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Yamatake's founder-Yamaguchi Takehiko
1906 Yamatake Shokai is established by Yamaguchi Takehiko

1920 Brown Instruments imports start

1942 Yamatake Kogyo spins off from Yamatake Shokai

1952 Technical license agreement signed with Honeywell

1956 Corporate name change to Yamatake-Honeywell Keiki Co., Ltd.

1961 Yamatake-Honeywell stock listed on Tokyo stock exchange



1933-First control valve manufactured in Japan

1963 Currentronik 1970 Nutronik and Vumatik

1963 Yamatake Keiso, Yamatake Engineering established

1965 First Yamatake-Honeywell products exported

1966 Corporate name change to Yamatake-Honeywell Co., Ltd

Yamatake Precision established

1969 Yamatake Components established
 
1983-ST 3000 released
1973 Technical transfer signed with India's Instrumentation Limited for control valves

1978 Management/union sign Joint Declaration for Productivity

Savemation replaces First in Control as the company catchphrase

1980 Technical transfer signed with China's Wuzhong Instrument for control valves.

1984 Capital tie-up with Korea's Goldstar-Honeywell begins

Technology transfer agreements signed with Sichuan Instrument, Shanghai Instrument and Guandong Instrument for controllers and transmitters
1976-MagneW 3000 released
 
1986 Just-in-Time Upgrade Manufacturing Process (JUMP) adopted

1987 Technical transfers signed with India's Tata-Honeywell and Ranutrol

1990 Honeywell stake in Yamatake-Honeywell reduced from 50% to 24.15% and Strategic Alliance Agreement signed

Yamatake Precision and Yamatake Components merge to form Yamatake Control Products

1986 CV3000

1991 ACTIVAL

1991 Yamatake-Honeywell becomes the first Japanese control company to receive ISO 9001 certification

1992 Chinese joint venture, SIC Yamatake Software, established

Yamatake Techno-Systems established

1993 Representative offices opened in Thailand and Indonesia

Singapore Distribution Center jointly established with Honeywell South East Asia

1994 ISO9001certification of all factories completed

Yamatake-SIC Building Automation and Yamatake-SIC Control Systems established in China

1995 Dalian Yamatake Control Instruments factory begins operations

Yamatake (Thailand) established

Shanghai Yamatake Jinshan Control Instruments Co., Ltd. established
 







1997 Microflow Sensers

1996 YCV Corporation established in Phoenix, AZ

Yamatake-Honeywell becomes the first Japanese control company to receive ISO 14001 certification

1997 Yamatake Philippines, Inc. established

Yamatake-Honeywell and Honeywell sign business unit agreements replacing the Strategic Alliance Agreement

Yamatake (Thailand) Auytthaya Service Center opens

PT. Yamatake Berca Indonesia established

1998 Yamatake (Thailand) Sriracha Service Center opens

Yamatake Controls Singapore Pte. Ltd. established

The Yamatake Group reorganizes. Yamatake-Honeywell changes its name to Yamatake Corporation. Yamatake Keiso, and Yamatake Engineering are renamed Yamatake Building Systems and Yamatake Industrial Systems respectively.

1999 Yamatake Korea Co., Ltd. established

Yamatake Automation (M) Sdn. Bhd. established in Malaysia.

Dalian Yamatake Control Instruments Co., Ltd. was certified to ISO 9002 standards

Yamatake Corporation Brussels Branch established

2000 Yamatake Corporation acquires the Cornerstone Division of Hunt Valve Company, Inc.

Yamatake Taiwan Co., Ltd. established

A joint venture company SICAL Yamatake Ltd. founded in India

Yamatake China Limited established

Yamatake Combustion Control Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. established

Yamatake Sensing Control, Limited established in the U.S.

2001 Yamatake Europe N.V. established in Brussels, Belgium

2002 Yamatake Combustion Control Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. expands and is renamed Yamatake Environmental Control Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Yamatake Expert Services Co., Ltd. established

Yamatake Corporation repurchases shares from Honeywell, formally ending equity relationship between the two companies

Yamatake-SIC Building Automation expands and is renamed Shanghai Yamatake-SIC Environmental Control Technology Co.,Ltd.

YCV relocates to Houston TX, and changes its name to Yamatake America, Inc.

2003 Yamatake Corporation, Yamatake Building Systems, Co., Ltd., and Yamatake Industrial Systems, Co. Ltd merge into a single company

2004 Yamatake Automation Products Shanghai Co., Ltd. established

Shanghai Yamatake Jinshan Control Instrument Co., Ltd. changes its name to
Shanghai Yamatake Automation Co., Ltd.

2006 Formulated new Group philosophy and symbol:azbil

2006 Yamatake Information Technology Center (Dalian) Co., Ltd. established

1996-Harmonas,savic-net EV released
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