History
Over 30 years ago, Aoki succeeded in expanding the potential for plastic container molding through its unique injection stretch-blow molding technology. The history of plastic containers is also the history of Aoki. We have always remained at the leading edge of container development and going forward as well, we plan to continue meeting demand for containers - a demand that is increasing thanks to high levels of container function and safety - with people-driven creative technologies.
History
| 1975 | Four station injection stretch-blow molding machine developed |
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| 1976 | Aoki Technical Laboratory, Inc. founded |
| 1980 | Plastics Grand Prize awarded to four station injection stretch-blow molding machine |
| 1984 | Three station injection stretch-blow molding machine developed, AKH-80 developed |
| 1985 | SBIII-250 developed |
| 1986 | SBIII-250L, SBIII-250LL, SBIII-250S, SBIII-250LS and SBIII-500 developed |
| 1987 | Prize received from Japan Synthetic Plastic Technical Association in recognition of development of transparent PP injection stretch-blow molding technology, and SBIII-100-20, SBIII-100L-20 and SBIII-1000N-300 developed |
| 1988 | Awarded American SPE prize for outstanding results obtained in blow molding |
| 1989 | SBIII-500-150, SBIII-500N-60 and SBIII-1000L-150 developed |
| 1990 | New factory completed, and first factory extension Direct Heatcon injection stretch-blow molding technology developed Aoki Manufacturing Co., Ltd. absorbed into Aoki Technical Laboratory, Inc. with capital of 11 million yen SBIII-250-50, SBIII-500LL-75 and SBIII-500NL-60 developed |
| 1991 | Germany (Düsseldorf), Mexico and Singapore representative offices opened SBIII-100H-15, SBIII-100LL-20 and SBIII-1000NL-100 developed |
| 1993 | Second factory extension (office) SBIII-100H-50, SBIII-250-100, SBIII-1000H-60, SBIII-1000NL-300 and AOKI-250LL-50 developed |
| 1994 | AOKI-500LL-75, AOKI-100LL-20, SBIII-100P-20 and SBIII-250LL-50P developed |
| 1995 | Germany (Düsseldorf), Mexico and Singapore subsidiaries founded SBIII-150P-20L, SBIII-250P-40N and five other models developed |
| 1996 | SBIII-500P-75L, SBIII-250H-50L and five other models developed |
| 1997 | Brazil (São Paulo) subsidiary founded Total number of shipped machines reached over one thousand SBIII-150P-20 and AOKI-250P-50L developed |
| 1998 | USA (Chicago) subsidiary founded |
| 1999 | China (Shanghai) representative office founded SBIII-250LL-50S and AOKI-3000H-60 developed |
| 2000 | Australia (Melbourne) and India (Mumbai) representative offices founded SBIII-350LL-40 and SBIII-500LL-75 converted to high cycle SBIII-250LL-75S, AOKI-250-100 and AOKI-350LL-100 developed |
| 2001 | Celebrated company's 25th anniversary, and SBIII-350LL-100 converted to high cycle |
| 2002 | SBIII-100LL-20S developed |
| 2003 | SBIII-350-100 developed, and AOKI-500LL-75 and AOKI-500-150 converted to high cycle |
| 2004 | England (London) and Spain (Barcelona) representative offices founded SBIII-100L-20 and SBIII-250P-50L converted to high cycle |
| 2005 | SBIII-1000P-75L developed |
| 2006 | Thailand (Bangkok) representative office founded AOKI-350LL-100 converted to high cycle |
| 2008 | China (Foshan) subsidiary founded |
