The history of KOBE DOCK
| Aug.1918 | Higashide lion works. Ltd.established With capital of ￥500,000 |
| June.1943 | Mr.Misao Tamai inaugurated as President. (factory under control of navy) |
| July.1946 | Amalgamated Kobe Aeronautical Parts Ltd.and capital increased to ￥630,000 |
| Mar.1949 Apr. 〃 June. 〃 |
Company name changed to Higashide Dockyard Co.,Ltd Capital increased from ￥1,870,000 to ￥2,500,000. 1,000G/T floating dock established newly. |
| Nov.1950 | Company name changed to current Kobe Dockyard ＆General Machinery.Ltd. |
| June.1951 | Capital increased to ￥12,500,000. |
| July.1955 | Capital increased to ￥25,000,000. |
| Nov.1955 | Amalgamated neighboring Taisho Shipbuilding Co.Ltd. (extension of one 500 G/T floating dock). |
| May.1956 | Capital increased to ￥50,000.000. |
| Jan.1957 | Capital increased to ￥100,000,000. |
| July.1958 | Installation of new 3,500G/T floating dock. Completion of dock house(3-story steel-reinforced building). |
| July.1968 Aug. 〃 Nov. 〃 Dec. 〃 |
Mr.Shinkichi tamai inaugurated for new president. Celebrated 50th anniversary. capital increased to ￥200,000,000. Kakogawa factory completed and operation started. |
| Aug.1969 Dec. 〃 |
Capital increased to ￥230,000,000, and technical cooperation agreement concluded with ALSTOM. New company building(steel-reinforced 4-story building)completed. 2nd term work at Kakogawa factory completed. |
| july.1971 | 1,500G/T floating dock newly established(#2 dock) |
| Feb.1978 | Osaka business office merged to head office, and industrial machinery department established newly. |
| May.1985 | Tokyo office started business activity as Tokyo branch for fulfillment of business activity. |
| Aug.1991 | No.1 floating dock replaced to 500G/T. |
| Mar.1993 | No.3 floating dock replaced to 4,500G/T. |
| July.1996 | Mr.Hiroshi tamai inaugurated for new president. |
| Oct.1998 | The first machine of PLA-SORTER new products Environmental Group was supplied. |
| Nov.2000 | Industrial machinery department was reduced and united Machinery division. |
| May.2001 | Kakogawa factory was closed and united to the Main factory. |