1947-1964
Creation period
Shigetoshi Sakamoto, the founder, established HOSHIZAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. in 1947
1956
Opened Toyoake Factory at the
location of the current head office
1957
Developed the first domestically
produced juice vending machine
1964
In danger of bankruptcy due to
the economic downturn triggered by
US trade policy and the recession
following President Kennedy’s death
1965-1980 Domestic infrastructure development
Produced and sold Japan’s first
domestically produced ice maker,
enhanced product lineup
1965
Started selling the first domestically produced fully automatic ice maker
1966
Established HOSHIZAKI TOKYO CO., LTD.
1968
Established Sakamoto Shoji Co., Ltd. (merged to HOSHIZAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. in December 2005)
1969
Established HOSHIZAKI TOKAI CO., LTD., HOSHIZAKI KEIHAN CO., LTD., and HOSHIZAKI KITAKYU CO., LTD.
1970
Established Shimane Factory
1970
Started selling draft beer dispensers
1972
Started selling commercial refrigerators
1973
Developed a commercial dishwasher (entered the market in full swing eight years later)
1974
Established Shimane No. 2 Factory
1981-1995
Overseas infrastructure development
Actively developed overseas sites including HOSHIZAKI AMERICA, INC.
1981
Established R&D Center in head office location
1981
Established HOSHIZAKI AMERICA, INC.
1986
Established Shimane Head Office Factory
1986
HOSHIZAKI AMERICA established its main factory
1988
Established HOSHIZAKI OKINAWA CO., LTD. with which the system of 15 sales companies nationwide was completed
1989
Changed company name to HOSHIZAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. (The Japanese spelling of “Hoshizaki” is changed)
1990
Established Hoshizaki Green Foundation
1992
Established Hoshizaki Europe B. V. in Netherlands
1994
Established HOSHIZAKI EUROPE LTD. in UK
1996-2008
Conversion to a public company
Realized listing of stock and actively merged and acquired overseas companies
1999
Obtained ISO 9001 certification
2001
Obtained ISO 14001 certification
2003
Soichiro Inamori took office as Representative Director, President & COO
2005
Seishi Sakamoto took office as Representative Director, President & COO
2006
Established HOSHIZAKI SUZHOU CO., LTD.
2006
Acquired LANCER CORPORATION, a beverage dispenser manufacturer in USA
2008
Acquired GRAM COMMERCIAL A/S, a manufacturer of commercial refrigerators in Denmark
2008
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the First Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange
2009-2021
Accelerated globalization and reconstruction of growth foundation
Changed company name to HOSHIZAKI and rebuilt the management foundation toward becoming No. 1 in the world
2011
Seishi Sakamoto took office as
Representative Director, Chairman &
CEO, and Yukihiko Suzuki took office
as
Representative Director, President &
COO
2013
Acquired Western Refrigeration
Pvt. Ltd., a commercial glass door
refrigerator manufacturer in India
2013
Acquired ACOS MACOM
INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO LTDA, a
commercial food service equipment
manufacturer in Brazil
2013
Acquired Jackson MSC, Inc.
(currently Jackson WWS, Inc.), a
dishwasher manufacturer in USA
2014
Seishi Sakamoto took office as
Representative Director, Chairman &
CEO and President & COO
2016
Changed the company name to
HOSHIZAKI CORPORATION
2017
Seishi Sakamoto took office as
Representative Director, Chairman &
CEO, and Yasuhiro Kobayashi took
office as Representative Director,
President & COO
2017
Established Hoshizaki Training
Center
2018
Discovered improper
transactions at one of our domestic
sales companies
2022-
Further evolution with acceleration of M&A overseas
Implemented growth strategy for realizing the five-year management vision
2022
Acquired Brema Group S.p.A, a
manufacturer of commercial ice
makers in Italy
2022
Acquired entire shares of filling
machine manufacturer, NAOMI Co.,
Ltd.
2022
Acquired Royalkitchen, a
kitchen design and installation
company in China
2023
Established HOSHIZAKI SALES
CO., LTD
2024
Ozti in Türkiye became a
consolidated subsidiary
2024
Acquired TECHNOLUX
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY
CORPORATION and HKR
EQUIPMENT CORPORATION in the
Philippines
2025
Restructured our sites in China
2025
Acquired ASIA
REFRIGERATION INDUSTRY JOINT
STOCK COMPANY (ARICO) in
Vietnam
2025
Acquired Structural Concepts Corporation in USA