History
| 1923April |
Tomosuke Fukuhara founded a firm for importing and domestically selling textile machines, sewing machines and electronic devices in Osaka. 
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| 1933April |
A factory was opened for manufacturing textile machines in Toyonaka, Osaka, and the Japan-made high speed warp machine (tricot) was developed. |
| 1937May |
The Mikuni factory in northern Osaka was opened and started manufacturing circular knitting machines for sale to the domestic market and south-east Asian countries. |
| 1938May |
Production of 6 feet lathes began and the company was established. 
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| August |
Neumann Works Ltd, run by German engineer Mr. Neumann, was purchased and production of precise table lathes and engravers began. 
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| 1943Jun |
A factory was built in Wakayama for manufacturing Mitsubishi aircraft parts. |
| 1945September |
The name of the firm was changed to the present Fukuhara Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd. and the manufacturing of knitting machines and needles for domestic and overseas markets was restarted. The importing of industrial use sewing machines also commenced. 
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| 1950April |
Acquired patent right to use of U.S. Wesco Inc,. for electricity stop motion and started equipping the device with Fukuhara circular knitting machines. |
| 1951July |
The company capital became yen 21,000,000.-. |
| 1952August |
The Mikuni factory was closed and production moved to the Ashiya factory in Kobe. |
| 1954April |
The Toyonaka factory was closed and production of tricot machines ceased. All employees and equipment were moved to the Ashiya factory and Shirahama factory in Wakayama. |
| 1956October |
Precision Fukuhara Works was established in Ashiya as a subsidiary of Fukuhara Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd., which moved to Kitahama, Osaka as the Fukuhara group sales division |
| 1957July |
Shozo Fukuhara was inaugurated as President of Fukuhara Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd.. 
Shozo Fukuhara
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| 1961December |
A long-term technology and sales agreement was reached with Camber (present Monarch Knitting Machinery Corporation) in the U.S. and the export of circular knitting machines to the U.S. market commenced. |
| 1963November |
Fukuhara became the Far-Eastern agent of IRO Sweden AB for positive yarn feeding devices. The devices were sold as well as equipped to Fukuhara circular knitting machines. |
| 1964May |
Fukuhara Needle Co., Ltd., was established in Shirahama, Wakayama as a subsidiary producing needles and sinkers. |
| October |
The company capital became yen31,500,000.-. |
| 1967July |
The company capital became yen50,400,000.-. |
| 1968May |
Monarch Japan Ltd. was established under joint management with U.S. Monarch Knitting Machinery Corporation and began exporting knitting machines, parts and needles to European countries. |
| 1972March |
Main office of Fukuhara was moved to present Fukuhara building. 
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| 1974July |
The company capital became yen60,480,000.-. |
| 1982March |
A separate office in charge of needle and sinker sales was established in the Sun-Kitahama building in Osaka. |
| 1985April |
Fukuhara Technical Service (HK) Ltd. was established in Hong-Kong as a base for sales promotion as well as after-sale service to China and the entirety of South-East Asia. |
| 1987September |
Tokyo Fukuhara Industrial Co., Ltd was established as an independent subsidiary in Tokyo exclusively for sales to eastern Japan. |
| 1990July |
The company capital became yen72,576,000.-. |
| 1991April |
Tianjin Fukuhara Technical Service Center was established in Tianjin, China as a local agency of Fukuhara Technical Service (HK) Ltd. to undertake technical service in Tianjin and northern China. |
| November |
Monarch Japan Ltd. was closed and absorbed as the Euro-America division of Fukuhara Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 2001October |
Tokyo Fukuhara Industrial Co., Ltd was closed and absorbed as the Domestic sales division of Fukuhara Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 2007July |
Satoshi Uemura was inaugurated as President. 
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| 2008July |
Tianjin Fukuhara Technical Center was closed and Fukuhara (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai, China to strengthen technical service and support in China. |
| 2011September |
Fukuhara (Dongguan)Trading was established in Guangdong, China for strengthening technical service and back-up in China. |
| 2013October |
Office in Kitahama, Osaka (Needles/Sinkers section) and office in Imabashi, Osaka (Parts section) moved to Higashinada, Kobe as FUKUHARA ASHIYA CENTER. |
| 2020July |
Masanori Fukuhara was inaugurated as President. 
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