NAGEL·AOBA PRECISION Specializes in Honing Technology

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Corporate History

The history of NAGEL-AOBA started from this type of machine.
Reputation for over 2000 machines delivery for over 70 years establish our technological power.

1941 Feb. Established Aoba Seisakusho Co., Ltd. in Ohta-ku/Tokyo. Start production of honing machine.
1944 Aug. Increase capital(Capital: 1M JPY). Relocate H/Q and factory to Kita-ku/Tokyo. Start honing machine production for Aircraft/marine vessel industries.
1945 Oct. Develop Honing machine for automotive-repairing, Valve grinding machine and cylinder boring machine. Start production of refined rice mill.
1948 Apr. Start production of general purpose honing machine.
1950 Aug. Increase capital( to 1.5M JPY) and relocate H/Q and factory to Adachi-ku/Tokyo.
1957 Oct. Start production of horizontal honing machine.
1958 May First entry of honing machine to Osaka Int’l Exhibition.
1959 Nov. Start production of automatic honing machine.
1959 Nov. First entry of honing machine into Tokyo Int’l Exhibition.
1966 Mar. Start production of lapping machine.
1970 Jun. Be awarded a prize of Secretary of state for trade and Industry as an export contribution enterprise.
1970 Aug. Increase capital to 1.75M JPY.
1971 May Be awarded a prize of Secretary of state for trade and Industry as an export contribution enterprise (2 years in a row).
1974 May Start production of surface honing machine by technical collaboration with Hancorb/Germany.
1983 Sep. Start production of vertical CNC honing machine.
1985 Apr. Start production of vertical CNC honing machine with servo-motor drive.
1988 Nov. Start production of vertical CNC honing machine with electro-hydraulic servo system.
1991 Oct. Installation CAD system to rationalize design work.
1994 Dec. Completion of new company building.
2000 Aug. Start production of synchronized electrical NC Honing machine.
2000 Oct. Commence sales of horizontal honing machine under the cooperative selling agreement with Sunnen/USA.
2006 Nov. Exhibit new MH type honing machine at JIMTOF 2006.
2007 Jul. Found Nagel·Aoba Precision Co., Ltd. by forming a capital alliance with Nagel GmbH/Germany.
2007 Oct. Start business of Nagel·Aoba Precision Co., Ltd.
2008 Jan. Commence sales of KADIA honing machine specializing small diameter honing.
2008 Oct. Exhibit MS type honing machine at JIMTOF 2008.
2009 Aug. Tied up with China NAGEL Machinery Trading (Beijing).
2010 Oct. Exhibit new MS type honing machine at JIMTOF 2010.
2010 Nov. Commence sales of superfinishing machine.
2012 Oct. Exhibit new ECO HONE series honing machine at JIMTOF 2012.
2014 Oct. Exhibit MX-225 evolved from ECO HONE at JIMTOF 2014.
2016 Nov. Exhibit MZ-745 machine at JIMTOF 2016.
2018 Nov. Exhibit MZ-745Q machine at JIMTOF 2018.