Journey of Katsushiro Matex
| February 1962 | Established a steel plate welding business in Joto-ku, Osaka. |
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| August 1966 | Established and relocated a fusing factory to Daito City, Osaka Prefecture. |
| December 1969 | Established Katshiro Cutting Co., Ltd. Capital 15 million yen.
Expanded the cutting factory. |
| October 1972 |
Constructed and relocated the head office and factory in Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture. |
| September 1980 | Constructed and relocated the head office and factory to Yawata City, Kyoto Prefecture (current location). |
| March 1983 | Established Kanto Precision Melting Co., Ltd. (KSY) in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. |
| November 1990 | Established ADVANCED STEEL TECHNOLOGY, INC. (AST) in Rome, Georgia, USA. |
| February 1992 | Changed the company name from Katshiro Cutting Co., Ltd. to Katsushiro Matex Co., Ltd. |
| February 1995 | Established PT. KATSUSHIRO INDONESIA (KMI) in Cikarang, Bekasi Regency, Indonesia. |
| February 1997 | Established Katshiro Machinery (Shandong) Co., Ltd. (KMS) in Zibo, Shandong Province, China. |
| April 2001 | Obtained ISO9001 certification. |
| September 2003 | Established Kanto Precision Machinery (Tangshan) Co., Ltd. (TKM) in Tangshan, Hebei Province, China. |
| May 2004 | Updated to ISO9001 (2000 version). |
| August 2005 | Established TECHNOFAB (THAILAND) CO., LTD. (TFT) in Si Racha, Chonburi, Thailand. |
| August 2005 |
Established Zhejiang Katsushiro Machinery Co., Ltd. (ZKM) in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China. |
| March 2006 | Obtained ISO14001 certification. |
| January 2007 | Established ADVANCED STEEL TECHNOLOGY, INC. DE MEXICO (MEX) near Monterrey, Mexico. |
| November 2007 | Established Qingdao Katsushiro Machinery Co., Ltd. (KMQ) in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. |
| January 2008 | Established KATSUSHIRO MATEX INDIA PRIVATE LTD (KIP) in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Began operation in March 2011. |
| May 2010 | Established Changzhou Katsushiro Machinery Co., Ltd. (CKM) in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. |
| July 2012 | Established Kunshan Katsushiro Machinery Co., Ltd. (KKM) in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China. |