Established technological alliance with Karl W. Muller in West Germany for coin selectors, and started manufacturing.

Established technological alliance with Coin Controllers International in Great Britain for coin selectors, and started manufacturing.

Separated the manufacturing department and reestablished it as Asahi Coin Mech Co., Ltd. in Kawaguchi, Saitama to increase production.

Relocated the head office to 2-24-15 Minami-Aoyama Minato-ku, Tokyo to strengthen the sales organization.

Set up Iwatsuki Factory in Iwatsuki, Saitama, and absorbed Asahi Coin Mech to strengthen the product development system.

Founded Asahi Seiko USA Inc. (Asahi Seiko USA branch) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

CEO Hiroshi Abe received the Director-General of the Science and Technology Agency Prize.

Established Asahi Seiko (EUROPE) LTD (Asahi Seiko European branch) in Kent, Britain (*closed in August 2022).

Separated Asahi Seiko USA Inc. from the branch and reestablished as an American subsidiary.

Established Kitsuregawa Factory in Kitsuregawa, Tochigi.

Iwatsuki Factory acquires ISO9001.

CEO Hiroshi Abe received the Medal with Yellow Ribbon from the Emperor.

Completed the new sales management system at the Head Office Sales and Accounting departments. The intersystem coordination with the production management system established the comprehensive operation solution.

Established the second factory in Iwatsuki.

The factory address was changed due to municipal merger. Iwatsuki Factory was changed to Saitama Factory, and Kitsuregawa Factory to Tochigi Factory.

Established 4th wing in Tochigi Factory.

The Sales Department at the Head Office acquires ISO9001.

Received the Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office Award for utilizing the patent system for newly developed technologies.

CEO Hiroshi Abe received the Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor.

For the first time, our Coin Recycler passed the counterfeit Euro coin detection test stipulated by EU regulations.

Our Coin Recycler passed the Golden Standard (Technical specification for RMB cash machine identification ability) test by Authentication Testing Center of Security Printing Institute of People’s Bank of China.

All locations and departments in Japan acquire ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001.

Celebrated the 50th anniversary.