AMADA LIANYUNGANG MACHINE TECH CO.,LTD.
May 2010	AMADA VIETNAM CO.,LTD. Opened new company office building and technical center
April 2010	Announced AMADA Group environmental declaration
January 2010	Merged AMADA CUTTING TECHNOLOGIES and AMADA WASINO AMERICA, and established AMADA MACHINE TOOLS AMERICA, INC.
January 2010	Established AMADA ENGINEERING EUROPE S.p.A for strengthened engineering in Europe (Headquarters and Italia)

Established The Development Center & Laser Dedicated Factory
October 2009	AMADA CUTTING LTD., responsible for cutting machines, and AMADA WASINO CO., LTD., responsible for machine tools, merged into the newly formed AMADA MACHINE TOOLS CO., LTD., and AMADA MACHINE TOOLS MFG CO., LTD., companies. AMADA MACHINE TOOLS EUROPE GmbH was established with headquarters in Germany for the sale of cutting machine and machine tools.
October 2009	Established AMADA VIETNAM CO., LTD.
October 2009	The parts center is operated at Fujinomiya Works.
April 2008	TECNO WASINO CO., LTD. changed its corporate name to AMADA WASINO CO., LTD.
April 2008	Merged with AMADA PRESS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. and consolidated Sales & Service portions of the Press Business functions to AMADA CO., LTD.
March 2007	Established the Development Center and the Laser dedicated factory at Fujinomiya Works
January 2007	AMADA AMERICA, INC. changed its corporate name to AMADA NORTH AMERICA, INC. and with segregation of the businesses, newly established AMADA AMERICA, INC. (a consolidated subsidiary) as a wholly-owned company
August 2005	AMADA AMERICA, INC. merged with AMADA MANUFACTURING AMERICA, INC.
October 2003	Merged with AMADA MACHINICS, INC.
October 2002	Merged with the R&D companies AMADA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. and AMADA ENGINEERING CENTER CO., LTD., and consolidated all R&D functions to AMADA CO., LTD.
October 2002	ALL SAFETY ENGINEERING CENTER CO., LTD. and WASINO ENGINEERING CO., LTD. merged together to establish AMADA PRESS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Sales of the Press Business of AMADA CO., LTD. transferred to AMADA PRESS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., and the Sales & Service portions of the Press Business transferred to AMADA PRESS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD..
July 2001	AMADA AMERICA, INC. merged with AMADA ENGINEERING AND SERVICE CO., INC.
April 2001	Established sales subsidiary AMADA INTERNATIONAL TRADING (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. in Shenzhen, China
April 2000	Merged with AMADA METRECS CO., LTD.
April 2000	AMADA SONOIKE CO., LTD. merged with AMADA WASINO CO., LTD. and changed its corporate name to AMADA MACHINICS INC.
March 2000	Established sales subsidiary AMADA INDIA PVT. LTD. in Madras, India

Built The Soft Studio House & Training House, “FORUM 246”
July 1999	Established a subsidiary, AMADA LASER AMERICA, INC. in Covington, GA, USA
January 1999	Established a sales subsidiary AMADA KOREA CO., LTD. in Incheon, Korea
September 1998	Established a sales subsidiary, AMADA OCEANIA PTY. LTD. in Sydney, Australia
March 1998	Established a subsidiary, AMADA EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS S.a.r. l in Tremblay-en-France, France.
June 1996	Established a sales subsidiary, AMADA INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY & TRADING (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. in Shanghai, China
March 1996	Established a sales subsidiary, AMADA (MALAYSIA) SDN.BHD. in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
March 1996	Established a joint venture company, AMADA SHANGHAI PUNCH & SHEAR CO., LTD. in Shanghai, China and started to manufacture bending and punching machines
June 1995	Established a sales subsidiary, AMADA (THAILAND) CO., LTD. in Samutprakarn, Thailand
December 1994	Established a joint venture company, AMADA LIANYUNGANG MACHINERY CO.,LTD. in Lianyungang City, China and started to manufacture band saw blades
September 1994	Established a sales subsidiary, AMADA HONG KONG CO., LTD. in Hong Kong
March 1993	Created a joint venture company, BEIJING AMADA METRECS MACHINE & TOOLING CO., LTD. (present BEIJING AMADA MACHINE & TOOLING CO., LTD.) in Beijing, China and started to manufacture NCT tooling
November 1992	Built AMADA MACHINE TOOL PLAZA
April 1992	Built the Soft Studio House and Training House, “FORUM 246”

Full-scale Overseas Development (Photograph: AMADA S.A.)
June 1989	Established a sales subsidiary, AMADA SINGAPORE (1989) PTE LTD. in Singapore
April 1989	SONOIKE MANUFACTURES CO., LTD. changed its corporate name to AMADA SONOIKE CO., LTD.
April 1989	WASINO MACHINERY CO., LTD. changed its corporate name to AMADA WASINO CO., LTD.
March 1988	AMADA METRECS CO., LTD. listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
November 1987	Established a sales subsidiary, AMADA CUTTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. in Buena Park, CA, USA
September 1987	SONOIKE MANUFACTURES CO., LTD. established Fujinomiya Factory (present Fujinomiya Works) in Fujinomiya-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture
May 1987	Established a sales subsidiary, AMADA PROMECAM CANADA (present AMADA CANADA LTD.) in Granby City, Quebec, Canada
December 1986	Established a manufacturing subsidiary, AMADA AUSTRIA GmbH in Ternitz, Austria
September 1986	Purchased PROMECAM SISSON-LEHMANN S.A. (France), and started AMADA S.A. (present AMADA EUROPE S.A.)
July 1985	AMADA METRECS CO., LTD. listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
September 1984	Established a sales subsidiary, AMADA TAIWAN, INC. in Chongwen City, Taiwan
January 1983	AMADA ENGINEERING & SERVICE CO., LTD. changed its corporate name to AMADA METRECS CO., LTD.
January 1982	Established a subsidiary, AMADA ITALIA in Milan, Italy
July 1981	WASINO MACHINERY CO., LTD. took over YODOGAWA PRESS MANUFACTURES CO., LTD. As a result of the merger, AMADA acquired 27.2% of YODOGAWA PRESS’ stock
April 1981	SONOIKE MANUFACTURES CO., LTD. established U.S. SONOIKE (present AMADA NORTH AMERICA, INC.) in La Mirada, CA, and started local production of NC Turret Punch Press.
April 1980	SONOIKE MANUFACTURES CO., LTD. listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
January 1980	AMADA ENGINEERING & SERVICE CO., LTD. established a subsidiary, AMADA ENGINEERING & SERVICE CO., INC. in Los Angeles, California

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Introduction Of “LYLA”, The World’s Most Advanced NC Turret Punch Press
April 1979	Built new corporate HQ building
November 1978	SONOIKE SALES CO., LTD. changed its corporate name to AMADA ENGINEERING & SERVICE CO., LTD.
May 1978	Built AMADA MACHINE TOOL PLAZA in the headquarters (at present Isehara Works)
April 1978	Through the third party allocation of new shares to WASINO MACHINERY CO., LTD. (listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Osaka Securities Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchnage First Section), acquired 16.7% of WASINO MACHINERY’s stock, and delegated mechanical press production to WASINO
March 1978	Received transfer of stock of SONOIKE SALES CO., LTD. from SONOIKE MANUFACTURES CO., LTD. and started partnership for the after-sale service business of the AMADA’s products
November 1973	Through the third party allocation of new shares to SONOIKE MANUFACTURES CO., LTD. (listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section), acquired 49.4% of SONOIKE’s stock and received the company’s management rights. Delegated the production of band saw machinery (horizontal type general-use machines) and toolings (for sheet metal) to SONOIKE
July 1973	Through the third party allocation of new shares to YODOGAWA PRESS MANUFACTURES CO., LTD.(listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange Second Section), acquired 30% of YODOGAWA PRESS’ stock and delegated mechanical press production to YODOGAWA PRESS
October 1972	Purchased a local machinery trading company in Düsseldorf, Germany, and started AMADA GmbH
August 1972	Established a sales subsidiary, AMADA UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED in Birmingham, United Kingdom
December 1971	Concluded a Technical Assistance Agreement with U.S. AMADA LTD. (present AMADA NORTH AMERICA, INC.), and started production and sales of NC Turret Punch Press and Iron Worker
January 1971	Established a technology development subsidiary, US AMADA LTD. (present AMADA NORTH AMERICA, INC.), in Seattle, WA, USA

Expansion Of AMADA’s Product Portfolio
August 1969	Listed on the First Section at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange
April 1969	Relocated headquarters from Nakano-ku, Tokyo to Isehara-cho, Naka-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture
November 1967	Concluded a Technical Assistance Agreement with PROMECAM INTERNATIONAL (France), and started production and sales of Shearing Machines
September 1965	Concluded a Technical Assistance Agreement with PROMECAM SISSON-LEHMANN S.A. (France), and started production and sales of Press Brakes
April 1965	Concluded a Technical Assistance Agreement with USI-CLEARING INDUSTRIAL INC. (U.S.), and started production and sales of Mechanical Press
February 1964	Merged with AM TRADING CO., LTD. and TAKUMI TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CO., LTD. Renamed TAKUMI TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CO., LTD to Ono Plant
January 1964	Changed corporate name to AMADA CO., LTD.
January 1963	TAKUMI TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CO. LTD. (manufacturer of band-saw blades, Ono-shi, Hyogo Prefecture) joined the AMADA Group as a subsidiary
July 1962	Company’s stock listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange
October 1961	Company’s stock listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
August 1961	Built Isehara Factory in Isehara-cho, Naka-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture
July 1961	Issued company stock as over-the-counter shares in the Tokyo area
June 1961	To change the par value of its stock, merged with AMADA Manufactures (former corporate name: SUZUKAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.), which had its headquarters in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. After the merger, relocated the headquarters to Nakano-ku, Tokyo. Changed the par value of the stock to 50 yen. The date of the company’s establishment became May 1, 1948
April 1960	AM TRADING CO., LTD founded by separating the Trading Department

Introduction Of Vertical Band Saw (Contour Saw), AMADA’s First Machine As A Machine Manufacturer
October 1956	Established the Kawaguchi Factory in Hatogaya-shi, Saitama Prefecture
March 1956	Started production of Horizontal Band Saws (Cut-off Band Saws)
January 1955	Completed AMADA’s first Vertical Band Saw (Contour Saw)
October 1953	Reorganised as a stock company. Relocated headquarters to Nakano-ku, Tokyo. Started manufacturing and sales of universal sheet metal band saw machines