Corporate History

For a half century since 1953 when we started manufacturing and selling “Toyo Conveyor”, we have continued to provide material handling system and contributed to the development of customers of various business fields. The history of our company is given here.

In the 1950s and 1970s

1955

Established Yokohama Conveyor Factory and started manufacturing and selling “Toyo Conveyor”

1960

Technical tie-up with Rapistan (U.S.)

1969

Completed the distribution center for a large-scale retailer (Fuchu Center of Seiyu Store)

1973

Completed BHS (Baggage Handling System) of New Tokyo International Airport (Narita Airport)

1978

Completed the largest distribution center for a large-scale retail industry (Saitama Center of Ito-Yokado)

In the 1980s

1981

Advanced into foreign markets / Completed BHS (Baggage Handling System) of Manila New International Airport and Changi New International Airport
Started selling Pick-to Light System (First introduction in Japan)

1983

Undertook the integrated engineering works for the largest-size distribution center of a mass sales store with computer-controlled technology and material handling information system at the core and completed them (Nada-Kobe Co-op / Kanagawa Co-op)

1983

Formed a technical tie-up with Alvey Inc.(U.S.) and introduced its excellent Palletizing System.

1985

Developed “Robotic Stacker Crane System” equipped with microcomputer
This machine which was aimed to be used in cleanroom.was delivered to “IBM”

1985

Completed “Max Sorter”, the biggest scale automatic sorting system in the East (Komaki Distribution Center of Chukyo Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.)

1986

Completed the full-scale center for processing daily delivery foods, the first center in Japan(Ishikari Food Factory of Co-op Shimin Seikyo Sapporo)

1988

Completed an automated storage designed and developed for cargo handling system (Haneda Factory of Japan Airlines)

1989

Obtained an exclusive domestic sales rights for Hanger Sorter from Promec, a Dutch company and advanced into apparel distribution industry.

In the 1990s

1990

Delivered case sorting machine, automatic case transfer machine and other machines to New Tokyo Post Office equipped with the world’s most advanced facilities.

1992

Completed Baggage Handling System of The Second Passenger Terminal of The New Tokyo International Airport (Narita Airport)

1993

Completed BHS (Baggage Handling System) and facilities to handle airmail and air cargo of the West Passenger Terminal of Tokyo International Airport ( Haneda Airport)

1993

Delivered New Posisorter, world’s first ultra-high-speed sorting machine equipped with electromagnetic switch（Fuchu Center of Seiyu Ltd., Yokohama RDC of Daiei Logistics Systems）

1995

Obtained an exclusive domestic sales rights for automatic picking machine from PEEM、an Austrian company.

1996

Received an package order for a comprehensive engineering works not for the consultation on the internal equipment and for designing and constructing of the building of large-scale food process center (COCO’S JAPAN CO., LTD.) and completed it.

1997

Delivered world’s first large-scale automated conveyor type transportation system for a flower auction market (Kyushu Nikkan Shokubutsu)

1997

Received the Logistics Grand Prize – Technology Prize Developed and delivered “Miniposi Sorter”, a high-precision machine to sort the small articles.

1998

Completed and delivered an automatic cigarette picking system (Tokyo Tobacco Service / Chubu Tobacco Service / Kansai Tobacco Service / Kyushu Tobacco Service)

1998

Delivered “Parallel Sorter”, a machine having the same level capacity even with the speed reduced by 25% to a large-scale truck terminal (Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.)

1998

Delivered the world’s largest class BHS (Baggage Handling System) to Kuala Lumpur New International Airport.

1999

Obtained ISO9001 certification.

1999

Formed a business tie-up, the first cross-industrial tie-up in Japan, with Exe Technologies (present SSA Global Technologies) who has achieved a lot of satisfactory results relating to WMS (Warehouse Management System)

In the 2000s

2000

Delivered material handling system to Askul Corporation, the major mail order company for office equipment and supplies and in this connection, jointly won Logistics Grand Prize on the theme of “Evolutionary Theory of Askul’s Logistics” with Askul Corporation and Hitachi, Ltd.

2001

Received a package order to rebuild material handling system with highly introduced IT technology from Co-op Kobe and delivered it and in this connection, jointly received Prize of Excellence of Automatic Recognition Grand Prize with Askul Corporation and Hitachi, Ltd.

2002

Formed a strategic business tie-up with Siemens Dematic.

2002

TOYO KANETSU K.K. spun off its Material Handling System Division into a separate company, TOYO KANETSU SOLUTIONS K.K..