| 1918 |
Ichikawa Brothers Trading
Company is established in Osaka. |
| 1948 |
Corporate name is changed to
Kyowa Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; vacuum bottle manufacturing and sales begins. |
| 1953 |
Corporate name is changed to
Kyowa Vacuum Bottle Co., Inc. |
| 1961 |
Name is changed to Zojirushi
Corporation and the elephant is adopted as the corporate logo; ZO means elephant, in
Japanese, which symbolizes strength, intelligence and familiarity. |
| 1964 |
Japan's first automated
vacuum bottle production equipment is developed; mass production of glass vacuum bottle
liners begins. |
| 1968 |
Osaka factory is opened |
| 1970 |
Construction is completed
for Osaka Head Office building and Shiga Manufacturing Plant; new electric rice warmer is
introduced. |
| 1973 |
Air Pot is launched,
Zojirushi receives high acclaim for this push-type beverage dispenser. |
| 1980 |
Sale of electric air pots
commenced. |
| 1981 |
Stainless steel double wall
vacuum bottles are launched; Stainless steel vacuum bottle manufacturing process is
patented and the TUFFBOY line is introduced. |
| 1983 |
Micro computerized, Micom
electric rice cooker/warmer is introduced. |
| 1985 |
Tokyo Main Office is
completed. |
| 1986 |
Zojirushi lists shares on
the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange; corporate identity is introduced;
Union Zojirushi Co., Ltd., in Thailand is established. |
| 1987 |
Zojirushi America
Corporation is established in California, U.S.A. |
| 1988 |
The Home Bakery, bread
machine is introduced. |
| 1993 |
Minuet Computer Integrated
Manufacturing system is launched. |
| 1995 |
Zojirushi Hong Kong Co.,
Ltd. and Zojirushi-Simatelex Co., Ltd. are established. |
| 1996 |
Korea Liaison Office is
incorporated in Seoul. |
| 1998 |
Zojirushi celebrates 80th
Anniversary; Shiga Factory is certified with ISO9002. |
| 1999 |
Osaka and Shiga Factory are
certified with ISO14001. |
| 2000 |
Europe Liaison Office is
incorporated in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Osaka Factory is certified with ISO9001. |
| 2001 |
New President Mr. Norio
Ichikawa is appointed; Taiwan Representative Office is incorporated in Taipei,
Taiwan;"Mimamori Hotline" project is commenced to help monitor the elderly
through their use of an electric "I-Pot*". |