About TSURUMICorporate History

Founding1924 - 1961
Growth1961 - 1998
Expansion1998 - to present

Founding1924 - 1961

Improving and enriching farmers’ lives with pumps

Year	Company History	Product History
1924	Jisaburo Tsujimoto founds Tsurumi Shokai in Japan. First president Jisaburo Tsujimoto Founding Tsurumi Shokai at the tender age of 24 Tsurumi's founder resolved to build a business manufacturing and selling agricultural machinery to improve and enrich farmers' lives by making it easier to do the farmwork with which he himself had struggled.	The company develops the TDL-series of agricultural-use vertical shaft pumps.
1935	The company changes its name to Tsurumi Manufacturing.
1950		The company develops the TDW-series of vertical shaft pumps for use in civil engineering and construction applications.
1951	The company is incorporated as Tsurumi Manufacturing Company, Limited. Jisaburo Tsujimoto becomes the company's first president.
1953		The company develops Tsurumi's first submersible pump.

Growth1961 - 1998

Completing a new Headquarters building and accelerating operational and business reforms

Year	Company History	Product History
1961	Haruo Tsujimoto becomes the company's second president. Second President Haruo Tsujimoto Took office in 1961 The new president dealt with serious management issues, including strengthening manufacturing and development structures and putting in place a domestic sales network, as markets expanded rapidly nationwide during an era of rapid economic growth.
1963		The company develops the BB-series of submersible mini-pumps. The company develops a compact, lightweight submersible pump weighing just 15 kg that operates on 100 V residential power, making it a revolutionary product at the time.
1965	The company plans a network of service facilities that would be no further than two hours by car from any location in the country. In 1980, it establishes a sales network consisting of 63 locations nationwide.	The company develops the industry's first submersible pump with a built-in circle thermal protector (to protect the motor).
1967		The company develops the MB-series of electrode type automatic submersible pumps for use in facilities applications.
1968	The company offers the industry's first one-year warranty.	The company develops the TB-series of float type automatic submersible pumps for use in facilities applications.
1969	The company opens the Taipei Representative Office in Taiwan as the first step of its international strategy. The company completes the industry's first manufacturing plant dedicated to the production of compact submersible pumps.
1970	The company completes the industry's first manufacturing plant with a production line for large pumps.	The company develops the SS-series, the first line of pumps in the industry to feature a vortex impeller.
1971	Construction of the Osaka Headquarters building (three stories) is completed.
1973	Construction of the Tsurumi Product Center is completed. The company starts manufacturing compact submersible pumps using state-of-the-art automation technology.
1976	The company establishes a local sales subsidiary in Hong Kong.
1978	The company establishes a local sales subsidiary in Singapore.
1979	The company establishes a local sales subsidiary in Chicago, U.S.A.
1981	The company is listed on second section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.
1982	Construction of the Kyoto Plant is completed. The plant incorporates a state-of-the-art, computer-managed flexible manufacturing system (FMS), the first of its kind in the industry.
1983		The company delivers two submersible mixed-flow pumps that were among the largest of their kind in Japan at the time (with a 1,000 mm discharge bore and output of 220 kW) to Nagano Prefecture for use in preventing flood damage. The following year, the company delivers an even larger submersible mixed-flow pump (with a 1,100 mm discharge bore and output of 330 kW) to the city of Takatsuki in Osaka Prefecture.
1988	The company is listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1989		Tsurumi submersible pumps are chosen for use in the construction of caissons for the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge.
1990	The company's shares are listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange, and the company takes advantage of the occasion to announce a new communication mark. The following year, the company outlines its philosophy in "The Amenics Pledge: Comfort Engineering for People and the Earth."	Tsurumi products are chosen for use with the Water Ride, a waterborne transportation service offered at the International Garden and Greenery Exposition, which was held in Osaka's Tsurumi Ward.
1992		The company develops the VANCS-series of compact submersible resin made pumps for use in facilities applications.
1994	Construction of the new Kyoto Plant is completed.	Tsurumi submersible pumps are selected for use at Kansai International Airport's passenger terminal building.
1995	The Kyoto Plant becomes the first facility to earn ISO 9001 certification as a manufacturer of submersible pumps.
1997	Construction of the new Osaka Headquarters building (seven stories) is completed. Construction of the Taiwan Plant, Tsurumi's first overseas production plant, is completed in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The facility begins manufacturing submersible pumps.

Expansion1998 - to present

Accelerating globalization

Year	Company History	Product History
1998	Osamu Tsujimoto becomes the company's third president.	The company develops the Oil Lifter, a device for lubricating mechanical seals in submersible pumps. The product helps improve the reliability of mechanical seals, which lie at the heart of submersible pumps, while lowering maintenance management costs.
1999	The company publishes the first issue of Amenics, its newsletter.	The company develops a submersible pump with a variable-speed driver utilizing revolutionary technology and receives a Construction Technology Inspection Certificate (Sewage Technology) from a Japanese industry association.
2000	The Tokyo Head Office opens in a company-owned building. The Kyoto Plant earns ISO 14001 certification.
2001	The company establishes a local sales subsidiary in Malaysia. The Osaka Headquarters, Tokyo Head Office, and various branch offices earn ISO 14001 certification.
2002	Construction of the China Plant (present-day Shanghai Plant) in Shanghai, China, is completed. The facility starts manufacturing submersible pumps and built-in motors.
2003		A limited-edition Hanshin Tigers model of the LB-480 pump goes on sale.
2004	The company merges with Awamura Manufacturing. The company enters the large drainage pump and liquid ring pump business at scale.
2006	The company establishes a local sales subsidiary in South Korea.
2007	The company establishes a local sales subsidiary in Thailand.
2009	Construction of a VP Building for machining is completed at the Yonago Plant.
2010	The Shanghai Plant earns ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification.
2011	Construction of the Fluid Research Building at the Yonago Plant is completed. The facility is expanded with a large testing tank.	The company delivers a vertical shaft mixed-flow pump with the largest diameter of any Tsurumi pump (with a 1,800 mm discharge bore and output of 420 kW, powered by a gas turbine engine) for installation in Nagano Prefecture.
2012	Construction of the new Taiwan Plant in Taoyuan, Taiwan, is completed. The facility manufactures primarily compact submersible pumps.	The company registers its line of electrode type automatic submersible pumps with NETIS, a database administered by the Japanese government. It subsequently registers a series of other products, including the Oil Lifter, which extends submersible pumps' service life.
2013	The company establishes a local sales subsidiary in Indonesia.	The company develops the JD-series of multi-disc dehydrators. The company works to expand its line of products for the compact dehydrator market by combining the new product with its existing line of multi-disc screw press dehydrators.
2014	Construction of the Training Building and Office Building at the Yonago Plant is completed. The company establishes a local sales subsidiary in the U.A.E.
2018	Construction of the Modeling Research Building at the Yonago Plant is completed. The facility starts researching sand molding using a sand casting additive manufacturing device (3D printer). Additive Manufacturing for 3D Sand Casting Construction of the Vietnam Plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is completed.	The company develops the B series of high-efficiency submersible cutter pumps.
2019	Construction of the new Shanghai Plant in Shanghai, China, is completed. The facility integrates vacuum pump, submersible pump, and motor manufacturing. The company establishes a local sales subsidiary in Australia.
2020	Construction of Tsurumi East Japan Logistics in the city of Utsunomiya is completed. The facility serves as a logistics base for East Japan. The company establishes a local sales subsidiary in the Republic of South Africa.	Some of the largest submersible pumps of their kind in Japan from Tsurumi (the SSP-series of submersible column pumps) are used at Japan's first artificial canoe slalom course. SSP-series of submersible column pumps
2021	Construction of the new Large Pump Production Building at the Yonago Plant is completed. The facility has a large, 3,500 m³ testing tank that's 11 m deep.	The company develops a revolutionary line of submersible smashing cutter pumps that combines high efficiency with throughout performance. Submersible Smashing Cutter Pumps BN series
2022	The company's shares move to the Prime Market due to changes in the Tokyo Stock Exchange's market categories.
2023	Construction of the Alloy Technology Casting Division (Yao Plant) is completed. The facility launches the Group's first special steel casting business. The Kyoto Plant launches the "IM2030: Innovative Manufacturing (Kyoto) 2030" project as it looks towards the next 100 years.
2024	Tsurumi celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding. The Italian company Zenit Group becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Tsurumi. Motor production building completed at the Kyoto Plant.
2025	Construction of the Casting Plant at Alloy Technology's Nanbu-cho Facility is completed. The company establishes a local sales subsidiary in Chile.
2026	Fujimaru Sangyo becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Tsurumi.