Ebara Technologies history

The company was quickly successful, and by 1914 had opened a second manufacturing site.

When the Kanto earthquake struck in 1923, Ebara's pumps went into action, and within a day, the aqueduct was functioning again.

The company also continued developing new technologies, such as a turbo reefer in 1930, and a rapid water filtration system, which enabled the company to enter the water processing market.

Over the next decade, Ebara rebuilt its Haneda plant, a process completed in 1955, at which time the Haneda plant took over as the company's main production facility.

The first standard pump was developed in 1956.

By 1964, the company had established its first foreign sales subsidiary, in Bangkok, Thailand.

In 1975, however, the company established a factory in Brazil, called Ebara Industrial Mecanicos A Commercio Ltd.

These research operations were merged into a single unit under subsidiary Ebara Research Co., established in 1984.

By 1990, EIC had established a new dedicated precision machinery subsidiary in the United States, called Ebara Technologies Inc.

Ebara's interests in the environmental engineering sector were strengthened in 1994, when the company completed the purchase of majority control of Blue Ridge Industrial Group Inc., based in Pittsburgh and operating as a division of Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Elkins, Ken, "Ebara International Opens Pump Assembly Plant in Rock Hill, SC," Herald, October 20, 1995.

Ebara restructured its operations in 1996, creating a management division and four production divisions, including Wind & Hydraulic Power, Environmental Engineering, Precision Electronics, and Information Communications.

In 1998, the company had joined with MAN Gutehoffnungshutte AG, based in Germany, to acquire the United States' Elliott Turbomachinery.

Yen in Secret Fund," Yomiuri Shimbun, September 19, 2003.