Corporate History
| Apr 1907 | Shosaku Morita established the Fire protection Association and started production of disinfection pumps and fire extinguishers |
| Mar 1918 | Established Morita Seisakusho Ltd in Minato-ku, Osaka City, with the capital investment of 1 million yen |
| Feb 1921 | Set up Tokyo Sales Office (Currently Tokyo Head Office) |
| Jul 1932 | Established Morita Gasoline Pump Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (Currently MORITA HOLDINGS CORPORATION) Head office: 2-11 Uraeminami, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka City Factory: 5-17 Yakumo-cho,Minato-ku, Osaka City Paid-in capital: 0.1 million yen |
| Oct 1932 | Moved head office to the factory in Minato-ku, Osaka City |
| Nov 1933 | Set up Fukuoka Sales Office (Currently Fukuoka Branch) |
| Nov 1933 | Successfully manufactured Japan's first wooden-ladder truck |
| Apr 1936 | Set up Nagoya Sales Office (Currently Nagoya Branch) |
| Sep 1939 | Changed the trade name to Morita Pump Kogyo.Co.,Ltd. |
| Jun 1944 | Established Ikuno Factory in Ikuno-ku, Osaka City focusing on the manufacture of fire trucks |
| Jun 1945 | Transferred head office and factory to the Ikuno Factory due to destruction of factory in Minato-ku, Osaka City in air raids |
| Oct 1949 | Set up Sendai Sales Office (Currently Sendai Branch) |
| Apr 1950 | Completed a fire truck with a 30m fully automatic metal ladder, the first unit of this type |
| Aug 1951 | Transferred the head office to the present location (Currently Osaka Head Office) |
| Dec 1957 | Successfully manufactured a fire truck with a 12m hydraulically operated ladder truck |
| Oct 1960 | Completed an aerial platform truck in Japan (snorkel vehicle) |
| Mar 1961 | Changed company name to Morita Fire Pump MFG. Co.,Ltd. |
| Oct 1962 | Set up Toyama Sales Office |
| Feb 1964 | Set up Osaka Sales Office (Currently Osaka Branch) |
| Mar 1965 | Completed delivery of 114 chemical vehicles to the U.S. Army Procurement Bureau heightening its name domestically and internationally |
| July 1967 | Set up Hiraoka Factory |
| Feb 1970 | Set up Matsuyama Sales Office |
| Oct 1970 | Completed folding articulated water tower (Squirt Vehicle) first in the East through a collaboration with a U.S. company |
| Dec 1971 | Completed a 40m ladder truck |
| May 1973 | Listed stock on the Osaka Securities Exchange |
| Oct 1974 | Delivered a 40m ladder truck to a fire station in Chicago (U.S.). The first exported product to the U.S. |
| Nov 1974 | Completed the "Deicing Car" |
| Apr 1975 | Set up Hiroshima Sales Office |
| May 1979 | Listed stock on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| Nov 1980 | Completed an airport rescue and fire fighting vehicles |
| Dec 1982 | Completed a ladder truck with basket |
| Apr 1985 | Developed and started selling a new ladder truck "Super Gyro Ladder" |
| May 1986 | Began operations in the disaster prevention facilities field |
| Jan 1990 | Completed a 50m ladder truck |
| Jan 1990 | Developed and started selling globe type fire extinguisher "La Terre" |
| Sep 1991 | Completed and started selling a ladder truck using a specially designed MH type chassis |
| Sep 1992 | Set up Kanto Sales Office at Tokyo Branch |
| Oct 1993 | Established Sanda Factory |
| Apr 1994 | Began business involving recycling facilities, waste handling facilities and other areas of the environmental business field |
| Apr 1994 | Set up Funabashi Factory and Sakata sales office |
| Nov 1994 | Set up Ueno Factory |
| Apr 1995 | Started selling the "KYUTARO" disaster prevention set |
| May 1995 | Developed and started selling a fire fighting system that utilizes seawater consisting of a fire truck with large power pump, fire truck with extendable hose and float jet pump |
| Jan 1996 | Developed and started selling the raw waste fermentation disposal unit, "Bio Top" |
| Nov 1996 | Developed and started selling automatic sorting systems for bottles |
| Mar 1997 | Set up Beijing Office in Beijing |
| Apr 1997 | Changed the company name to MORITA CORPORATION |
| Mar 1998 | Developed and started selling a ladder truck mounted telescopic water pipe on the ladder itself |
| Jun 1999 | Obtained ISO14001 at head office and head factory of MORITA ECONOS CORPORATION |
| Dec 1999 | Concluded a technological tie-up with Shanghai Huaxia Fire Control Equipment Co., Ltd. in China |
| Dec 1999 | Obtained ISO9001 at Ueno Factory |
| Mar 2000 | Developed and started selling a labor conserving, large chemical fire truck for spraying water at high elevations which integrated the functions of a large chemical truck with those of a large fire truck for spraying water at high elevations |
| Mar 2000 | Started building the "Gamagori City Recycle Plaza" |
| Oct 2000 | Developed and started selling "Live Catch,"a vehicle mounted imaging and transmission system |
| Jan 2001 | Moved the Tokyo Branch from Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku to Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku |
| Feb 2001 | Developed and started selling an articulated ladder truck whose terminal can refract up to 90 degrees |
| Apr 2001 | Developed and started selling "MAF-30A," a new high-speed chemical fire truck for airports |
| Jun 2001 | Developed and started selling "Powder Q," a fire-fighting agent collection unit |
| Jul 2001 | Introduced a dual head office system: Osaka and Tokyo |
| Aug 2001 | Concluded a tie-up concerning capital-related operations with Miyata Industry Co., Ltd. |
| Oct 2001 | Merged with MORITA ECONOS CORPORATION and began operations in the environmental preservation vehicle business |
| Dec 2001 | Obtained ISO9001 at Environmental Division |
| Apr 2002 | Established MORITA TECHNOS CORPORATION for refurbish of fire truck and after service business |
| Jul 2002 | Developed and announced Fire Fighting Ambulance which combined features of fire truck and ambulance |
| Oct 2002 | Successfully customized expired fire extinguishing agents by recycling them as material in the fertilizer's production. |
| Feb 2003 | Developed and started selling a fire truck eqquipped with CAFS (Cafsper 8) |
| Oct 2003 | Through a spin-off, MORTIA ECONOS CORPORATION for manufacturing and sales of environmental preservation vehicles such as sanitation vehicles and garbage trucks |
| Feb 2004 | Reacquired ISO 9001 at MORITA TECHNOS CORPORATION |
| Mar 2004 | Obtained ISO 9001 at Pump Division |
| Apr 2004 | Developed and started selling "MH II MAX.", a special chassis only for fire truck |
| Apr 2004 | Developed and started selling "CD-I α", a next generation pumper |
| Sep 2004 | Obtained ISO9001 at all corporations (including head office and head factory of MORITA ECONOS CORPORATION) |
| Jan 2005 | Delivered the first unit of Fire Fighting Ambulance which combined features of fire truck and ambulance to Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture |
| Jan 2005 | Made an equity investment in Sichuan Fire Safety Appliances Factory in China |
| Aug 2005 | Developed Morita Shredder TH-3500 |
| Oct 2005 | Developed "Shokyu-dan" fire suppressant and explosion prevention grenade |
| Dec 2005 | Started selling Fire Fighting Ambulance FFA Security Buzzer |
| Mar 2006 | Developed a Hazmat Vehicle and delivered the first unit to Saitama City |
| Apr 2006 | Started selling Residential Fire Alarm Detectors |
| Sep 2006 | Started operating "Circle Morita Eco", a waste fire extinguisher collection system |
| Sep 2006 | Obtained ISO14001 at Sanda Factory |
| Jan 2007 | Started selling "Fire Fighting Flower", fire extinguishing equipment for domestic use |
| May 2007 | Started domestic manufacturing and sales of Eddy Current Separator from SGM of Italy |
| Jul 2007 | Started selling "Miracle CAFS Car", a new fire truck |
| Aug 2007 | Developed Remains Bag |
| Oct 2007 | Developed Vibration Suppress Control for ladder trucks |
| Nov 2007 | Joint development of "Power Assist Device Smart Suit" by Morita, Hokkaido University and Leaps Inc. |
| Nov 2007 | Developed large-capacity foam spray system for the oil industrial complex |
| Jan 2008 | Delivered the first unit of multifunctional type fire truck "RED SEA GULL" and delivered to the Hachioji City Volunteer Fire Corps in Tokyo |
| Mar 2008 | Obtained ISO14001 at Funabashi Factory |
| Mar 2008 | Delivered the first unit of "Rear Carry-In/Out Type Fire Fighting Ambulance" to Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture |
| Apr 2008 | Sanda Factory was operational |
| May 2008 | Established a joint venture company in Vietnam |
| Jun 2008 | Develped new model powerful vaccum truck, "RBX42 Powerful master" |
| Sep 2008 | Established a "Remote Maintenance System" for metal scrap processor |
| Sep 2008 | Developed a large-size scrap shearing/processing machine, "1250HAK Guillotine Press" |
| Oct 2008 | Began global use of Morita Group's new corporate logo |
| Oct 2008 | Introduced holding company through a spin-off, changing the name of MORITA CORPORATION to MORITA HOLDINGS CORPORATION, and assigning the pump business to MORITA CORPORATION, the disaster prevention business to MORITA BOHSAI TECH CORPORATION and the environmental business to MORITA ENVIRONMENTAL TECH CORPORATION |
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