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	2-20-4,7F,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

●Flexible hoses

●Expansion joints (bellows)

●Vibration absobers

●Flexible hoses conforming to Fire Service Act

●Teflon hoses

●Joint pipes

●Helical pipes

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.
Jan.1938	Produced 80 percent of fuel hoses and electric conduits for military and naval aircrafts.
Apr.1948	Relocated the head office at the present address and unified all the Plant.
Dec.1965	The capital was increased to 20 million yen.
Jun.1967	The capital was doubled to 40 million yen accepting a capital increase 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 Australia Limited, and succeeded in domestic production of SIDEWINDER ducts.
Nov.1969	Started construction of Fukuroi First Plant.
Mar.1972	Started construction of Fukuroi Second Plant.
May.1978	Became an authorized factory of American Gas Association.
Dec.1980	Successfully 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 Service Act.
Jan.1984	Developed the flexible hose and bellows for piping of vacuum aparatus.
Mar.1986	Developed flexible hose [Hybridflex] and bellows [Hybrid bellows] consisting of metallic and Teflon components.
Jul.1989	Developed [Megaflex®] a flexible hose with inner surface polished, and placed it on the market.
Sept.1990	Developed formed bellows [Pressup bellows®] having the same sectional shape as welded bellows and high flexibility.
Feb.1991	Succeeded in automatic brazing system for flexible hose by using welding robot.
Sept.1991	Developed flexible hose [Hasty-22] using HASTELLOY C-22.
Jun.1992	Completion of No.3 Fukuroi 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.
Sept.1993	The first private placement bond was issued.
Jan.1995	Established a joint venture named "Beijing BORK Metal Hose Company Limited in Beijing".
Mar.1995	The second private placement bond was issued.
Sept.1996	Developed [New Megaflex®], provided with inner surface polished and vacuum double-melted materials at both pipe end fittings.
Feb.1997	BORK received ISO 9002 certification.
Mar.1998	The Capital was increased to 80 million 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 earthquake-proof piping system[Dodge3 Joint®]
Mar.2000	The third private placement bond was issued.
Apr.2001	Developed the smallest flexible hose in the world[3A Super Mini Flex].
Oct.2002	Beijing BORK Metal Hose Company Limited acquired certification of ISO 9001.
May.2003	ORK comprehensively acquired certification of ISO 9001. 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.
Dec.2006	The fourth, fifth private placement bond were issued.
Sept.2007	Started construction of the Second plant at the Head office, and completed clean rooms.
Dec.2008	Implemented Fukuroi Plant with a vacuum heat-treating furnace.