History

Taisho

• 1925

  Established as Nihon Suzu Kogyo Co., Ltd. in Obase Higashinocho in the Higashi-ku of Osaka City.
  Started the manufacture of tin and lead tubes

Showa

• 1930

  Relocated to Fusecho in the Nakakawachi-gun of Osaka (now Arakawa Town in Higashi Osaka)

• 1936

  Started the manufacture of aluminum tubes

• 1942

  Changed the company name from Nihon Suzu Kogyo Co., Ltd. to Kansai Keikinzoku Tube Co., Ltd.

• 1946

  Changed the company name from Kansai Keikinzoku Tube Co., Ltd. to Kansai Tube Co., Ltd.

• 1955

  Finished developing inner coating technology, and switched to the full-scale manufacture of aluminum tubes

• 1960

  Finished developing aluminum tube sealing coating technology

• 1973

  Relocated the Kansai Tube Co., Ltd. head office and factory to 5-8, Tamagushicho-higashi 3-chome, Higashi-Osaka City

• 1974

  Established Matec Co., Ltd. as a sales company of the Machinery and Manufacturing Department

• 1977

  Opened the Tokyo Office

• 1978

  Started the manufacture and sale of plastic molded parts

• 1984

  Started the manufacture and sale of laminate tubes
  Built a second business office in front of the head office factory

Heisei

• 1990

  Acquired a patent for the Membrane Tube, the world’s first closed-type laminate tube

• 1993

  Added extensions to the Kansai Tube Co., Ltd. head office factory

• 2002

  Acquired ISO 9001:2000 Certification

• 2003

  Developed the aluminum Emboss Tube, and started its manufacture and sale
  Received the Japan Packaging Contest Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging Award for the Emboss Tube

• 2011

  Built the third factory next to the head office factory

• 2013

  Started using solar power
  Received the Japan Packaging Contest Technical Packaging Award for the Digital Print Tube

• 2016

  Recipient of the 50th Good Company Award Corporate Excellence Prize

Reiwa

• 2024

  Acquired “KENKO Investment for Health(KIH) for 2024” Certification