Company history

1934	founded by Masakazu Suzuki as a family-owned factory for the manufacture of fire tubes in Tsubame City (current name).
1937	Started the manufacture of bobbin cases for sewing machines.
1944	Renamed "SUZUTAMI Seimitsu Kogyo-sho" and registered as a limited company.
1956	Approved as a JIS-certified plant for the manufacture of HA-and HB-type bobbin cases.
1957	Keizo Suzuki appointed as the managing director and president.
1960	Re-equippend the plant with newly added "bobbin case" machining facilities, transfer machines, and machines specifically designed for automatic turning (with financing from the japan Development Bank).
1963	Keizo Suzuki, presidents toured Europe and the U.S. to inspect western sewing machine industries. Upon his return Suzutami launched the manufacture of parts for industrial sewing machines destined for the U.S. Market. This created secure ground for the manufacture of industrial sewing machine parts, one of Suzutami's mainstay items to this day.
1964	Started the manufacture of cutters for industrial sewing machines for domestic industrial sewing machines manufacturers such as Tokyo Juki industrial Co.,Ltd. Mitsubishi, Toyota, Brother Industries, Ltd., rtc., to support their newly introduced massproduction systems.
1969	Affiliated with Tokyo Juki Industrial Co.,Ltd. (currently, JUKI corporation), increased capital to JP 25 million, and re-organized into joint-stock company. introduced "forging" facilities to expand our business into forging industries.
1972	Moved Headquarters from Tsubame City to Teradomari-machi, closing the Tsubame Plant and converging all plants in Teradomari.
1973	Launched the manufacture and assembly of input devices for computers.
1974	Increased capital to JP 45 million.
1979	Introduced TQC philosophy to promote activities for the overall improvement of the company's quality management system.
1981	Introduced the Toyota-style production system to ensure increased efficiency in production.
1984	Exhibited our product at the 1st JIAM exhibition with great success.
1985	Established a new machining center and added a large number of grinding machines to promote the unmanned or labor-saving production style. Developed a grinding machine specifically designed for the machining of ceramics to commercialize ceramic cutters.
1986	Added IC pick-and-place equipment, weft knitting machines, and photo finishing machines to our prodct lineup.
1987	Participated in the 2nd JIAM exhibition.
1988	Participated in the 1st Techno-Fair in Tokto. Our products were highly evaluated, drawing a flood of inquiries from companies in various industries.
1989	Expanded our plant and office facilities to support the boost in industrial sewing machine production. Participated in the 2nd Techno-Fair in Tokyo. Participated in OTEMAS international Textile Machinery Show.
1991	Installed air conditioning inside all plants.
1992	Automated production management was introduced for a series of production processes from order projection, material arrangement, and manufacturing directions through to shipping in order to complete a "manufacturing arrangement management system" designed to centralize production management throughout the entire company.
1994	Introduced a production line for manufacture of "main shafts and connecting rods for overlock machines" from JUKI.. Expanded into the machining of parts utilizing sub-micron technology with a newly installed thermostatic oven. Established JUKI (TAN THUAN) Precision co.,Ltd. in Vietnam (currently called JUKI (VIETNAM) Co.,Ltd.). Moved facilities to JUKI (TAN THUAN) Precision Co.,Ltd. and provided training and guidance to local operators in a bid to partly shift production operations overseas. (We have been pushing ahead with plans to further shift the production of parts to the new company since.)
1995	Increased capital to JP 95 million.
1996	Valves for food processing machines and vacuum valves added to our product lineup.
1997	Launched new cost-improving activities by means of VE. Expanded our workshop for ultra-precision machining of small-lot parts in shortened delivery times.