History
1971 | Former president, Mr. Kobayashi established this company as the sole agent for Germany Krautkramer GmbH & Co. |
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1972 | Krautkramer GmbH & Co. and Branson Inc. (later K.B.I.) were 100% subsidiaries of U.S.A. SMITHKLINE Corporation. |
1982 | Opened Osaka Branch. |
1984 |
EMERSON ELECTRIC Co., Ltd. received all share of Krautkramer Group. Krautkramer Group became a subsidiary of EMERSON ELECTRIC Co. |
1990 | Opened an application center in Osaka Branch. |
1992 | Acquired EDDIO Corporation. |
2000 | Belgium AGFA-GEVAERT received all equity stocks for Krautkramer Group from EMERSON ELECTRIC Co. in U.S.A. and Krautkramer Group was renamed to Agfa NDT Inc. and became a subsidiary of AGFA-GEVAERT. |
2001 | Started sales of Phased Array Ultrasonic Flaw Detecting System. |
2003 | Received ISO 9001: 2000 certification. (Headquarters and Osaka Branch) |
2004 | U.S.A. General Electric (GE) received all equity stock for Agfa NDT Inc. from AGFA-GEVAERT in Belgium. Agfa NDT Inc. was renamed to GE Inspection Technologies, LP and entered into the group of GE. |
2005 | Opened Tokyo Branch. Established the trading company, KJTD Co., Ltd for overseas market. |
2005 | Started sales of Ultra Fast Massive Parallel Phased Array Ultrasonic Flaw Detecting System. |
2008 | Opened the Beijing office of KJTD Co., Ltd. |
2010 | Moved headquarters to Toshima-ku, Tokyo. |
2011 | Conducted joint research with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on non-destructive inspection methods for CFRP materials by the pulse phase thermography method. |
2013 | April 1: Aiming for the brand unity for domestic and overseas markets, the company name changed from Krautkramer Japan Co., Ltd. to KJTD Co., Ltd. |
2014 | Conducted an industry-academic partnership project commissioned by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) for the development of an infrared non-destructive inspection method for engineering structures by remote heating. |
2015 | December 18: Mr. Takahashi inaugurated as the president. The predecessor, Mr. Kobayashi inaugurated as the executive advisor. |
2016 | Moved headquarters to Higashiikebukuro 3-chome Toshima-ku,Tokyo. |
2022 | Opened Kunisaki Branch. |
2023 | Moved headquarters to Shiba 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo. |