HISTORY

INNOVATION HISTORY

Manufacturing products that focus on

satisfying our customers is Max's history.

Manufacturing products that

focus on satisfying our
customers is Max's history.

COMPANY HISTORY

  • 1942

    Our company was founded as
    “Yamada Air Industry Co., Ltd.”
    in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture.

  • 1945

    Our company name was changed to
    “Yamada Industry Co., Ltd.,” and we
    started manufacturing office
    equipment, which created the
    foundation for MAX's business today.

  • 1949

    Smart Manufacturing & Sales Co., Ltd.
    was established as our sales company
    in order to establish our sales system.
    (Its name was later changed to MAX
    Manufacturing & Sales Co., Ltd. in 1954)

  • 1955

    Yamada Industry Co, Ltd. was
    renamed to MAX Industry Co., Ltd.

  • 1963

    We made a capital, technical and sales alliance
    with Bostitch Inc. in the USA (which later
    became a part of Textron Inc. in 1965) . We also
    opened the Fujioka factory, which specialized
    in manufacturing consumable products.

  • 1964

    MAX Industry Co., Ltd. and MAX
    Manufacturing & Sales Co., Ltd. were
    merged and became MAX Co., Ltd. This
    formed an integrated system from
    manufacturing to sales as a company.

  • 1970

    We became listed on the Tokyo
    Stock Exchange.

  • 1973

    Investment ratio in Textron, with which we
    had made a capital, technical and sales
    alliance, became 50%.

  • 1981

    Our Head Office was relocated to
    Nihonbashi Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.

  • 1988

    Tamamura Factory, which was built as the main
    factory for manufacturing office equipment,
    was established and started its operation.

  • 1990

    MAX FASTENERS(M) SDN. BHD.
    was established in Malaysia.

  • 1991

    New factory specialized in manufacturing
    industrial equipment was established within the
    Tamamura Factory and started its operation.

  • 1993

    We dissolved the capital, technical and sales
    alliance with Stanley Works Inc. in the USA
    (which had acquired Bostitch Division from Textron in 1986).
    We established MAX USA Corp., as a overea sales
    company for MAX and started our own global strategy.

  • 1997

    Fujioka Factory was rebuilt.

  • 2000

    Acquired 2 companies in the SHINWA HI-TEC group,
    which made heater-ventilator-dryers for bathrooms and
    entered the housing environmental equipment business.

  • 2003

    MAX ELECTRONICS MACHINE (SHENZHEN)
    CO., LTD. was established in China to
    manufacture electronic office equipment.

  • 2005

    MAX (THAILAND) CO., LTD. was established in
    Thailand to manufacture pneumatic nailers.

  • 2006

    MAX EUROPE B.V. was established in
    the Netherlands as our sales company.

  • 2007

    Yoshii Factory, which was built as the main factory
    for manufacturing home environment equipment,
    was established and started its operation.

  • 2010

    We acquired shares of Kawamura Cycle Co., Ltd.,
    which was a manufacturer of wheelchairs, and
    turned it into a MAX consolidated subsidiary company.
    MAX ELECTRONICS MACHINE (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.,
    was established in China to manufacture
    heater-ventilator-dryers for bathrooms.
    MAX ASIA PTE. LTD. was established in
    Singapore as our sales company.

  • 2011

    Our Research & Development Division
    was relocated to a new building in our
    Tamamura Factory from Takasaki.

  • 2013

    Eastern Seaboard Factory was established
    in Thailand to manufacture office
    equipment and started its operation.

  • 2014

    We acquired all the shares of Lighthouse (UK)
    Holdco., Ltd., which had been our European agency
    for selling “Bepop”, our sign creator products.

  • 2017

    Our domestic sales subsidiary
    companies were integrated and
    renamed as MAX Sales Co., Ltd.

  • 2018

    New factory was established within our Thailand Factory
    to manufacture “TIEWIRE,” our consumable product for
    concrete reinforcing bar ("rebar") tying machines.

  • 2019

    Lighthouse Europe B.V. was established
    in the Netherlands as a sales office
    for our “Bepop,” sign creator product.

  • 2022

    MAX's 80th Anniversary

HISTORY