Ohara Corporation Company profile

Office Location

Head Office (Main Factory)	2-8-1 Joka, Nagaoka-shi Niigata, Japan 940-8605 TEL +81+258-24-2350 Fax +81+258-24-8201
Kurojo Factory	4-1640 Shimogejo, Nagaoka-shi Niigata 940-0011 TEL +81+258-24-8544
Tokyo Branch Office	1-1-5 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113-0034 TEL +81+3253-6301 FAX +81+3253-6306
Hokkaido Office	3-700-30, Shinko-minami, Ishikari-shi, Hokkaido 061-3244 Japan TEL +81+133-64-2080 FAX +81+133-64-2188

President

Okito Ohara

Establishment

October 1907

Incorporation

March 1940

Capital

45,000,000 YEN

No. of Employees

180

Turnover

9,000,000,000

Main Bank

Hokuetsu Bank

Main Products

Oil well drilling equipment, Water processing&sewage equipment, Environmental equipment, Watergates for dams and Irrigation, Snow vehicle, snow groomer

Factory Space

Head Office Factory（21,488　m/2）
Kurojo Factory（15,520m/2）
Tokyo Branch Office（330m/2）
Hokkaido Office（3,300m/2）

Buildings

Head Office Factory（Building 8,501m/2）（Yard area 11,513m/2）
Kurojo Factory（Building 2,011m/2）（Yard area 2,227m/2）
Tokyo Branch Office（Building 254m/2）（Yard area 319m/2）
Hokkaido Office（Building 397m/2）（Yard area 526m/2）

Office Location	2-2-25 Ichihara town, Nagaoka City Niigata, Japan 940-0013 TEL(0258)24-3600
President	Okito Ohara
Establishment	August 1965
Capital	20,000,000
No. of Employees	60
Main Products	Power station construction, Electric Wiring, House Electrification, Wired and Wireless Projects, Electronics related Projects.
Type of Business	Construction, automation, maintenance of electric power equipment（High voltage wiring for power plant）, Electric power supply installation on plant machinery, Electrification of hospitals, schools and other buildings, installtion of communication equipment, street lighting etc.

Office Location	534 Hontou, Junigata Machi, Nagaoka City, Niigata Japan 940-0002　 TEL(0258)24-4666
President	Okito Ohara
Establishment	August 1965
Capital	21,000,000 YEN
No. of Employees	30
Main Products	High frequency hardening
Type of Business	High frequency hardening processing of parts for construction equipment, grinding equipment, industrial machinery, vehicles, internal combustion engines, steel forming, ship building, etc.
Main Equipment	High frequency oscillator V.T.（40kw・80kw・150kw） silicon-controlled rectifier SCR (Thyristor) （50kw・250kw）MG（200kw・300kw） Others

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■1907	Ishimatsu Ohara establishes Ohara Chuzosho (Foundry) for the purpose of casting drilling equipment components.
■1924	Ohara Chukosho is established with a machining plant and an assembly plant and it begins production of complete machines.
■1932	Ohara receives an order of mud pumps from Nippon Oil Co., Ltd. and forms the basis of business that focuses on oil drilling equipments.
■1940	Ohara Tekkosho Ltd. is established and Fujimatsu Ohara assumes the representative executive.
■1944	Plate work/welding plant and forge plant are built and the integrated system of production for ironworks is established. Takahama plant is closed due to fire during the war, and Tokyo branch is moved to Yushima, Tokyo.
■1945	Ohara Tekkosho is reorganized to Ohara Corporation. Ohara sees the importance of domestic resources development and begins development of water gate equipments for irrigation and hydroelectric power generation.
■1947	Electricity department is newly created which is designed for electrical work for transformation and transmission.
■1950	Development and sales of slime pumps for transporting mine slime, dust coal and heavy oil are launched.
■1951	Development of snow vehicles commissioned by Niigata Prefecture is launched and the first prototype “Fubuki” is completed.
■1952	Fubuki is adopted by National Police Agency and serial production starts. Ohara wins Niigata Technology Award for development of snow vehicles.
■1953	Prototype of snow vehicles for the Self-Defense Forces is produced through joint research with Technical Research and Development Center of Japan Defense Agency.
■1954	A self-propelled test boring machine for searching oil mine is developed.
■1957	Technical partnership with Neyrpic (France) is entered into, and an automatic water-level control gate for irrigation drainage is produced and sold. Ohara celebrates its 50th year in business, and Matsuo Ohara assumes the president.
■1959	Environmental business begins with development of high-speed treatment equipment for night soil. A rotary vacuum filtration system for wastewater treatment is developed. Ohara wins the National Invention Award for achieving the practical use of the snow vehicles.
■1960	Ohara wins the award from Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency for development of snow vehicles.
■1963	A rotary snowplow for railroad is developed.
■1965	Electricity department is spun off and Ohara Dengyo Co., Ltd. is established. Niigata Koshuuha Kogyo Co., Ltd. is established for high-frequency hardening treatment.
■1967	Hokkaido office is established with the expansion of sales of snow vehicles as heavy-snow countermeasures by Economic Planning Agency. Kurojo plant is constructed to expand plate work/welding plant. Newly developed compact snow vehicle is adopted by 9th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition.
■1968	A self-propelled hydraulic dust collector for intake dam of power plant is developed and delivered.
■1969	A serge absorber and a hydrant pit for aircraft refueling facilities are developed and delivered. Technical partnership with Schleuniger (Swiss) is entered into, and production of Ratrac groomers is launched.
■1970	Technical partnership with National Supply Company (the U.S.) is entered into, and production and sales of the triplex slush pump for oil drilling start in Japan. A chain drive filter for sludge dehydrator is developed.
■1972	Ohara becomes an official supplier of snow groomers for Sapporo Winter Olympic Games.
■1973	A surplus sludge treatment/dehydration equipmentandMSP filter are developed.
■1976	Dispatch of an employee as a member of a wintering party of the Japanese Antarctic expedition party begins.
■1977	Welding technology for hydraulic steel pipes for power plant is established. A water treatment system with a wire mesh screen for irrigation is developed.
■1980	Drilling equipments for geothermal energy development and energy production equipments are produced.
■1981	A hydraulically powered snow groomer is developed and its production begins.
■1985	SBP belt press sludge dehydrator for sewage treatment is developed and it gets technical approval of the Construction Ministry.
■1986	Disc valve equipments for irrigation are manufactured and sold through a technical partnership with Nertec (France).
■1989	Production and sales of a hot spring drilling rig begins.
■1990	A large-size snow vehicle for Antarctic observation that can be used in temperatures up to minus 90 degrees is completed and delivered.
■1993	FRP plant is constructed for production of new snow groomers. The concept machine DL270 is completed and it wins Japan’s Good Design Award and the award from the Director-General of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency.
■1994	A water treatment system with a wire mesh screen for irrigation is developed and sold.
■1996	A screw-press sludge dehydrator is developed.
■1998	Technical partnership with Zaugg (Swiss) is entered into, and Ohara begins the import and sale of half-pipe grooming attachments. Ohara receives ISO 9001 quality control certification. Loss of Matsuo Ohara. Okito Ohara assumes the president.
■2000	License agreement with West Salem Machinery Co. (the U.S) for recycling machines is entered into, and production and sales start.
■2001	License agreement with Bulk Handling Systems (the U.S.) for recycling machines is entered into, and production and sales start.
■2002	Ohara acquires rights to produce and market the snow groomers of Logan Manufacturing Company (the U.S.).
■2003	Ohara is ranked “A” for sewage-treatment plant construction work by Japan Sewage Works Agency. License agreement with コマー (the U.S.) for recycling machines is entered into, and production and sales start.
■2004	Ohara receives ISO 14001 environmental certification. Import and sales agreement with SSI Shredding Systems, Inc. (the U.S.) is entered into.
■2005	Technical partnership with Snow tech. Co. (Korea) for indoor snowmaking machine is entered into, and sales start.
■2006	Ohara acquires the Digging Equipment Div. From Niigata Tekkosho. Nagoya branch is established with the expansion of plant projects.
■2009	Tohoku branch (in Sendai) and Osaka branch are established with the expansion of plant projects.
■2010	License agreement with Aztec SAS (France) is entered into and Aztec begins production of the snow groomers in France. Yokohama branch is established with the expansion of plan projects. A digestion gas power generating system is co-developed with Nagaoka University of Technology.

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