Mayekawa started our business with ice manufacturing and cold storage business. Ever since its foundation in 1924, we have always identified itself in the context of the 'environment that enables the company operate'. By promoting collaborative creation with elements constituting the environment, Mayekawa has solved many problems and in turn developed itself.
1924
Kisaku Maekawa founded Mayekawa & Co. in Tokyo, Japan.
1930
Started ice making and cold storage business.
Started production of industrial vertical low speed reciprocating compressors.
1937
Changed corporate name to Mayekawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd. In Tokyo.
Developed high-speed multi cylinder single-stage reciprocating compressor 'A Series'.
Developed high-speed multi cylinder compound type two-stage reciprocating compressor.
Delivered fully automatic control system for liquid pump recirculation system for large scale cold storage.
1961
Delivered 12 sets of 100 ton/day meat freezing and 12,000 ton of cold storage plants complete with liquid pump recirculation systems to the former USSR. The annual production was 50 units at that time; however, only in a year after the contract, as many as 156 units of refrigeration compressor were manufactured. This project marked a significant milestone for Mayekawa's further growth.
Established "MYCOM" brand.
Installed the first ammonia liquid pump recirculation refrigeration system for a 7000ton cold storage in Japan.
1964
Established MAYEKAWA's first overseas subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA DE MEXICO S.A. in Mexico.
Developed the world first ammonia liquid pump recirculation system for fishing vessels.
Started production of screw type refrigeration compressors.
1967
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA U.S.A. Inc., in Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A.
1968
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA DO BRASIL LTDA. in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Installed the first screw type refrigeration compressor for large refrigeration mother ship of 10,000 tons in capacity.
1970
Started production of compressors in Moriya Plant, Ibaraki pref. Japan.
Installed the Japan first air-conditioning screw heat pump system for DENTSU BUILDING in Osaka.
1971
Established our subsidiary company, N.V.MYCOM EUROPE S.A. in Brussels, Belgium (with annexed package plant).
Developed MYCOM steel belt freezers.
1973
Started operations at our assembly plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Established our office in Seoul, Rep. of Korea.
1974
Developed the world first compound type screw compressor 'C series'.
1975
Established our subsidiary company, MYCOM CANADA LTD. in Vancouver B.C., Canada.
Installed the world first screw type refrigeration compressor in the deep sea trawler.
Developed chlorine gas screw compressor.
1976
Established our subsidiary company, MYCOM DE VENEZUELA S.A. in Caracas, Venezuela.
Established our representative office in Ecuador.
Installed a set of refrigeration system in the Tokyo Suisan Terminal Co., Ltd, the world's largest cold storage of approximately 40,000 tons (100,000 cubic meters) at that time.
Delivered screw helium compressors for super-conductivity application to Fermi National Acceleration Laboratory in U.S.A.
1979
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA ARGENTINA S.A. in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Delivered screw helium compressors for super-conductivity R&D applications to Princeton University and National Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in U.S.A.
1980
Delivered to the PTT Public Company Ltd. in Thailand, the screw compressor for vapor recovery for the use of offshore oil platforms.
Developed double helical rotor type oil pumps.
1981
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA SINGAPORE PTE.LTD. in Singapore.
Established our plant in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Delivered high temperature screw heat pumps to CETRE de SACLAY Nuclear Energy Center in France for air conditioning using waste heat recovery from a nuclear power station.
Developed the gas engine driven heat pump unit for district heating plant (snow removal, hot water supply and heating).
1983
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA (TAIWAN) CO., LTD. in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA COLOMBIA S.A.S. in Bogota, Colombia.
1984
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. in Sydney, Australia.
Established our subsidiary company, MYCOM PERU S.A.C. in Lima, Peru.
1985
Established our plant in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Established our subsidiary company, P.T. MAYEKAWA INDONESIA in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Established our plant in Changwon, Korea.
Developed STM screw compressors for vapor re-compression system at brewery industry.
1986
Started operation at Saku plant in Japan for the development of automated food processing equipment.
Delivered large heavy-duty helium compressor for producing liquid hydrogen fuel to Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
1988
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA (M) SDN. BHD. In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Established our subsidiary company, MYCOM (THAILAND). CO., LTD.
Built the Compressor production plant in our Cuernavaca plant in Mexico.
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA CHILE S.A.C. é I. in Santiago, Chile.
Developed second-generation high-speed multi cylinder reciprocating compressor 'WA and WB Series'
1991
Established MAYEKAWA U.S.A., Inc., in Houston, U.S.A.
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA PHILIPPINES CORP. in Manila, Philippines.
Developed Variable Vi Mechanism integrated type screw compressor 'SCV Series'.
Developed the 'O profile', our original screw rotor configuration.
1993
Established our plant in San Antonio, U.S.A.
1994
Established our representative office in Auckland, New Zealand.
Delivered the first automated chicken whole leg deboning machine 'TORIDAS'.
1995
Established MAYEKAWA U.S.A., Inc. Chemical division in Torrance, Calif., U.S.A.
Started selling the impinging jet system new tunnel freezer 'Thermo-Jack Freezer'.
1997
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA CENTROAMERICA S.A. in Costa Rica.
Delivered the large district cooling systems to Boston, U.S.A. and Windsor, Canada.
1998
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA, S.L. in Madrid, Spain.
Delivered 40 units of refrigeration system using natural refrigerant (ammonia) for the ice venues and facilities, such as speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, curling, and bobsleigh for the 18th Olympic Winter Games (the Nagano Olympics Games).
2001
Delivered the world's largest compound helium screw compressors to CERN, France/Switzerland.
Delivered the first super cooled ice making system for process cooling in the food processing plants.
Developed large-seized compound type two-stage screw compressor.
Delivered a Super High Voltage Power Transmission Line Tunnel Cooling System to Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), Thailand.
Delivered the first automated turkey whole leg deboning machine 'TAKIDAS'.
2003
Started operation at Mayekawa Higashihiroshima plant in Japan.
Established our representative office in Beijing, China.
Established a production plant for the chemical package systems in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Established our representative offices in Moscow, Russia.
Developed reciprocating compressor for CO2 (carbon dioxide) heat pump.
2004
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA CHINA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. in Shanghai, China.
Established our representative offices in Zug, Switzerland.
Delivered the first CO2 heat pump for hot water supply.
Upgraded the automated chicken whole leg deboning machine 'TORIDAS'.
2005
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA (THAILAND) CO., LTD. in Bangkok, Thailand.
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA EUROPE DUBAI OFFICE in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA U.S.A., INC. in Chicago, U.S.A.
2007
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA REFRIGERATION INDIA in Mumbai, India.
Established our representative office in Wurzburg, Germany.
2008
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA VIETNAM CO., LTD. in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
Established a new plant in Aruja, Brazil by integrating refrigeration assembly plant and our chemical package system production plant.
Established our representative office in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Developed semi-hermetic screw compressor and its IPM motor for ammonia refrigerant.
Delivered the first NH3/CO2 cooling system 'NewTon'.
Developed expander integrated turbo compressor.
Developed energy saving type reciprocating compressor 'M series'.
Developed Automatic Variable Vi Mechanism integrated type screw compressor 'J series'.
Delivered the first air cycle system 'PascalAir'.
Delivered the first automated pork ham deboning machine 'HAMDAS-R'.
Delivered the first CO2 heat pump for hot air supply 'Ecosirocco'.
2010
Established our representative office in Tregueux, France.
2011
Established our representative office in Istanbul, Turkey.
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA ITALIA Srl in Milan, Italy.
Relocated the plant from San Antonio, TX to Nashville, TN.
Delivered the first automated pork ham deboning machine 'HAMDAS-RX'.
2014
Established our subsidiary company, MAYEKAWA SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD. in Cape Town, South Africa.
Established our representative office in Cairo, Egypt.
Established our representative office in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Established our representative office in Budapest, Hungary.
Delivered the first automated pork shoulder deboning machine 'WANDAS-RX'.
Delivered the first automated chicken wing drumettes deboning machine 'WINGDAS'.
2015
Established our representative office in Poznań, Poland.
Launched "DAS", a new deboning machine brand.
Delivered the first automated front half deboning machine 'YIELDAS3000'.
2016
Established our plant in Chennai, India.
Established our representative office in Al-khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Established our representative office in Panama City, Panama.
Established our representative office in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Launched "CHORUS", a new freezer brand.
2017
Established our representative office in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2018
Established our subsidiary office, MAYEKAWA UKRAINE LLC, in Kiev, Ukraine.
Established our representative office in Havana, Cuba.
Established our representative office, D.O.O. MAYEKAWA SRB in Smederevo, Serbia.
2019
Operations begin at the Serbia plant in Serbia.
2021
Established our subsidiary office, MAYEKAWA UK LTD, in Scotland, United Kingdom.
Established our subsidiary office, MAYEKAWA NORDIC A/S, in Nyborg, Denmark.
2022
Established a new plant in Katy, U.S.A. by integrating refrigeration assembly plant in Nashville and our chemical package system production plant in Los Angeles.
Delivered the first cell system for pork cut meat processing 'CELLDAS SYSTEM'.
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