Company

History

Year Organization Consumables Development Machine Development
Mass Finishing Machine Another Equipment
1939

Dainippon Seito K.K. was founded In Minami-ku, Nagoya.

Grinding Wheels were developed

1953

R&D into Mass Finishing was started

1955

Rotary Barrel Finishing Machine was developed

1956

Certified as a JIS factory (No. 4879) of manufacturing the entire range of vitrified products.

1957

Abrasive Media (patent applications) were developed

R&D into Mass Finishing was started

1959

K.K. Shikishima Tipton Kenmaseki established as a company specializing in mass finishing.

Triangular Original Cut Press Abrasive Media was developed

1961

Centrifugal Barrel Finishing Machine was developed
Vibratory Barrel Finishing Machine was developed

1963

K.K. Shikishima Machine as a factory specialized to finishing machines was established.

Recipro Finishing Machine was developed

1966

K.K. Shikishima MUL-BII as a company selling catalyst carriers was established.

Inert Balls for the Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industries were developed

1970

Multiplex-multistage Vibratory Barrel Finishing Machine was developed

1972

K.K. Tack as a company specialized to automatic finishing system was established.

1973

K.K. Tipton Espo as a comprehensive sales company of mass finishing machine was established.
K.K. Tipton Mie as a factory specialized to grinding wheels and MUL-BII products was established in Akuragawa-cho, Yokkaichi.

Irregular Shape and Micro-Finishing 3P Abrasive Media was developed

1977

Unmanned Gyro Finishing Machine was developed

1984

Fully automatic centrifugal barrel finishing machine HS-200FA model was developed
Denderizer II for the dental industry was developed

1985

Mechatronic Pavilion (mass finishing unmanned model factory) was opened to the public

1987

K.K. Twinne was established.

Fully automatic Heavy Hybrid Barrel Finishing Machine was developed

1992

High-precision Brushing Machine, Standard Brushing Machine Parthenon were developed

1993

8 Tipton Group companies were merged to Tipton Corp.

Environmentally Friendly ECO Compound was developed

Dry Type Centrifugal Disc Finishing Machine was developed

Candy Coating Machine CCM was developed

1994

Tipton US Corp was established in U.S.A.

1995

Vibratory Conveyance Type Demagnetized Separator Under 5 NS-400 model was developed

2000

Dry Type Centrifugal Barrel Finishing Machine was developed

Food Coating Machine ECM model was developed

2002

Integrated Nagoya Factory and Yokkaichi Factory to form Tobishima Factory newly constructed.

2004

Acquired ISO 9001 certification.

2005

Centrifugal Disc Finishing, Clearance Zero was developed

2006

Acquired ISO 14001 certification.

2008

New type Centrifugal Barrel Finishing Machine was developed
HS-2-4VII was developed

2010

Business category of Tipton US Corp. was changed to Tipton Ceram Corp.

2012

Raschig Ring for the petrochemical industry was developed

Mighty Mild Hi-gravitational Barrel Finishing Machine was developed

2013

Coating Machine ECX Model was developed

2017

Mighty Mild Design Machine was developed

2018

Taylor Vortex Flow Nano Reactor
Taylor Vortex Flow was developed

*At present, abrasive media number approximately 1,500 types. The number of compounds has reached around 500 types, and these are continuously being developed and put onto the market.