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Apr
1907 |
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Established the
Fire Protection Association owned solely by Shosaku Morita
Began manufacturing fire extinguishers and fire engines |
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Jul
1932 |
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Established Morita
Corporation (company name: Morita Gasoline Pump Seisakusho
Co., Ltd. Head office: Nishi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka City, factory:
Minato-ku, Osaka City, paid-in capital 0.1 million yen) |
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Oct
1932 |
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Moved head office
to the factory in Minato-ku, Osaka City |
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Apr
1933 |
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Successfully manufactured
wooden-ladder fire engines |
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Sep
1939 |
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Changed company
name to Morita Pump Industry |
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Jun
1944 |
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Established Ikuno
Factory in Ikuno-ku, Osaka City focusing on the manufacture
of fire engines |
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Jun
1945 |
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Transferred head
office and factory to the Ikuno Factory due to destruction
of factory in Minato-ku, Osaka City in air raids |
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Apr
1950 |
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Completed a fire
engine with a 30m fully automatic metal ladder, the first
unit of this type |
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Aug
1951 |
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Transferred the
head office to the present location |
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Dec
1957 |
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Successfully manufactured
a fire engine with a 12m hydraulically operated ladder |
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Oct
1960 |
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Completed the first
fire engine with aerial platform in Japan (snorkel vehicle) |
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Mar
1961 |
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Changed company
name to Morita Pump K.K. |
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Mar
1965 |
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Completed delivery
of 114 chemical vehicles to the U. S. Army Procurement Bureau
heightening its name domestically and internationally |
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Oct
1970 |
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Completed folding
articulated water tower (squirt vehicle) first in the East
through a collaboration with a U. S. company |
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Dec
1971 |
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Completed fire engine
with a 40m ladder |
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May
1973 |
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Listed stock on
the Osaka Securities Exchange |
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Oct
1974 |
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Delivered a fire
engine with a 40m ladder to a fire station in Chicago (U.S.).
The first exported product to the U.S. |
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Nov
1974 |
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Completed the "Deicing
Car" |
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May
1979 |
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Listed stock on
the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
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Nov
1980 |
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Completed a mega-chemical
fire engine for airports |
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Dec
1982 |
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Completed a fire
engine with basket-ladder |
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Apr
1985 |
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Developed and started
selling a new fire engine with the "super gyro ladder" |
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May
1986 |
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Began operations
in the disaster prevention facilities field |
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Jan
1990 |
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Completed a fire
engine with a 50m ladder |
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Sep
1991 |
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Completed and started
selling a fire engine with an MH ladder using a specially
designed chassis |
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Apr
1994 |
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Began business involving
recycling facilities, waste handling facilities and other
areas of the environmental business field |
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Nov
1994 |
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Developed and started
selling automatic sorting systems for bottles |
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Apr
1995 |
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Started selling
the "KYUTARO" disaster prevention set |
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May
1995 |
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Developed and started
selling a fire fighting system that utilizes seawater consisting
of a "fire engine with large power pump," "fire
engine with extendable hose" and "float jet pump" |
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Jan
1996 |
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Developed and started
selling the raw waste fermentation disposal unit, "Bio
Top" |
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Mar
1997 |
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Established the
"Beijing Office" in Beijing |
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Apr
1997 |
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Changed the company
name to Morita Corporation |
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Aug
1998 |
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Developed and started
selling the MLGS ladder truck with extendable channel |
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Dec
1999 |
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Concluded a technological
tie-up with Shanghai Huaxia Fire Control Equipment Co., Ltd.
in China |
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Dec
1999 |
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Obtained ISO9001
at Ueno Factory |
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Mar
2000 |
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Developed and started
selling a labor conserving, large chemical fire engine for
spraying water at high elevations which integrated the functions
of a large chemical truck with those of a large fire engine
for spraying water at high elevations |
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Apr
2000 |
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Developed and started
selling a fire engine with an aerial platform that bends 90
degrees |
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Apr
2000 |
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Started building
the "Gamagori City Recycle Plaza," our first large
plant in the environmental business |
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Oct
2000 |
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Developed and started
selling "Live Catch," a vehicle-loaded device for
transmitting images |
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Jan
2001 |
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Moved the Tokyo
Branch from Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku to Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku |
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Apr
2001 |
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Developed and started
selling "MAF-30A," a new high-speed chemical fire
engine for airports |
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May
2001 |
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Concluded a tie-up
concerning capital-related operations with Miyata Industry
Co., Ltd. |
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Jun
2001 |
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Developed and started
selling "Powder Q," a fire-fighting agent collection
unit |
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Jul
2001 |
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Introduced a dual
head office system: Osaka and Tokyo |
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Oct
2001 |
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Merged with Morita
Econos K.K. and began operations in the environmental preservation
vehicle business |
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Apr
2002 |
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Established MORITA
TECHNOS CORPORATION for refurbish of fire engine and after
service business |
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Jul
2002 |
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Developed "FFA-001"
vehicle which combined features of fire engine and ambulance |
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Oct
2003 |
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Established MORTIA
ECONOS CORPORATION for environmental preservation vehicle
business |
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Mar
2004 |
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Received ISO 9001 at Fire Truck Marketing Division |
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Apr
2004 |
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Developed and started selling "MH II MAX.", a special chassis
only for fire fighting vehicle |
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Apr
2004 |
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Developed and started selling "CD-I α", a next generation
water pumper vehicle |
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Apr
2004 |
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Developed and started selling a fire fighting vehicle with
"CAFS(Compressed Air Form System) Cafsper 8" |
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Jan
2005 |
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Delivered "FFA" vehicle which combined features of fire engine and
ambulance. |
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Jan
2005 |
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Made an equity investment in Sichuan Fire Safety Appliances Factory in China. |
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Aug
2005 |
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Developed "Morita Shredder TH-3500". |
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Oct 2005 |
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Established a joint venture company in Vietnam. |
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Oct 2005 |
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Developed "Shokyu-dan" fire suppressant and explosion prevention grenade. |
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Dec 2005 |
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Started selling "Fire Fighting Ambulance FFA" Security Buzzer. |
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Mar 2006 |
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Developed a Hazmat Vehicle and provided the first vehicle of this type to Saitama City. |
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Apr 2006 |
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Started selling Residential Fire Alarm Detectors. |
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Sep 2006 |
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Started operating "Circle Morita Eco", a waste fire extinguisher collection system. |
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Sep 2006 |
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Received ISO14001 at Sanda Factory |
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Jan 2007 |
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Started selling "Fire Fighting Flower", fire extinguishing equipment for domestic use. |
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May 2007 |
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Started domestic manufacturing and sales of Eddy Current Separator from SGM of Italy. |
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Jul 2007 |
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Started selling "Miracle CAFS Car", a new fire engine. |
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Aug 2007 |
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Developed Remains Bag. |
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Oct 2007 |
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Developed Vibration Suppress Control for ladder trucks. |
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Nov 2007 |
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Joint development of "Power Assist Device Smart Suit" by Morita, Hokkaido University and Leaps Inc. |
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