History
O-M Ltd. was established in 1949 to manufacture spinning machines.
Over the years the company has undergone many changes that affected how its business was conducted.
Since 1960, the company has been a leading producer of industrial machine tools and automatic packaging machines.
The machines produced by O-M Ltd. are generally used in industrial production facilities managed according to production orders, although they can be customized for a variety of flexible applications depending on the industry or type of item to be produced.
O-M Ltd. aims to continue supplying quality machines and foster the trust and technical expertise that we have accumulated with our satisfied users over the half century we have been in business.
| 1906 | The Nagaoka Ironworks Association is set up in Nagaoka-shi, Niigata to start the manufacture of petroleum well drilling machines. |
| 1913 | The Nagaoka Ironworks Association is reorganized to Nagaoka Ironworks Co., Ltd. |
| 1920 | Osaka Kikai Seisakusho Co., Ltd. is founded in Nishi-ku, Osaka-shi to start the manufacture of machine tools and press forging machines. |
| 1923 | Osaka Kikai Seisakusho Co., Ltd. opens its Osaka Factory in Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi. |
| 1934 | Izumo Weaving Co., Ltd. (later Daiwabo Co., Ltd.) opens its Shinji Factory in Shinji-cho, Shimane. |
| 1936 | Osaka Kikai Seisakusho Co., Ltd. merges with Nagaoka ironworks Co., Ltd. |
| 1937 | Osaka Kikai Seisakusho Co., Ltd. starts the manufacture of vertical lathes. |
| 1949 | Daiwabo Co., Ltd. spins off its Shinji Factory to establish Daiwa Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. (headquartered in Higashi-ku, Osaka). |
| 1950 | Daiwa Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. is merged and renamed to O-M Boki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. |
| 1951 | O-M Boki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. relocates its head office to Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka. |
| 1952 | O-M Boki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. is listed on the First Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| 1955 | O-M Boki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. relocates its head office to Kita-ku, Osaka. |
| 1956 | Osaka Kikai Seisakusho Co., Ltd. starts the manufacture of automatic packaging machines. |
| 1960 | O-M Boki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. merges with Osaka Kikai Seisakusho Co., Ltd. and is renamed to O-M LTD. (headquartered in Kita-ku, Osaka). |
| 1965 | The Osaka Factory is relocated to Minoo-shi, Osaka from Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi. |
| 1971 | Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1991 | The head office is relocated to Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi. |
| 2001 | The Osaka Factory is consolidated to the Shinji Factory. |
| 2004 | O-M (U.S.A.), Inc. is established in the United States. |
| 2007 | The Shanghai representative office is established in China. |
| 2011 | O-M Ltd. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Daiwabo Holdings Co., Ltd. through an exchange of shares. |
| 2012 | Establish O-M Shanghai Co. Ltd. in China. |
| 2014 | Establish O-M MACHINERY Ltd., separating Automatic Machinery Division. |
| 2015 | O-M Ltd. established JAPAN MACHINE TOOLS MIDWEST, LLC in the U.S.A. as a sales subsidiary jointly investing with other partners. |
