History

1918
History

Our founder, Gisaburo Sugata, established Sugahei Shokai machinery department in Kasaoka-machi, Fukuyama City. Began manufacturing and selling pumps, and selling industrial machines both domestically and overseas.

1938
Fukuyama City

Moved the factory to a larger site in Okinogami-cho (current Konan-cho), Fukuyama City.

1955
Kyokuto Machine

Changed the company name to Kyokuto Machine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Began manufacturing air blowers in addition to pumps under Kyokuto brand.

1958

Designated as a streamlined model factory by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency.

1965
Technology Partnership with Franklin

Entered into a technology partnership with Franklin Inc. (U.S.A.).

1966

Entered into a technology partnership with Deming Inc. (U.S.A.).

1967
Scale and Latest Facilities

Moved the head office and main factory to Miyuki-cho, Fukuyama City. Completed a modern factory that showcased industry-leading scale and latest facilities.

1971

Began developing and selling total heat exchangers in addition to pumps and air blowers.

1974
mainstream of today market

Developed fire pump units that set a precedent for “unitization,” the mainstream of today’s market.

1975

Developed the industry’s first water supply unit.

1976

Established Kyokuto Services Co., Ltd. (Current Teral Technoservice Inc.).

1981
business partnership with Flygt Inc. (Sweden)

Entered into a business partnership with Flygt Inc. (Sweden).

1985

Addressed “Improving Water Quality Through Destratification” with Shiga Prefecture’s Lake Biwa Research Institute.

1986
Released the ARLS Series

Released the “ARLS Series,” which caused a revolution in pump materials.

1987

Completed the General Research Institute. Released the total heat exchanger “Econo S”

1988
Saitama Factory

Completed our Saitama factory. Began supporting the Kansai Hydrosphere Environment Interest Research Organization.
Changed the company name to Teral Kyokuto Inc.

1989

Won the Medium and Small Business Research Institute Award.

1990
Established Teral Chemical Inc.

Established Teral Chemical Inc. (current manufacturing department).
Organized an overseas trip for employees to celebrate surpassing ¥20 billion in annual sales.

1991

Established Teral Thai Co., Ltd.

1993

Established Teral Denso Co., Ltd. (current manufacturing department). Held Living Environment Forum ’93 nationwide.

1994

Established Teral Environmental Systems Co., Ltd. (current Teral Technoservice Inc.).

1995

Completed Teral Thai Co., Ltd.’s new factory in Ayutthaya. Established Teral(H.K.) Ltd.

1997
Teral Koraku Building/Tokyo Office

Bought property and building in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo (Teral Koraku Building/Tokyo office).

1998
Teral Services and Teral Environmental Systems

Achieved 7 million hours of accident-free production.
Teral Services and Teral Environmental Systems Merged to form Teral Technoservice Inc.
Received ISO9001 certification.

1999

Teral Denso Co., Ltd. (current manufacturing department) received ISO9001 certification.

2000

Teral Chemical Inc. (current manufacturing department) received ISO9001 certification.

2002

Established Teral General Machine (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

2003

All the shares of Taku Electric Corp. (current Teral Taku Co., Ltd.) were transferred from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.

2004

Formed a capital alliance with Kurita Electric Works, Ltd. (current Teral Kurita Co., Ltd.).

2005

Disposer business was transferred from Sekisui Aqua Systems Co., Ltd.

2006

Completed Teral General Machine (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.’s new factory.
Completed the Ekiya factory exclusively for large-sized fans.

2008
Transferred from Matsushita Electric

Pump business was transferred from Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
Changed the company name to Teral Inc.
Received ISO14001 certification.

2009

Established Anhui Taiwei Electric Machine Co., Ltd. (T&W), a new joint venture company in China.

2010

Coolant pump and ring blower business was transferred from Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd.

2011
Established Teral Asia Limited

Established Teral Asia Limited.

2012

Established Teral Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.

2013

The shares of Taniyama Co., Ltd. were transferred from Taikisha Ltd. to the Teral group.

2014

Established Teral Pumps and Fans North America Ltd.
Established Teral Middle East F.Z.C.
Established TERAL VIETNAM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

2015

Established PT. Teral Indonesia Pumps and Fans

2016

Established Teral-Aerotech in India by making a joint venture between the Teral Asia ltd and Aerotech In 2016.