HISTORY
| October 1939 |
Tokyo Kigata Seisaku Co. founded by Junkichi Iwasaki. Company produces wooden master models of industrial machines. |
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| March 1953 | Company produces wooden prototype models of automobiles |
| September 1958 | Company incorporated as Tokyo Kigata Kogyo. |
| May 1962 | Company moves to a larger facility in Itabashi. |
| September 1967 | Hidaka Factory in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture constructed. |
| September 1972 | Company outgrows Itabashi location and relocates to Niiza, Saitama Prefecture. |
| April 1974 | Takeichiro Iwasaki named as CEO. |
| December 1976 | Metal casting and welding departments established; new facility for zinc alloy casting constructed at Hidaka site. |
| September 1978 | First numeric-control (NC) machine installed. Automated 3-dimensional milling processes begin development. |
| August 1983 | Sayama facility expanded. |
| April 1986 |
New factory at Haga Industrial Park in Tochigi Prefecture constructed. Second NC milling machine installed. |
| November 1986 | Third NC milling machine installed at Sayama facility. |
| January 1987 | IBM UNIVAC computer installed at Sayama facility. Workflows begin incorporating CAD/CAM processes. |
| July 1988 | Phiaro, Incorporated founded in Torrance, California, bolstering business partner support in North America. |
| April 1989 | Phiaro Space constructed in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture. Development of detailed automotive parts such as custom headlights begins. |
| August 1990 | Tochigi facility expanded to meet growing demand. |
| October 1992 | Tokyo Kigata Kogyo renamed to Phiaro Corporation. |
| 1994 | Phiaro, Inc. moves to a larger location in Cerritos to meet growing demand. |
| July 1996 | PW Design incorporated; vehicle design work kicks off with a collaboration with custom motorcycle manufacturer WhiteHouse. |
| December 2000 | Sayama facility expanded with a new modeling studio and large-format CNC milling machine to meet growing demand for design and development work. |
| February 2001 | Phiaro, Inc. moves to a newly constructed facility in Irvine. |
| November 2002 | Merged PW Design with headquarters as the new Design and Development department. |
| February 2003 | Modeling studio added to Tochigi facility. |
| September 2004 | Modeling studio at Phiaro Space expanded to meet growing demand; automotive seat development strengthened. |
| October 2005 | P67b Eternity, Phiaro’s original 3-wheel concept motorcycle, unveiled at the 39th Tokyo Motor Show. |
| August 2006 | Concluded a sales agency agreement with a technology trading company in Shanghai, China. |
