Our History
| 1853 | Established Ishikawajima Shipyard. The hoisting technologies that support our company’s products are based on technologies from the days of Ishikawajima Shipyard, which later became IHI Corporation. |
| 1897 | Produced a manual overhead crane (15 t hoist load), which was the first crane to be independently designed in Japan. |
| 1911 | The crane division of Shibaura Engineering Works (now Toshiba Corporation) merged with Tokyo Ishikawajima Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. (company name changed from Ishikawajima Shipyard in 1893 (now IHI Corporation)), forming the only crane manufacturer in Japan. |
| 1911 | Produced two mobile cranes for construction of Tokyo Central Station (now Tokyo Station), and performed frame construction. |
| 1912 | Delivered the first Japan-made steel-making crane. |
| 1914 | Delivered the first Japan-made bridge type crane for bulk items to an electrical power station of the Railway Agency. |
| 1924 | Delivered our first overhead crane. |
| 1925 | Delivered our first rope trolley-type unloader with grab bucket and conveyor for bulk items. |
| 1937 | Osaka Machinery Works Co., Ltd. was established (later becoming Kansai Transport Machinery Co., Ltd.) (now Tadano Infrastructure Solutions Ltd.). |
| 1937 | Designed and produced our first dam construction cable crane. |
| 1955 | Delivered what were at the time the world’s largest ladle crane (350 t hoist load) and stopper rod extracting/installing crane (400 t capacity/hoist load 30 t) to a steelwork in Argentina. |
| 1960 | Delivered the first blast furnace charging conveyor in Japan. |
| 1962 | Delivered 25 units of wharf cranes (5 t hoist load) to Calcutta Port in India. |
| 1962 | Developed and began sales of climbing cranes. |
| 1966 | Developed the KTK-200W climbing crane, contributing to the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building - the first skyscraper in Japan. |
| 1967 | Delivered our first domestic container crane. |
| 1970 | Successfully developed one of the world’s largest unloaders, with a load capacity of 2,500 t/h. |
| 1971 | Delivered a tower-type level luffing jib crane (300 t hoist load), among the largest in the world, to Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (now IHI Corporation). |
| 1973 | Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (now IHI Corporation) established Ishikawajima-Numazu Transport Machinery Co., Ltd. in Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture in order to reinforce production of cranes and conveyors for automated warehouses. |
| 1974 | Delivered a floating crane with a 3,000-t hoist load, one of the largest in the world. |
| 1974 | Ishikawajima-Numazu Transport Machinery Co., Ltd. absorbed and merged with the parking systems manufacturer Kansai Transport Machinery Co. and Ishikawajima Numazu Works. Its trade name was changed to Ishikawajima Transport Machinery Co., Ltd. (now Tadano Infrastructure Solutions Ltd.) and the headquarters was moved to Honmachi, Higashi-ku in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. |
| 1976 | Developed and delivered the JC-2000 shipbuilding jib crane, one of the largest ever produced. |
| 1977 | Ishikawajima Transport Machinery Co., Ltd. (now Tadano Infrastructure Solutions Ltd.) received the right to sell and manufacture various types of belt conveyor systems from Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (now IHI Corporation). |
| 1978 | Began production of hoist double-rail type overhead cranes. |
| 1979 | Began manufacture and sales of coal unloading and transport conveyors. |
| 1979 | Delivered four overhead cranes (95 t hoist load) to an electrical power plant in Columbia, South America. |
| 1984 | Delivered our first 400-t/h continuous ship unloader for unloading grain. |
| 1984 | Delivered our first moving walkway (Auto Lane), produced by adapting conveyor technologies. |
| 1985 | Ishikawajima Transport Machinery Co., Ltd. (now Tadano Infrastructure Solutions Ltd.) absorbed and merged with the crane manufacturer Ishikawajima Crane Co., Ltd. |
| 1985 | Delivered our first 1,200-t/h level scraper-type continuous ship unloader for unloading coal. |
| 1987 | Contributed to the construction of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building with the JCC-900H jib climbing crane, among the largest in the world. |
| 1990 | Contributed to the construction of Yokohama Landmark Tower with the JCC-1500H jib climbing crane, among the largest in the world. |
| 1992 | Ishikawajima Transport Machinery Co., Ltd. (now Tadano Infrastructure Solutions Ltd.) acquired 100% of the shares in Ishikawajima Hoist Service Co., Ltd. (which later became Ishikawajima Transport Machinery Engineering Co., Ltd.). |
| 1993 | Delivered the world’s first level scraper-type continuous ship unloader for unloading ore and coal (iron ore capacity 3,000 t/h, coal capacity 2,100 t/h). |
| 1995 | Contributed to the construction of the Tokyo International Forum with the JCC-1500H, JCC-900H, and JCC-400H jib climbing cranes. |
| 1995 | Began manufacture and sales of the “UM Crane” overhead crane. |
| 1996 | Acquired ISO9001 certification, an international standard for quality assurance, for all offices and all products. |
| 2000 | Delivered our first 2,000-t/h roller-less conveyor. |
| 2000 | Began manufacturing and sales of the latest-model jib climbing cranes (JCC-V Series). |
| 2002 | Delivered our first of the latest-model rope-balance type level luffing crane. |
| 2003 | Delivered the latest-model container crane to Taiwan. |
| 2004 | Completed the world’s first rubber-belt type curving moving walkway (Curving Autoway). |
| 2008 | Absorbed and merged with Ishikawajima Transport Machinery Engineering Co., Ltd. |
| 2009 - 2011 | Contributed to the construction of the Tokyo Sky Tree (R) with three JCC-720AH jib climbing cranes, featuring the highest lift in Japan. |
| 2010 | Installed a crab-type overhead crane on the temporary roof covering the large temple of Nikko-zan Rinno-ji Temple (Sanbutsudo) as part of the major Heisei repairs to Sanbutsudo, a World Heritage Site. |
| 2011 | Delivered a 400-t/h pneumatic ship unloader for unloading grain, one of the largest in Japan. |
| 2011 | Received the derrick crane and hoisting device businesses from IHI Corporation. |
| 2011 | Established a subsidiary in Malaysia (IHI Transport Engineering Malaysia SDN.BHD.). |
| 2012 | Purchases shares of Nishi Nihon Sekkei Co., Ltd. from IHI Corporation, making it a subsidiary. |
| 2012 | Delivered a floating crane with a 3,600 t hoist load, one of the largest in the world, to a shipbuilding company in Singapore. |
| 2012 | Established a local subsidiary in Indonesia (PT. IHI Transport Machinery Indonesia). |
| 2013 | Received an order for one of the world’s largest continuous ship unloader for unloading ore and coal (iron ore capacity 3,000 t/h, coal capacity 2,000 t/h) from a steel manufacturer in Vietnam. |
| 2013 | Delivered floating crane with a 2,500 t hoist load, one of the largest in Africa, to a shipbuilding company in Angola. |
| 2013 | Delivered a port & shipyard crane to Cai Mep Thi Vai Port in Vietnam. |
| 2013 | Developed the TS-500, the latest model of jib climbing crane. |
| 2013 | Delivered a biomass fuel system. |
| 2015 | Opened the Noshiro Office. |
| 2015 | Established a subsidiary in Taiwan (Taiwan Ishikawajima Transport Machinery Co., Ltd.). |
| 2016 | Installed remote monitoring systems onto eight newly-installed jib climbing cranes. |
| 2017 | Delivered a container unloading gantry crane to Nagasaki Prefecture, the first such crane in the prefecture. |
| 2017 | Delivered a level slide crane with an all-weather cover that achieves high workability for construction and dismantling of skyscrapers. |
| 2018 | Opened the Fukushima Office. |
| 2019 | Opened the Onahama Higashi Port Operations Center as a center for the operations & maintenance (O&M) business. |
| 2020 | With two JCC-TS1050 jib climbing cranes, contributed to construction of the main tower of the Toranomon-Azabudai Project, the largest skyscraper in Japan. |
| 2020 | Delivered a pneumatic unloader for wood biomass fuel. |
| 2021 | Opened the Taketoyo Office. |
| 2021 | Developed a thin positive brake for preventing runaway accidents on traveling cranes installed at ports & shipyards. |
| 2022 | Introduced an operation support system for continuous ship unloaders. |
| 2023 | Completed a moving tower crane for construction of land wind turbines which was the largest and highest-performance in Japan. It supports higher and larger wind turbines with a maximum lift of 152 m and a rated load of 145 t. |
| 2024 | Began coal unloading support operations (O&M operations) for a coal-fired thermal power plant in Malaysia. |
| 2024 | Began the sustainable crane business across Japan. This business resells used jib climbing cranes (JCC) for shipyards. |
| 2025 | Transferred the transport systems business to IUK Crane Ltd., which was established by IHI Corporation, and all shares of IUK Crane Ltd. were acquired by Tadano Ltd, making it a consolidated subsidiary. This company became Tadano Infrastructure Solutions Ltd. |
