| 1907 |
Established Howa as Toyoda's Loom Works, Ltd. to manufacture and market Toyoda looms. |
| 1916 |
Began manufacturing spinning machinery. |
| 1927 |
Commenced Shinkawa Plant(currently Head Office and Main Plant)operations. |
| 1935 |
Began manufacturing cast steel. |
| 1936 |
Established Showa Heavy Industries, Ltd. to manufacture and market munitions and machine tools. |
| 1941 |
Completed a merger with Showa Heavy Industries, Ltd., with the new company taking the name of Howa Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
| 1945 |
Renamed Howa Machinery, Ltd. |
| 1952 |
Began manufacturing air chucks and pneumatic equipment. |
| 1956 |
Commenced manufacturing firearms. |
| 1958 |
Commenced manufacturing windows&doors and vibratory rollers. |
| 1960 |
Commenced manufacturing sporting rifles. |
| 1962 |
Commenced manufacturing hydraulic apparatus,transfer machines. |
| 1964 |
Commenced manufacturing industrial power sweepers in technical collaboration with WAYNE Manufacturing Company of U.S.A(currently Johnston Sweeper Company) |
| Commenced manufacturing floor scrubber. |
| Type 64 rifle and 81mm type 64 mortar adopted as official equipment by the Japan Defense Agency(currently Ministry of Defense). |
| 1965 |
Began manufacturing aluminum sound-proof windows. |
| 1968 |
Commenced manufacturing street sweepers in technical collaboration with WAYNE Manufacturing Company. |
| 1970 |
Commenced manufacturing machining centers. |
| 1972 |
Commenced manufacturing double sliding windows for sound proof. |
| 1977 |
Howa soundproof windows were the first to receive authorization to display the Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) symbol in Japan. |
| 1982 |
Commenced manufacturing the automatic jaw chuck changer and machining center MBM series. |
| 1983 |
Began manufacturing rodless cylinders. |
| 1986 |
Commenced manufacturing compact machining center "Super Mini". |
| 1989 |
Adopted Type 89 rifle as official equipmennt by the Japan Defense Agency(currently Ministry of Defense). |
| 1993 |
Commenced manufacturing 120mm mortar RT and 81mm mortar L16. |
| 1994 |
Commenced manufacturing compact machining center "KIWAMI"series. |
| 1995 |
Established Howa Machinery Singapore Pte. Ltd. to market machine tools in Singapore. |
| 1998 |
Acquired ISO 9001 certification in the machine tool super-minidivision. |
| 2000 |
Began manufacturing vertical double-sided exposure systems for printed circuit boards. |
| Acquired ISO 9001 certification in the machine tool accessories division and firearms division. |
| 2001 |
Received the Good Design Prize for the ORC10 rodless cylinder. |
| 2002 |
Began manufacturing street sweepers with a compressed natural gas (CNG) engine.
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| Acquired ISO 9001 certification in the Machinery Dept. |
| 2004 |
Commenced manufacturing water-proof device. |
| 2005 |
Commenced manufacturing rodless cylinder MRV series. |
| 2006 |
Commenced manufacturing "new cera" series related to processing equipment for ceramic green sheets. |
| 2007 |
Acquired ISO 14001 certification at the Head Office and Main Plant. |
| 2011 |
Established Howa (Tianjin) Machinery Co., Ltd. to manufacture and market machine tools and machine tool accessories. |
| 2013 |
Acquired ISO 9001 certification in the Sweepers & Road Rollers Dept(currently Sweepers & Special Vehicle Dept). |
| Entered the photovoltaic system business. |
| 2015 |
Commenced manufacturing rodless cylinder ORB series. |
| 2017 |
Acquired a local Indonesian company in order to establish PT.HowAska Mesin Indonesia, and launched sales of machine tools and various equipment and machinery, in addition to a repair and technical support. |
