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Okuma History
| 1898 |
Eiichi Okuma began his own business, the manufacture and sales of noodle-making machines 
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| 1904 | Manufacture and sales of machine tools started |
| 1918 |
Okuma Iron Works Ltd established 
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| 1937 | Okuma machine tool production (amount) became Japan’s No.1 |
| 1963 | NC controller (OSP) with an absolute position encoder developed in-house Became Japan’s only comprehensive manufacturer of both machine and control |
| 1964 | NC drilling machines and NC grinders launched |
| 1970 | Oguchi assembly factory completed (Aichi Prefecture) |
| 1972 | Computerized NC (CNC) developed in-house; all Okuma numerically-controlled machines thereafter have been CNC equipped |
| 1976 | Opened USA and Europe liaison offices |
| 1980 | Main operations relocated from the old headquarters plant (Tsujimachi, Nagoya) to Oguchi |
| 1984 | Okuma Machinery Inc established in the US as sales company |
| 1987 | Okuma Machine Tools Inc established in the US as production base |
| 1988 | Kani Plant, phase 1 completed Okuma Machinery Handels GmbH and Okuma Service Fur Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH established in Germany |
| 1990 | OMG and OSG in Germany merged to form Okuma Europe GmbH |
| 1991 | Corporate name changed to Okuma Corporation Kani Plant (K2) completed |
| 1995 |
OMI and OMT in US Merged to form Okuma America Corporation 
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| 1997 | Tatung-Okuma Co. Ltd established in Taiwan Okuma Latino Americana Ltda established |
| 2000 | Okuma Techno (Thailand) established |
| 2001 | Okuma Australia Pty Ltd established (Liaison since 1973) Okuma Machinery (Shanghai) Co. Ltd established |
| 2002 | BYJC-Okuma (Beijing) Machine Tool Co. Ltd established in China as production base |
| 2007 | Okuma India Pvt Ltd established |
| 2008 |
Global CS Center, Okuma Memorial Gallery, Logistics Center built 
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| 2009 | Okuma Machine Tool (Shanghai) Corp established |
| 2013 |
Okuma Technichal Centre Paris opened 
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| 2014 | Okuma Vietnam Co., Ltd established Okuma’s new CNC: OSP suite |
| 2015 | Brand message “OPEN POSSIBILITIES” |
| 2016 |
New Service Parts Center at Kani Plant completed The No.1 Material Center at headquarters plant completed Aerospace Center of Excellence opened in headquarters plant GCS Center |
| 2017 | Dream Site 2 (DS2) plant opened at headquarters plant Okuma Machine Tool (Shanghai) Corp Guangzhou Technical Center opened |
| 2018 |
Okuma India Pvt Ltd Gurgaon Technical Center opened 
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