History of Aikoku Alpha

1943		Aikoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. established with a capital of ¥180,000, as a cooperating company of Dai Nippon Heiki Co., Ltd.
1946		Manufacture of metallic materials for construction and agricultural machinery begun.
1947		Manufacture of pedals, free-wheeling mechanisms, and other bicycle parts begun.
1957		Manufacture of scooter handle bearing parts for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries begun.
1958		Manufacture of cold-formed parts begun.
1959		Manufacture of motorcycle transmission parts for Honda Motor Company begun.

1962		New cold-forming plant completed. Full-scale research started on cold-forming. Capital increased to ¥50 Million.
1963		First-phase construction of main plant completed.
1965		Capital increased to ¥100 Million.
1967		Launched into the field of automotive components (Honda Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) and agricultural machinery.
1969		Construction of new plant begun as company entered field of manufacture of aircraft parts. NC machine tools introduced.

1970		Method of manufacturing spline shafts by cold-forming patented. Balancer Division established for Aikoku's original product and sales begun.
1971		Capital increased to ¥195 Million. Director's Award received from Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation for exellence in the manufacture of cold-formed spline shafts.
1972		Export of cold-formed shafts to the United States begun. Received 1972 quality award from NTN.
1974		Representatives of the company stationed in the USA for cold-forming sales. Supply of Boeing 747 parts to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries begun.
1975		Basic patent obtained for the Free Balance Arm. First Japanese made 5-axis Machining Center set up at the Airplane Division.
1976		Developed precision forming method for BJ inner races.
1978		Business with UK's Hardy Spicer and West Germany's Lohr & Bromkamp begun.
1979		American Aikoku, Inc., the US sales office, opened in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois. New Main Plant completed.

1980		Airplane Division and its plant enlarged. Order for inner races placed by Nissan Motor Company.
1981		Business with USA's Ford, Caterpillar, GKN and Warner Gear, and with Mexico's TREMEC initiated. Construction of new plant in Ichinomiya begun. 3D Measuring machines installed.
1982		Supply of nuclear plant parts begun. "Quality Award" received from Hardy Spicer Ltd. in the UK.
1983		"Q1 Preferred Quality Award" received from Ford Motor Company. Business with General Motors Corp. started. Delivery of inner races to Toyota Motor Corp. begun.
1984		"Technological Development Award" received from Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity for cold-forged spline shafts. Introduced CADAM (CAD/CAM Software). Activity for merchandising of software development initiated as new business of the new division.
1985		Balancer Division renamed to "Raku-Raku Hand Division". President visited USA to sign a technical transfer contract agreement with the Hydra-Matic Division of G.M.C.
1986		Mass-production of cold-formed hollow shafts begun. Developed original 5-axis post processor. Introduced CATIA (CAD/CAM Software).
1988		Supply of V2500 engine components begun. Supplied spline shafts to Toyota Motor Corporation.
1989		Capital increased to ¥1.2 Billion. Developed precision cold-formed spline process, SAE class 4, as new technology. Sales of "ADDRESS/X" (Drawings Retrieval System) packaged software begun. Engineering Division established.

1990		Established materials research laboratory for cold-forming.
1991		Sales of packaged manufacturing software "NC-AXIS" and "NC-Safer" begun. Aikoku Engineering Co., Ltd. (AEC), former Aerospace Division, was established as a subsidiary of Aikoku Kogyo Co., Ltd.
1992		Company name changed to "Aikoku Alpha Corporation", and corporate logo revised.Company name changed to "Aikoku Alpha Engineering Corporation", and corporate logo revised.
1993		Developed forming process for pinion shafts.
1994		Mass-production of pinion shafts and UF inner races begun.
1995		Developed forming process and started mass-production of VL inner races. Aerospace Division of AEC certified to ISO 9002. Sales of packaged manufacturing software "Super VERIFY" begun.
1996		Established Internet presence with the Aikoku Alpha Corporation Web Site. Started supplying complete pinion shafts to Delphi Saginaw. Manufacturing Software Division of AEC awared IBM Japan Excellent Business Partner.
1997		Cold Forming Division certified to QS9000. Aero Product Division of AEC certified to D1 9000 Rev.A and started direct business with Boeing Commercial Airplane Group.
1998		"Supplier of the year"award received from General Motors Corporation. European sales and engineering office of EUROPEAN AIKOKU ALPHA LTD. was established in London. Opened representative office in Wichita, Kansus. Started shipping aircraft parts to Boeing. Started shipping machined Impeller to U.S.A.

1999		Started selling packaged manufacturing software "Expert POST" "Supplier of the year"award received from G.M.C. for tow consecutive years.
2000		YAMAZAKI New Plant completed． KENSUI was awarded “Material Handling Grand Prix” from The Society of Material Handling Japan.
2001		Started shipping machined Impeller to Europe. Aero Product Division of AEC certified to BQMS(Boeing Quality Management System).
2002		Obtained of ISO14001. Started to sell Package software "G-Navi".
2003		Success to development of BJ Inner Race with grinding-less Truck Grooves. Started to sell new RH Product "CA".
2004		Mass-production of Sun Gear Shaft for G.M.C. begun. " The best supplier"award received from Eclipse Aviation Corporation in the U.S.A.
2005		Started to sell new RH Product "CC". Aero & Precision  Division certified to JIS Q9100.
2006		Start to manufacture Sun gears with Crowing. Start to sell new RH Product with hand sensing device called ”Glove hand”. Development Collision Free NC Programming Verification system with　Machine Tool Vendor.
2007		Aero & Precision  Division certified to TS16949. Raku Raku Hand Division is authorized to use CE Mark. .