| 1898 |
Inventor Eiichi Okuma founded his own business, the Okuma Noodle
Machine Co., to manufacture and sell noodle-making machines |
| 1904 |
Manufacture and sales of machine tools started |
| 1918 |
Okuma Machinery Works Ltd established Sales of OS lathe launched |
| 1937 |
Okuma's machine tool production (value) of machine tools became No.1 in Japan |
| 1963 |
Developed the Okuma Control (OSP) with absolute position feedback encoder
Became Japan's only comprehensive manufacturer of both Machine & Control |
| 1966 |
Manufacture of LA-N NC lathes and MDB double-column machining centers started |
| 1974 |
Manufacture of MCM double-column machining centers (5-sided applications) started |
| 1975 |
Manufacture of LS-N NC lathes started |
| 1976 |
USA and Europe liaison offices opened |
| 1980 |
Main operations relocated from the old headquarters plant (Nagoya) to Oguchi |
| 1982 |
Manufacture of LB15 NC lathes started |
| 1987 |
Okuma Machine Tools Inc established in the US (manufacturing) |
| 1991 |
Corporate name changed to Okuma Corporation |
| 1995 |
Okuma America Corporation established in the US |
| 1997 |
Okuma Nanjing office opened
Okuma South Germany Resource Center opened
Okuma Latino Americana Ltda established
Tatung-Okuma Co., Ltd established (Taiwan, manufacturing) |
| 1998 |
Manufacture of SPACE TURN series NC lathes started |
| 2000 |
The IT PLAZA was launched, a new IT manufacturing system
Okuma Techno (Thailand) established |
| 2001 |
Manufacture of ACE CENTER MB-V series vertical machining centers started
Okuma Australia Pty established (liaison since 1973)
Okuma Machinery (Shanghai) Co. Ltd established |
| 2002 |
BYJC-OKUMA (Beijing) Machine Tool Co. Ltd established (manufacturing) |
| 2003 |
Received Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Award for "Thermal Deformation Compensation System," the core of the Thermo-Friendly Concept |
| 2005 |
3-company integration (Okuma, Okuma & Howa and Okuma Engineering) |
| 2006 |
4-company merger (Okuma Holdings, Okuma, Okuma & Howa and Okuma Engineering) |
| 2007 |
K5 Factory (Kani Plant) completed
Okuma India Pvt Ltd established |
| 2008 |
Global CS Center, Okuma Memorial Gallery, Logistics Center built |
