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SINCE 1917
Morita Iron Works Co., Ltd. was founded in 1917 in Kawaguchi city, Saitama prefecture, where is known as a town of casting industry.
We have organized as a specialized factory which can undertake the epochal processing of machining and assembling of the valves consistently, and stepped along with the growth of the water supply business as a key part of domestic valve technology.
We are a company that supports the water service business and contributes to the society by sincerely looking closely into the valves as a specialized valve manufacturer continuously since the foundation, and devoting our heart to manufacturing reliable goods.
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| October 1917 |
Established as a personal company of Genkichi Morita in Kotobuki-cho, Kawaguchi city, Saitama, Japan. |
| Established as a specialized factory for water control valves for treated water application, fire hydrant, etc. | |
| September 1933 | Moved to Namiki-cho 1-1, Kawaguchi city. |
| December 1943 |
Reorganized to a corporation, with a capital of 1 million yen. |
| Merged a partnership company, Matsui Shokai. | |
| December 1947 | Hiromu Morita became Managing Director and President. |
| April 1950 | Opened Tokyo Sales office. |
| November 1952 | The capital came to 3 million yen. |
| October 1953 | Received the designation of a Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) certified factory of vessel application valves. |
| April 1954 | Received the designation of a Japanese Industrial Standard (JIS) certified factory as the 1st issue of land application casting valves in Japan. |
| July 1954 | The capital came to 25 million yen. |
| March 1963 | The capital came to 35 million yen. |
| November 1963 | Approved for construction works by Ministry of Construction, Japan |
| June 1966 | Opened Osaka Sales office. |
| August 1968 | The capital came to 42 million yen. |
| November 1969 | The head office building was completed in Namiki-cho, Kawaguchi city. |
| December 1976 | The capital came to 73.5 million yen. |
| May 1978 | Hiromu Morita was appointed to Chairman of the board of directors. |
| Akihiro Morita was appointed to Managing Director and President. | |
| September 1985 | Built a new plant in Satte city, Saitama. |
| Relocated the facilities of four plants in Kawaguchi city to there. | |
| December 1985 | The head office was relocated to the new building in Satte new plant. |
| The Satte plant became the head office and factory. | |
| May 1997 | Akihiro Morita was appointed to Chairman of the board of directors. |
| Masaaki Morita was appointed to Managing Director and President. | |
| December 1998 | Head office and factory acquired ISO9001 certification. |
| March 2003 | Whole company organization acquired ISO9001 certification. |
| January 2010 | Three sales offices in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka raised to sales branches. |
| October 2014 | Hokkaido sales office raised to sales branch. |
| April 2015 | Kyushu sales office raised to sales branch. |
| October 2017 | Company celebrated its 100th anniversary. |
| May 2022 | Masaaki Morita was appointed to Chairman. |
| Rei Takahashi was appointed to Managing Director and President. | |
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With a cornerstone based on 100 years’ tradition and a company policy of mutual collaboration, and to meet each customer’s needs which are likely to be well diversified and sophisticated ones, we are going to make efforts continuously to build a prosperous society in the future in view of “development of high quality goods”, “rationalization of the productivity” and “through-going maintenance services”.
Further to maintain a safe and reliable water environment in the 21st century, we are expecting your warm attention and patronage to Morita’s valves.
