Device

Month.Year

Conpany

Start of manufacture of automobile
fuel hoses and brake hoses.

1947

KenitsuFujii
established a Fujii brake manufacturing
company in Hikari,Yamaguchi Prefecture.

Start of manufacture of oil-hydraulic
high-pressure hoses.

1955

The company’s name
changed to Fuji flexible Pipe Mfg. Co.,Ltd.

Jan.1961

Fuji High-Pressure Flexible Hose
Co.,Ltd established with a capital of 2 million
Yen.

Apr.1967

Recognized by Yokohama
Rubber Co.,Ltd as a shop for manufacture of its
hoses

Aug.1971

The company transferred
to the present location with extension of
business.

Start of manufacture
of pipe products.

Jul.1973

Recognized by Yokohama
Aeroquip Co., Ltd. as a shop for manufacture of
its hoses.

Jul.1974

Capital increased to 48
million Yen.

Start of manufacture
of high-pressure pipe products.

Addition of hose products

manufacturing
facilities.

Apr.1977

Introduction of CNC
pipe bending machines.

Feb.1983

Introduction
of high fre-quency heating machines.

Apr.1983

Introduction of oil-hydraulic impulse
testing machines.

Dec.1984

Addition of high
frequency heating machines.

Apr.1987

Addition
of CNC pipe bend-ing machines.

Aug.1987

Feb.1988

The founder KenitsuFujii was appointed
as chairman. 
Itsuo Fujii was appointed as
president.

Start of large-scale manufacture
of high-pressure pipe products.

Sep.1988

Apr.1989

Building of an employee’s welfare
facility.

Nov.1990

Addition of a machine tool
factory.

Introduction of automatic
TIG welding machines.

Mar.1991

Jul.1992

Addition
of a main administrative office building.

Addition of oil-hydraulic impulse
testing machines.Introduction of

automatic
TIG welding machines and machining

tools.    

Apr.1993

Feb.1995

Masaru Fujii was appointed as
president.

Addition of CNC pipe bending
machines and automatic TIG welding
machines.

Sep.1995

May 1996

Provided highpressure
pipe manufacturing technology for
Thongchai Industries Co.,Ltd. in Thailand.

Addition of automatic TIG welding
machines.

Jun.1996

Recognized by Yokohama Hidex
Co., Ltd. as a factory for manufacture of its
pipes.

Feb.1997

Thongchai started joint
manufacture of high-pressure pipes.

Addition of hose armoring blade

machines.    

Mar.1997

Addition of hose assembling
machines.

Mar.2001

Addition of NC lathes.

Jan.2003

Introduction of pipe 3-D measuring
machines.

Aug.2003

Sep.2003

Acquisition of the ISO 9001
certificate for quality management system.

Oct.2004

Capital investment for establishment
of WUXI SUITOU MACINERY CO.,LTD.
in China.

Dec.2006

Building of a hose
assembling factory

Feb.2008

Masaru Fujii
was appointed as chairman. Yuuzou Fujii was
appointed as president.

Jun.2009

Gave
Chengdu Kobelco Construction Machinery
Co., Ltd. the guidance on high-pressure
pipe manufacturing technology.

Feb.2012

Acquisition of the ISO 14001
certificate for Environmental Management System.

Introduction of electrostatic painting 
equipment.

Oct. 2012

Feb. 2013

Occupational Health & Safety Assessment
Series (OHSAS) 18001 certified.