HISTRICAL MAP
1884
Mr. Sakichi Kobayashi, a founder, started sculpturing of wooden-mould for Japanese traditional confectioneries, and manufacturing wooden-patterns.
1932
Mr. Sadashi Kobayashi, the second, started production & sales of wooden-moulds and tools for confectionery.
1962
Mr. Masao Kobayashi, the third, started sales of machineries of confectionery.
1971
Main office & factory were transferred to Ninomiya Fukui, started development and manufacturing of machines for confectionery. The steaming mixer, the oar type kneader, the cutting machine were developed successfully.
1971-1986
SCM(Stretch & Cutting Machine), FFM(Forming & Folding> Machine), FFMP(FFM for Pie), AR-1(Dividing & Rounding), AR-3(High-speed incrusting Machine) were developed.
1982
Main office & factory were moved to current place, Fuji- washizuka, Harue-cho, Fukui. 3-layer incrusting equipment as an option, Swing-Arm type Aligning machine, Push type aligning machine, continuous Stick Skewering machine as succeeding machines were developed. Moreover, Extruder for rice cracker was developed for the rice confectionery industry.
1987
AR-5 that cuold incrust solid food by using computer system
developed first in the world.
1988
As a succedding machine for mechatronics depositor or FFMP, the take-out robot, the stamping device and the egg painting deviced wer developed.
1989
Company name was changed from "Kobayashi Kyohodo Co.,Ltd." to current "Kobird Co.,Ltd.",celebrating the 95th anniversary of foundation.
1990
Antenna shop "Hana-Echizen" was opened newly. With a demonstration of machine in front of customers, the sales of confectioneries by Kobird machine was started.
1992
FX series, AR-7 & AR-7F with magic filler were released, which had been developed since 1989.
1993 March
As new FX series, "Cubic incrusting machine : AR-7F-S" was released, and 10 kinds of optional equipment such as XY robot.
1993 April
"Science & Technic Directors Prize" was awarded. "kintsuba" line was developed and installed at "Hana-Echinzen 2nd branch" that newly opened this year.
1994
The 100th anniversary of foundation was celebrated. Tokyo branch office was set up at Ichikawa-shi, Chiba-pref.
1995
AR-7F-W(Max.6,000pcs/h) was released as "ROBO-SEVEN Series for big size production.
1996
Most compact incrusting machine AR-8 was released.
"Patent Prize" was awarded.
1997
AR-8, availble 350g of product, was released. New Kintsuba Baking machine (1,000-2,000pcs/h) was released. Sasasushi Robot, Cornet former was developed.
1998
Most compact incrusting line for bread "BS-1" was released, and LBS (multiple) line for bread & danish was developed & released.
1999
105th anniversary for Kobird Co.,Ltd.
10th anniversary for "Hana-Echizen"
2000
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