MORY INDUSTRIES INC.

Company History

  • 1929
    • Apr.Akinaga Mori(The founder) establishes Mori Manufacture Place, a manufacturer of bicycle forks, in Sakai, Osaka.bicycle forks
  • 1949
    • Jan.The company is reorganized as a corporation under President Akinaga Mori.
  • 1959
    • Oct.The company shifts its business line to the manufacture of welded stainless steel pipe and tubing.stainless steel tubing
  • 1961
    • Feb.It changes the name of company to Mory Industries Inc.
    • Sept.First phase of construction of the Kawachinagano factory is completed.
    • Oct.The company begins to manufacture finished products, such as gas burners, from stainless steel tubing.
  • 1963
    • May.The head office and main plant are consolidated and relocated from Sakai to Kawachinagano, Osaka.
    • Nov.The company begins manufacturing automatic tube cutting machine.automatic tube cutting machine
  • 1964
    • Oct.The Tokyo office is opened.
    • Nov.The Nagoya office is opened.
  • 1965
    • Jan.Akinobu Mori becomes the company's second president.
    • Dec.The company begins manufacturing welded carbon steel pipe and tubing.steel pipe and tubing
  • 1967
    • May.The company discontinues the manufacture of now-obsolete products developed before 1959, completing the shift in its business line.
  • 1970
    • Sept.A bright annealing furnace for stainless steel pipe and tubing is installed.
  • 1972
    • May.A large slitter is installed.slitter
  • 1973
    • June.The company is listed on the second section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.listed on the second section of the Osaka Securities Exchange
  • 1974
    • May.The Osaka office is opened.
  • 1977
    • Apr.The company develops innovative production equipment for stainless-steel-clad pipe and tubing.
  • 1979
    • Apr.The Mori Education Association is established.
  • 1980
    • July.The company is listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
  • 1982
    • Jan.The Hiroshima office is opened.
  • 1983
    • Mar.20-high cold rolling mill is installed for production of stainless steel sheet.
      The company begins manufacturing stainless steel flat bars and round bar.      A 20-high cold rolling mill for stainless sheet steel
    • June.The company is listed on the first sections of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchanges.
  • 1984
    • June.The company contributes capital to a joint venture with Taiyo Industries Inc. (a manufacturer of stainless steel and welded carbon steel pipe and tubing), which is renamed Saitama Mory Industries, Inc. (currently Kanto Mory Industries, Inc.).
    • Oct.The Saitama office is opened.
    • Dec.Four Osaka affiliates (Shirogane Industry, Takeda Industries Ltd., Mory Stainless Construction Materials, and Mory Manufacture Place) merge to form Mory Metal Co., Ltd.
  • 1986
    • Oct.The Mihara Plant is completed.
      A cold rolling mill for carbon sheet steel is installed.      A 12-high cold rollingmill for carbon sheet steel flat bars and wire rods
  • 1987
    • Sept.The Fukuoka office is opened.
  • 1989
    • Apr.The main building of the Head office is completed.
  • 1990
    • Jan.The company begins manufacturing stainless steel square pipe and tubing.stainless square pipe and tubing
    • Feb.20-high cold rolling mill are added for production of stainless steel sheet.
  • 1991
    • Nov.The factory of Saitama Mory Industries (currently Kanto Mory Industries) is reconstructed.
  • 1994
    • Sept.A multistory warehouse for stainless steel pipe and tubing is constructed at the Kawachinagano Factory.A multistory warehouse for stainless steel tubing
    • Oct.Saitama Mory Industries Inc. is renamed Kanto Mory Industries Inc.
  • 1995
    • July.Establishment of Silbest bicycle retail chain store business.
  • 1997
    • Aug.The Fukuoka Distribution Center is opened and introduces stainless steel construction materials in the Kyusyu and Chugoku regions.
  • 1998
    • Mar.The Osaka Distribution Center is opened.The Osaka Distribution Center
    • July.The Kanto Distribution Center is opened in Kanto Mory Industries Inc.
  • 1999
    • Jan.The Higashi Kanto Distribution Center is opened.
    • Sept.The Nagoya Distribution Center is established.
  • 2000
    • June.Relocated the Tokyo branch.
      Hiroaki Mori becomes the company's third president.
  • 2001
    • July.The company begins manufacturing hot rolled stainless steel equal leg angle bars and flat bars in the Mitsukaido Factory.(currently Ibaraki Factory)stainless flat bars and wire rods
    • Dec.The first extension work to the Higashi Kanto Distribution Center is completed.
  • 2002
    • Mar.Acquired ISO 9002 Certification.(Kawachinagano Factory)
      (April 2003 Moved to ISO 9001.)
  • 2003
    • Aug.The Anjo Distribution Center is opened.
  • 2004
    • Oct.Acquired ISO 14001 Certification.(Kawachinagano Factory)
  • 2005
    • Sept.The Okayama Office and Okayama Distribution Center is opened.
    • Nov.The second extension work to the Higashi Kanto Distribution Center is completed.
  • 2006
    • May.Relocated the head office to downtown Osaka.Head office
  • 2010
    • Oct.The Company acquires the stock of Auto Metal Company Limited in Thailand.
  • 2011
    • July.The pipe tube making mill for stainless steel tubes (laser beam welding) starts production.
  • 2012
    • Oct.Establishment of the affiliate in Indonesia; PT.MORY INDUSTRIES INDONESIA.PT. MORY INDUSTRIES INDONESIA
  • 2016
    • Apr.The Hiroshima office and The Okayama office are combined, and The Chushikoku office is opened.
  • 2017
    • Apr.Relocated the Nagoya branch to Nagoya.