History

September 1963 Showa Valve established at Seribashi,Hikone by Kenichi Nakagawa(founder)
June 1968 Incorporated as joint-stock company; capital 5 million yen
February 1979 Head Office and factory moved upon completion of Koizumi Factory; started manufacture of automatic valves, special valves, and large size valves
July 1979 Authorized as approved inspection factory by Japan Water Works Association
February 1980 Authorized as Approved Factory by Japan Industrial Standard Association
September 1982 Granted Spec 6D for pipeline by American Petroleum Institute(API)
August 1985 Satoshi Nakagawa assumed the presidency
December 1985 Office in Hong Kong opened as first step of expanding overseas business ;Wellmate Ltd. established as local valve trading firm
October 1990 Dalian Showa Valve Co., Ltd. as joint venture, established in Dalian, China, and started local operations
March 1991 Tokyo Office opened.
August 1994 Awarded ISO 9001-International Quality Standard by Bureau Veritas Quality International
November 1997 Dalian New Showa Valve Co., Ltd. established in Dalian, as second factory in China
April 2006 Concluded a sole agent agreement for Japan market with Dezurik U.S.A.
February 2007 Tokyo Office moved to reinforce sales and services in the Tokyo metropolitan market
June 2008 Authorized as approved factory for new JIS marking system by BUREAU VERITAS
November 2009 Fukuoka Office opened to reinforce sales and services in the Kyushu market
November 2010 Awarded ISO 14001-International Environmental Management Systems by Bureau Veritas Quality International
February 2012 China factory was moved and re-build in order to expand the production capacity in China
September 2012 Osaka Office opened to reinforce sales and services in the Kansai market
October 2014 Opened Vietnam factory in the suburbs of Hanoi
April 2020 Opened Inae factory in Hikone Kanazawa town
June 2020 Yosuke Nakagawa assumed the presidency
June 2022 Opened the 2nd Vietnam factory in the suburbs of Hanoi