History
1940~1980
| 1942 | Our company was founded as "Yamada Air Industry Co., Ltd." in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture. At that time, it manufactured wing parts for airplanes. |
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| 1945 | Our company's name was changed to "Yamada Industry Co., Ltd.," and it created the foundation of today's MAX by starting the manufacturing of office equipment. |
| 1949 | Smart Manufacturing & Sales Co., Ltd. was established as our sales company in order to establish our sales system. (Its name was 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
| 1990 | MAX FASTENERS(M) SDN. BHD. was established in Malaysia. |
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| 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 oversea sales company for MAX and started our own global strategy. |
2000
| 2000 | Acquired 2 companies in the SHINWA HI-TEC group, which made heater-ventilator-dryers for bathrooms and entered the housing environmental equipment business. |
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| 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
| 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. MAX(SHANGHAI)CO., LTD. was established in China as our sales company. |
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| 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. MAX USA CORP. TEXAS OFFICE was established in the U.S. as our after-sales service base. |
| 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 products. |
2020
| 2021 | MAX USA CORP. CALIFORNIA OFFICE was established in the U.S. as our after-sales service base. |
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| 2022 | MAX EUROPE B.V. GERMAN OFFICE was established in Germany as our sales base. |
| 2023 | The factory specialized in "TIEWIRE" was expanded within the Thailand Factory and started its operation. |
In 2022, MAX Co.,LTD. celebrated its 80th anniversary since its establishment.
[Archive Site] the MAX 80th Anniversary Site