History
HSC CRANES History Movie
Determination in HSC brand and corporate history
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History
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
SHISumitomo Heavy Construction Crane Co., Ltd.
HSCHitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Crane Co., Ltd.
HSC-CRANESSumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co., Ltd.
Year |
Significant Events of the Company History |
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1949 |
HCM |
Developed the Hitachi U05 power shovel based entirely on Japanese technology. |
1955 |
HCM |
Hitachi Construction Machinery Service Co., Ltd. established. |
1957 |
HCM |
Developed the Hitachi U106 multi-purpose excavator. |
1963 |
SHI |
Sumitomo Machinery Co., Ltd. [currently Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.] created a construction machinery division. It entered into a technological partnership with Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company in the US [currently FMC Corporation] for crawler cranes and truck-mounted cranes. Sumitomo Construction Machinery Sales Co., Ltd. established as the exclusive sales distributor in Japan for construction machinery. |
1964 |
SHI |
Began selling mechanical truck-mounted cranes under the “Sumitomo-Link-Belt” brand name. |
1965 |
HCM |
The various construction machinery sales subsidiaries of Hitachi, Ltd. were merged with Hitachi Construction Machinery Service Co., Ltd. to form the former Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. |
1969 |
HCM |
The construction machinery manufacturing division of Hitachi, Ltd. was spun-off as an independent company. It was combined with the Adachi and Tsuchiura factories to form Hitachi Construction Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
1970 |
HCM
SHI |
Hitachi Construction Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and the former Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd merged to form Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. |
1971 |
HCM |
Release of KH150, Japan’s first fully hydraulic crawler crane. |
1974 |
HCM |
Operations of the Adachi plant are consolidated into the Tsuchiura plant as part of a factory relocation plan and to reinforce production capacity. |
1975 |
SHI |
Sales begun of fully-hydraulic crawler cranes. |
1981 |
HCM |
Formed a business tie-up with Tadano, Ltd. in the area of truck-mounted cranes and crawler cranes. |
1985 |
SHI |
Shenzhen International Construction Machinery Corp. (China) established. |
1986 |
SHI |
Sumitomo and FMC established the joint venture company LBCE (USA). The company began sales of cranes in the US. |
1989 |
HCM |
The Kasumigaura plant, a factory for mass producing transmission and other components, was completed in the vicinity of the Tsuchiura plant. |
1990 |
SHI |
Production begun of an all-terrain crane (fully hydraulic truck-mounted crane). |
1994 |
HCM |
The CX series, a fully remodeled version of the KH series, was launched. |
1996 |
HCM |
The Tsuchiura business division acquired ISO9001 certification. |
1997 |
HCM |
The company acquired ISO14001 certification for environmental management systems. |
1998 |
SHI |
The company acquired ISO9001 certification, an international standard for quality assurance, for its manufacture of cranes and foundation work equipment. |
1999 |
SHI |
The Nagoya plant acquired ISO14001 certification for environmental management systems. |
2000 |
SHI |
Technical Crane Service Co., Ltd. (later called HSC Crane Services Co., Ltd.) established, specialing in crane maintenance and rental services. |
2001 |
HCM
SHI |
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. formed an alliance with Tadano Ltd. in the crane business. |
2002 |
HSC |
Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Crane Co., Ltd. opened for business. |
2003 |
HSC |
The Shanghai representative office was opened. |
2004 |
HSC |
Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Crane (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established. |
2005 |
HSC |
UCX300, a wheeled crane, was launched. |
2006 |
HSC |
HSC Crane Services was merged to HSC. |
2007 |
HSC |
Midterm management plan "Global HSC 21C" was prepared. |
2008 |
HSC |
SCX2000-2 won the Machine Design Award: Distinctive Merit Prize. |
2010 |
HSC |
6000SLX won the Machine Design Award: Nippon Brand Prize. |
2011 |
HSC |
Midterm management plan "Rebirth 2013" was prepared. |
2012 |
HSC |
On occasion of our tenth anniversary, the redesigned SCX-3 series was launched. |
2013 |
HSC |
SCX1200-3 won the Machine Design Award: Distinctive Merit Prize. |
2014 |
HSC |
Midterm management plan "Breakthrough 2016" was prepared. |
2016 |
HSC |
The 650TLX and SDX612 series of crawler cranes with telescopic booms won the Machine Design Award: Nippon Brand Prize. |
2017 |
HSC |
Midterm management plan "for the Next Stage 2019" was prepared. |
2018 |
HSC-CRANES |
Changed name to Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co., Ltd. |
2019 |
HSC-CRANES |
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co., Ltd. Europe Office established. |