History
History
| July 1919 | Kurihara Kogyosho founded by Nobutora Kurihara in Umegae-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka |
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| February 1937 | Opened Tokyo Office (now Tokyo Head Office) |
| March 1939 | Opened Nagoya Office (now Chubu Branch) |
| February 1942 | Opened Hiroshima Office (now Chugoku Branch) Opened Fukuoka Office (now Kyushu Branch) |
| June 1942 | Incorporated as Kurihara Kogyo Co., Ltd. with capital of ¥300,000 Company presidency assumed by Nobutora Kurihara Relocated head office to Sonezaki-kami, Kita-ku, Osaka |
| October 1949 | Formally registered with the Minister of Construction in accordance with the Construction Business Act |
| March 1955 | Opened Kobe Office (now Kobe Branch) |
| November 1955 | Nobutora Kurihara awarded the industry’s first Yellow Ribbon Medal |
| June 1959 | Nobutora Kurihara awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure for achievements during his lifetime |
| July 1959 | Company presidency assumed by Nobuhide Kurihara |
| December 1962 | Opened Sakai Office (later relocated to Izumiotsu, now Osaka Minami Branch) |
| March 1966 | Opened Matsuyama Sales Office (later relocated to Takamatsu, now Shikoku Branch) |
| May 1966 | Relocated head office to the Higashi Hankyu Building in Takagaki-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka |
| March 1967 | Opened Yokohama Sales Office (now Yokohama Branch) |
| July 1969 | Kurihara Kogyo 50th anniversary |
| April 1970 | Opened Education and Training Centre |
| April 1971 | Education and Training Centre designated as a training centre under the Act on Ensuring Fair Electric Business Practices by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry(now HR Development Section) |
| February 1974 | Granted a licence by the Minister of Construction following revisions to the Construction Business Act |
| February 1978 | Changed head office display address to Kakuda-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka |
| May 1979 | Incorporated Kurihara Singapore Pte. Ltd. |
| May 1983 | Completed construction of new Hiroshima Branch (now Chugoku Branch) building |
| October 1983 | Opened Singapore Branch |
| December 1991 | Completed construction of new Nagoya Branch (now Chubu Branch) building |
| May 1995 | Incorporated Kurihara Thang Long JV Co., Ltd. (now Kurihara Vietnam Co. Ltd.) |
| October 1996 | Incorporated Kurihara Syntech Co., Ltd. (Thailand) (now Kurihara (Thailand) Co., Ltd.) |
| December 1996 | Twenty-second capital increase. Capital: ¥1,155,000,000 |
| February 2000 | Completed construction of new Kyushu Branch building |
| September 2002 | Completed construction of new Shikoku Branch building |
| August 2015 | KES Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary |
| December 2018 | Kurihara Myanmar Co., Ltd. established |
| March 2019 | New corporate headquarters completed |
| May 2019 | Osaka Head Office Power Transmission Department relocated to Minami-Morimachi, Kita-ku Osaka |
| July 2019 | Kurihara Kogyo Co., Ltd. celebrates one hundred years in business |
| November 2019 | Nobuhide Kurihara awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Gold and Silver Rays |
| December 2019 | Company chairmanship assumed by Nobuhide Kurihara Company presidency assumed by Masaharu Yokoi |
| March 2022 | System Support Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary |
| October 2023 | Merged with KES Co., Ltd. |