Name of company		Osaka Rasenkan Kogyo Co.,Ltd.
Directorate president		Kazuo Koizumi
Inauguration of business		March,1912
Establishment of company		December,1937
Capital		80 million yen
Location of head office,sales office and plants	Head office and  OSAKA  plant	3-12-33,Himesato ,Nishi-yodogawa-ku,Osaka 555-0025, Japan TEL:06-6473-6151　FAX:06-6473-6150
	TOKYO  sales office	2-20-4,Higashi-gotanda,Shinagawa-ku,Tokyo 141-0022, Japan TEL:03-5423-2600　FAX:03-5423-2611
	FUKUROI  plant	1700,Oyama,Fukuroi-city,Shizuoka 437-0056, Japan TEL:0538-42-4103　FAX:0538-42-0628

●Type"A" & Type"S"　flexible hoses	●Universal expansion joints for dangerous material tank
●Superfree flexible hoses	●Freebellow
●Vibration absobers	●Vacuum flexible hoses and bellows
●Flexible metal hoses for dangerous material tank	●Megaflex
●Teflon hoses	●Hasty-22 (Hasteloy C-22)
●Hybridflex	●Pressup bellows
●Hybrid bellows	●Cryogenic use bellows
●Transferhose  (Vacuum-insulation duplex hose)	●New Megaflex
●Bellows type expansion joints	●Dodge3 Joint
●3A Super Mini Flex

Mar.1912	Succeeded in domestically producing metallic flexible hoses and inauguated production and sales at Minami-dori 5-chome,Shin-machi,Nishi-ku,Osaka.
Dec.1937	Established a company organization with capital of 300,000yen. After that, produced 80 percent of fuel hoses and electric conduits for millitary and naval aircrafts.
Apr.1948	Relocated the head office at the present address and unified all the Plant. Since then, laid great emphasis on development of new products and process technology such as seamless corrugated hoses, flexible air ducts, teflon flexible hoses and the completion of a thin-wall hose making system.
Dec.1965	The capital was increased to 20 million yen.
Jun.1967	The capital was doubled to 40 million yen accepting a capital increase of of 19 million yen from the Osaka Small Business Investment Co.,Ltd.
Nov.1968	The then president Koizumi recceived an Academy Prize from International American Scientific Association.
Jan.1969	Had a technical tie-up with Vulcan Austraria Limited, and succeeded in domestic production of SIDEWINDER ducts.
May.1969	Started constructing Fukuroi plant. Developed ORES-CONNECTOR, CLEAN DUCT and water service flexible hoses.
May.1978	Became an authorized factory of American Gas Association.
Dec.1980	Succesfully Developed a highly flexible, ultra thin hose (Superfree)
Aug.1982	At the head of the flexible hose industry, acquired type certification from the Japan Fire Protection Equipment and Safety center for products conforming to the Fire Protection Regulations.
Jan.1984	Developed the flexible hose and bellows for piping of vacuum aparatus.
Mar.1986	Developed [Hybridflex] and [Hybrid bellows] having compound character of metal and resin.
Jul.1989	Developed [Megaflex] an internally polished flexible hose, and placed it on the market.
Sep.1990	Developed [Pressup bellows], a kind of the nesting type bellows without circumferential welding.
Feb.1991	Succeeded in automatic brazing system for flexible hose by using welding robot.
Sep.1991	Developed [Hasty-22] by adopting hasteloy C-22 which is called an ideal alloy.
Jun.1992	Completion of No.3 Shizuoka Plant. Achieved a mass production system for large size and long bellows.
Nov.1992	Celebrated the company's 80th anniversary
Jun.1993	The Tokyo sales office was moved to the present location.
Sep.1993	The first private placement bond were issued.
Jan.1995	Established a joint venture named "Beijing BORK Metal Hose Company Limited in Beijing".
Mar.1995	The second private placement bond were issued.
Sep.1996	Developed [New Megaflex], provided with inner surface polished and vacuum double-melted materials at both pipe end fittings.
Feb.1997	Beijing BORK Metal Hose Company Limited acquired certification of ISO 9002 quality system.
Mar.1998	The Capital was increased to 80million yen.
Apr.1998	ORK Fukuroi plant  (Shizuoka)  acquired certification of ISO 9002 quality system.
Jun.1998	Clean-room completed at Fukuroi plant.
Jan.2000	Developed [Dodge3 Joint] for earthquake - proof piping system for absorbing relative displacement occurred toward three dimension deflection
Mar.2000	ORK issued the 3rd private placement bond
Apr.2001	Developed [3A Super Mini Flex] , the smallest flexible hose in the world, by Micro Mechatoronics Technology
Oct.2002	Beijing BORK Metal Hose Company Limited acquired certification of ISO 9001.
May.2003	ORK comprehensively acquired certification of ISO 9001
May.2003	Fukuroi plant acquired certification of ISO 14001
Jul.2003	[Dodge3 Joint] acquired type certificate of * Fire protection Equipment and Safety Center of Japan (FESC)
Apr.2005	ORK comprehensively acquired certification of ISO 14001
Sep.2007	Completed Osaka (Head Office) new Plant & established clean room
Apr.2009	Developed [ M series Teflon Hose], conformity product to Food Sanitation Law.