120 Years of Progress (Our History)



| 1895 | Maruyama Mfg. Co., Inc. is founded in Takada, Niigata Prefecture and begins manufacturing and selling fire extinguishers. |
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| 1918 | Maruyama begins manufacturing and selling manual sprayers. |
| 1933 | Maruyama develops a horizontal triple-cylinder power sprayer. |
| 1935 | Maruyama begins manufacturing and selling power sprayers. |
| 1937 | Maruyama Co. reorganizes and is reborn as Maruyama Mfg. Co., Inc. |
| 1952 | Maruyama's Inage factory receives permission to use the JIS mark. |
| 1956 | Maruyama develops a forcibly activated flat valve system sprayer. |
| 1958 | Maruyama develops the world's lightest forced-valve high-speed power sprayer "Hope". |
| 1961 | Maruyama develops the world's first backpack power sprayer "Cherry". |
| 1961 | Maruyama is listed on the 2nd Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1962 | Maruyama independently develops a carpet sprayer stereo sprayer boom sprayer brush cutter and transfer machine |
| 1964 | Maruyama develops a carpet duster. |
| 1967 | Maruyama develops an industrial pump (August). |
| 1968 | Maruyama beings exporting industrial pumps (March). |
| 1977 | Maruyama is listed on the 1st Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1979 | Maruyama starts using industrial robots. |
| 1985 | Maruyama begins using a CAD system. |
| 1986 | Maruyama begins manufacturing 2-cycle engines. |
| 1987 | Maruyama completes construction of the Maruyama Group Online Network introduces FMS and develops a seawater desalination unit. |
| 1990 | Maruyama develops an automated shuttle sprayer. |
| 1994 | Maruyama's Inage factory obtains ISO 9001 certification for its sprayers and industrial pumps and develops a high-clearance boom sprayer. |
| 1995 | Maruyama celebrates its 100th anniversary (October). |
| 1996 | Maruyama's Togane Factory obtains ISO 9001 certification for its self propelled orchard sprayer and field sprayer. |
| 1997 | Maruyama integrates the Inage and Togane factories at Togane and renames the facility the Chiba factory. (April) |
| 2000 | Maruyama develops a new environmentally friendly 2-cycle engine that passes California's emission control standard. |
| 2001 | Maruyama's Chiba factory obtains ISO 14001 certification. |
| 2003 | Maruyama establishes as CS center. |
| 2004 | Maruyama launches sales of an environmentally friendly fire extinguisher whose fire extinguishing agent can be recycled and develops an environmentally friendly stereo sprayer. |
| 2005 | Maruyama celebrates its 110th anniversary. |

