In 1946, entrepreneur Joe Furukawa founded a personal food manufacturing factory
In 1952, Developed anti rust technology for canned food containers
In 1957, Furukawa Productions (Yoshiwaka cho, Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
Invented the first vacuum packaging machine in Japan
In 1972, the world's first high-speed and high-performance rotary vacuum packaging machine was developed
In 1976, signed an export contract for rotary vacuum packaging machines with WR GRACE company in the United States
In 1981, German Packaging Exhibition, bag packaging machines and vacuum packaging machines were awarded the highest invention prize
Joe Furukawa was awarded the Hiroshima Prefectural Governor's Award (Japan Outstanding Contribution Award)
In 1987, Qiao Xiong Furukawa was awarded the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
In 1989, a new headquarters was established at the Hiroshima factory (Nishitsugu Numata, Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture)
Develop an automatic bagging and sealing machine with an attached clamping machine
In 1990, the capital was increased to 1.6 billion yen
Joe Furukawa appointed as advisor to the Japan Packaging Machinery Industry Association
In 2000, developed an automatic bagging and sealing machine with resin attached P needle clamping device
In 2001, Masakazu Furukawa became the chairman
In 2003, Established Qingdao Office in China
Developing packaging systems for infusion bags and attacking the medical industry
Jointly develop bag making and packaging machine for polished rice with SATAKE company
In 2006, Obtained ISO9001 certification
In 2013, Established OLD RIVERS (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
Acquired Japan Shenhe Machinery Co., Ltd. in 2014
In 2017, in order to better serve Chinese customers,
Relocate Qingdao office to Shanghai
In 2022: Guchuan Packaging Machinery (Anhui) Co., Ltd Established in China