History of KAJIWARA
Aiming to be a 100-year enterprise
Since 1939, Kajiwara has been operating in Tokyo,
where it developed a unique Japanese heating and stirring machine that mixes ingredients without burning them.
Since then, the company’s equipment has been utilized by food and confectionery manufacturers
at a wide variety of food production sites.
HISTORY
| 1939 | ●Founding of Kajiwara Kogyosho, Yasuo Kajiwara, proprietor.  Founded by husband and wife |
| 1948 | ●Restructured as Kajiwara Kogyo Joint-Stock Company, Representated By Yasuo Kajiwara.
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| 1960 | ●‘K-2 Type Mixing Cooker’ completed.  “K-2 Type Mixing Cooker” |
| 1963 | ●New type of “SEIAN Machine” completed. |
| 1964 | ●Minorikawa prize for invention & Ministry of international trade and industry award ●Restructured into Kajiwara Kogyo Co. Ltd.(Yasuo Kajiwara, President and Representative Director) |
| 1966 | ●Completion of the horizontal cooking and stirring machine “Reokneader KH”. “Reokneader KH”. |
| 1967 | ●Tokuji Kajiwara appointed President and CEO |
| 1969 | ●Saitama factory completed in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture established
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| 1970 | ●Osaka sales office opened in Nishi-ku, Osaka. ●Completion of “ReoMixer” |
| 1971 | ●Kitchen Equipment Division opened on the site of the Kappabashi showroom. |
| 1972 | ●”ReoMixer” awarded Nara Invention Prize. ●Exhibited at the International Industrial Exhibition in Paris |
| 1973 | ●Exhibited at the US Bread Industry Exhibition |
| 1974 | ●Kanto Region Invention Encouragement Award for 1974 |
| 1975 | ●Establishment of laboratory for basic research ●Fukuoka Sales Office (now Fukuoka Office) established in Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City. |
| 1977 | ●Spun off the Kitchen Equipment Division and established Kajiwara Kitchen Supply Inc. |
| 1978 | ●Completion of Osaka Kajiwara Building, relocation of Osaka Sales Office (now Osaka Office). ●”Automatic Bean Cooker KAB” completed. ●Yashio Plant completed in Yashio, Saitama. |
| 1981 | ●Sendai Office (now Sendai Office) opened in Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai City. ●Kajiwara Tokyo Head Office building completed.
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| 1982 | ●Exhibited at FOOD ASIA, Singapore. |
| 1983 | ●”Self Weighing System” completed. |
| 1985 | ●”Automatic Bean cooker” awarded Nikkei Excellent Product Award and Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman’s Award. ●”Copper/Stainless Steel Kettle” completed.. ●Opened Nagoya Sales Office (now Nagoya Office) in Nishi-ku, Nagoya. ●”Inconsistent Speed Mixing Cooker KRD” completed. |
| 1986 | ●Exhibited at Europan, France |
| 1987 | ●’Encrusting and Forming Machine EC’ completed. ●’Encrusting and forming machine EC’ awarded Science and Technology Agency Director-General’s Encouragement Prize |
| 1989 | ●”CAS line” completed, Received Invention Merit Award. ●Tokyo Factory opened in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture (merged with the Saitama and Yashio Plants). ●Hiroshima Sales Office (now Hiroshima Office) opened in Naka-ku, Hiroshima.  Tokyo Factory |
| 1990 | ●CAD-ing the entire design department. |
| 1991 | ●Awarded the Chairman’s Merit Prize of the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation for the “Self Weighing System”. ●President Tokuji Kajiwara received the Science and Technology Agency Director-General’s Award for the ‘Development of a heating and stirring machine for food products’. |
| 1992 | ●Award (now the Good Company Award). ●President Tokuji Kajiwara, Medal with Yellow Ribbon. |
| 1993 | ●’CAS line’ awarded Suga Invention Prize at Tokyo Invention Exhibition.
●”Tsubuan Unit CAT” completed.. “Tsubuan Unit CAT” |
| 1998 | ●Establishment of Kajiwara Inc. ●”Mixing Cooker for Custard Cream KRS+H” completed |
| 1999 | ●’Hybrid Mixing Cooker Gasteam’ completed. ●”Mixing Cooker OAM” awarded Nisshoku Excellent Food Machinery and Materials Award. ●Kajiwara Kogyo Co. Ltd. awarded TPM Excellence Award Class 2 |
| 2000 | ●Completed “Revolpan RFN” ●”Hybrid Cooker Mixer” Awarded Commissioner of the Japanese Patent Office Encouragement Prize at the Tokyo Invention Exhibition. ●ISO 9001:1994 certification (currently ISO 9001:2015) ●”Hybrid Mixing Cooker Denjisteam” completed  “Hybrid Mixing Cooker” |
| 2001 | ●Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo, Sapporo Sales Office (now Sapporo Office) opened ●”Hybrid Mixing Cooker” receives Kanto Region Commendation for Invention, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency Director-General’s Encouragement Award. ●Tokuji Kajiwara, President Received Invention Promotion Merit Award. |
| 2002 | ●Exhibited at Europan, France/td> |
| 2003 | ●”Hybrid Mixing Cooker” receives Japan Machinery Federation Chairman’s Prize, Energy-saving Equipment Award, New Machine Development Award for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Chairman’s Prize of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry, Nisshoku Excellent Food Machinery and Materials Award. Food Industry Technology Merit Award. |
| 2004 | ●Kajiwara Customer Center opened in Yashio, Saitama. Kajiwara Customer Center |
| 2005 | ●Opening of the Kajiwara Customer Center User Test Room in Yashio, Saitama. ●Hidehiro Kajiwara appointed as President and Representative Director. |
| 2006 | ●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara Received the 2005 Arai Prize. ●”Cooking Cooling Homogenizing Σ” completed. ●”Cooking Cooling Homogenizing Σ”  “Cooking Cooling Homogenizing Σ” |
| 2007 | ●”Reokneader α” and “Cooker/Soaker KAM-05” completed. ●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara was awarded the Invention Encouragement Merit Prize. ●Received the Invention Encouragement Award at the Tokyo Invention Exhibition for “Reokneader α”.  “Reokneader α”. |
| 2008 | ●Exhibited at Interpack (Germany). |
| 2009 | ●”Kettle inner surface temperature sensor”, receives the Tokyo Invention Exhibition, Japan Patent Office Commissioner’s Incentive Award. ●”Reokneader α” awarded Nisshoku Excellent Food Machinery Award.” |
| 2010 | ●”Rich flavour Bean Paste Manufacturing Equipment”, receives Tokyo Technology and Invention Exhibition, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Incentive Award. |
| 2011 | ●”Rich flavour Bean Paste Manufacturing Equipment” receives Kanto Region Invention Award, Tokyo Governor’s Prize |
| 2012 | ●Tokyo factory Received the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Award for Excellence in Radio Calisthenics. ●Exhibited at FHA (Singapore) |
| 2013 | ●”Tabletop Homogenizer Σ-005″ completed. ●Kajiwara Singapore Pte. Ltd. is established in Singapore.  Kajiwara-Singapore-Pte.-Ltd. |
| 2014 | ●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara Received the 2014 Intellectual Property Merit Award from the Japan Patent Office. ●Received the Nisshoku Excellent Food Machinery Materials and Material Award for “Cooking Cooling Homogenizer Σ” ●Exhibited at Gulfood Manufacturing (UAE). |
| 2016 | ●Tokyo Factory ANNEX completed. Tokyo Factory ANNEX |
| 2017 | ●”Cooking Cooling Homogenizer Σ” receives Invention Grand Prize, Invention Merit Award. |
| 2018 | ●”Springless Sanitary Blade” Receives Award for Nisshoku Excellence in Food Machinery, Materials and Supplies. ●Kajiwara Inc. received the 5th Intellectual Property Utilisation Award, Special Prize. |
| 2019 | ●80th anniversary of the company’s foundation ●Kajiwara Inc Received the Food Industry Heisei Contribution Award. ●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara received the Award for Distinguished Contribution to Food Culture from the Japan Food Culture Foundation. |
| 2020 | ●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara Receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays Medal ●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara receives the Food Industry Achievement Award from the Japan Food Journal. |
| 2022 | ●’Hybrid Mixing Cooker 300′ receives Nisshoku Award for Excellence in Food Machinery, Materials and Ingredients. |
| 2023 | ●Chairman Tokuji Kajiwara, Food Industry Special Contribution Award from the Japan Food Journal. |
Old company building at the time of reconstruction.
“KK Type Mixing Cooker”
Kappabashi Showroom completed.
Saitama Factory completed.
“Mixing Cooker OAM”
Tokyo Head Office building completed
