| 1904 Established Nippon Toki Gomei Kaisha 1917 Established NipponToki Co., Ltd. 1939 Began full-scale production of industrial grinding wheels 1947 Established Noritake Co., Inc. in USA 1956 Began production of cutlery 1958 Established Noritake (Australia) Pty. Ltd. 1960 Began production of resinoid grinding wheels at the Kamori Plant 1973 Began production of Diamond and CBN Tools 1981 Changed the Company name to Noritake Co., Ltd. 1986 Began large-scale production of industrial super-abrasive grinding wheels 1987 Established Noritake Europe GmbH, in Germany 1996 Expanded Super-abrasive grinding wheels plant 1996 Established Noritake (Siam) Co., Ltd. in Thailand 1997 Opened Noritake Square 2002 Opened Noritake Garden 2003 Began production of Vitrified CBN wheels in USA 2003 Opened Noritake Co., Ltd. Shanghai office in China 2003 Began Production of Coated Abrasives in Thailand 2005 Established Noritake Shanghai Trading Co., Ltd. in China |