Rex Industries India Private Limited

The History of REX

1925
Miyagawa Tool Works was established.

1935
Factory moved to newly constructed facility in Higashi-Osaka City (present location).

1938
Policy initiated for hiring the disabled.

1959
Tokyo branch office was opened, marking the first step toward the creation of a domestic network.

1961
Second factory completed at Head Office. Mass production of pipe machines started.

1964
Sales department became an independent concern, REX Tool Co. Ltd.

1965
REX Industries Co. Ltd. was established.

1974
European market links opened. New reconstruction work on Head Office factory completed.

1976
American market links opened.

1979
Head Office moved to Minamishimizu-cho, Minami Ward, Osaka.

1988
Wheeler Mfg., was established as a division of REX International U.S.A.,
Inc.2D computer-aided design (CAD) introduced.

1989
REX Industries Co. Ltd. merged with REX Tool Co. Ltd.
Service division became an independent company (REX Techno Service Co. Ltd.)

1990
Construction of training facilities at Misaki Hall completed.
REX products were exhibited at Milan exhibition.

1991
REX International Asia Co. Ltd. was established.
Construction of new building in Higashi-Osaka completed.

1992
“ENSYS” production control system and “RIMSS” sales control system were implemented.

1993
Corporate Identity (CI) activities initiated.
Horse Amenity Division established.
SPARKEL series was awarded first prize by Osaka Design Center.

1994
MANTIS 180 (Band Saw) and REX Star 25 (pipe threading machine) were awarded.
Good Design Award by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
MANTIS 180 was awarded Good Design Prize for Products, Architecture or Interiors by Small and Medium Enterprises
Agency.

1995
Support team was organized to help with reconstruction following the Great Hanshin-Awaji
Earthquake of January 1995; team was dispatched to reconstruction sites.
Research for diamond tools and equipment began.

1996
Suzhou REX Electro-Machinery Co. Ltd. was established.

Tottori REX Industries Co. Ltd. was established.

3D computer-aided design (CAD) was introduced. In-house network completed.

1997
REX Museum was completed.

Roll Threading machine received Grand Meritorious Prize for Japanese Inventions.

1998
Trade with Central & South America began.

Acquired ISO 9001 certification.

2000
Participated in ENF exhibition, Mexico.

2001
RB Tube Cutter won Good Design Award, and Small and Medium Enterprise Agency Director’s Award.

REX exhibited products in Eastern Europe for the first time (Prague, Czech Republic).

REX International Asia Co. Ltd. moved to new offices.

2002
REX Industries Europe S.r.l. was established.

Participated in Mostra Convegno, Italy.

2003
ISO 14001 Certification acquired.

2004
Construction of Suzhou REX No.2 Plant completed.

First participation in Japan D.I.Y. Home Center Show.

2005
Celebration of 80th Anniversary of the founding of the company.

2006
Awarded Higashi-Osaka Gold Prize for Craftsmanship.

2007
Mantis 180WA/180WS Band Saw launched.

Official supplier of International Skills Festival for All Japan 2007.

2008
Winner of the 33rd Nikkan Industrial Newspaper Grand Prize for Inventions Recipient of the Osaka

Environmental Agency Incentive Award for Business Activities.

Selected as one of the “300 Vibrant Manufacturing SMEs” (METI 2008).