About Rinnai
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Founded in 1920, Rinnai & Co. first manufactured and sold pressurized oil stoves. By the late 1920s it had already established itself as a trustworthy manufacturer of gas tabletop stoves, gas ovens, gas heaters, and gas hot-water units.
| 1920 |
Incorporated as Rinnai & Co. by founders; Hidejiro Naito, president and Kenkichi Hayashi, president. |
| 1923 |
Began sales and exports of gas appliances, including tabletop stoves, ranges, gas oven, hot-water units, to domestic gas utilities.
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| 1938 |
Manufactured aircraft parts as factory supervised by army. |
| 1946 |
Resumption of production of gas oil appliances at Reconstructed Head Office factory |
| 1950 |
Reorganized as a limited company. |
| 1954 |
Opened Tokyo office. |
| 1958 |
Formed technological tie-up with German Schwank GmbH, and began production and sale of infrared gas burners, and develop stoves and others.
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| 1960 |
Opened Asahi Factory. |
| 1961 |
Opened Fukuoka office. |
| 1963 |
Opened Sapporo and Sendai offices. |
| 1964 |
Opened Oguchi Factory.
Developed Japan’s first-type gas bath-heating units.
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| 1967 |
Opened Technology Development Center. |
| 1969 |
Received Japan’s first JIS certificates for gas appliances..
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| 1970 |
Established Rinnai Taiwan Corporation. |
| 1971 |
Changed name to Rinnai Corporation.
Established RB Controls Co., Ltd., and Rinnai Australia Pty., Ltd. |
| 1972 |
Received Ota Award from Japan Gas Association for gas high-speed cooking convection oven.
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| 1973 |
Established Rinnai (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. |
| 1974 |
Established Rinnai Korea Corporation and Rinnai America Corporation. |
| 1975 |
Established Rinnai New Zealand Ltd. and Equipamentos NGK-Rinnai Ltda. |
| 1976 |
Established Rinnai Industries (UK), Ltd. |
| 1979 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.
Established Rinnai Precision Co., Ltd., and opened Seto Factory. |
| 1981 |
Established Japan Ceramics Co., Ltd. |
| 1982 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Opened training center in Seto Factory. |
| 1983 |
Opend Hiroshima office.
Listed on First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1984 |
Received Ota Prize from Japan Gas Association for development of a hot-water heating unit equipped with a safety mechanism to prevent incomplete combustion.
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| 1986 |
Received Excellent Technology Prize from Japan Gas Association as well as the first Chunichi Industrial Technology Award for the development of an ultracompact hot-water heating unit. |
| 1988 |
Established P.T. Rinnai Indonesia.
Established Hong Kong Representive Office. |
| 1990 |
Opened Tuskuba Research Center.
Established Rinnai (Thailand) Co., Ltd. and Noto Tech Co., Ltd. |
| 1991 |
Established Rinnai Singapore Pte. Ltd. |
| 1993 |
Established Shanghai Rinnai Co., Ltd. |
| 1994 |
New head office building completed. |
| 1995 |
Received ISO 9001 certification for all domestic factories. |
| 1996 |
Established Rinnai Holdings (Pacific) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore.
Received Testing Facility Acceptance from International Approval Services (IAS). |
| 1997 |
Received ISO 14001 certification for Oguchi Factory and Technology Development Center. |
| 1998 |
Established Rinnai Hong Kong Ltd. |
| 1999 |
Established Rinnai Vietnam Co., Ltd. and RG Co., Ltd. |
| 2000 |
Received Ministry of International Trade and Industry’s Energy Conservation Award for its highly efficient condensing-type gas hot-water appliances.
Received ISO 14001 certification for Seto Factory.
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| 2001 |
Received Technology Prize from Japan Gas Association for its highly efficient condensing-type gas hot-water units. |
| 2003 |
Received ISO 14001 certification for all domestic factories.
Received Chairman Prize from Energy Conservation Center for glass-top stoves with internal-flame burner. |
| 2005 |
Technology Prize from Japan Gas Association for condensing-type dual hot-water/heating units “Eco Jozu”. |
| 2006 |
Established RBS Thermo Technology Co., Ltd.
Technology Prize from Japan Gas Association for bathroom heater/dehumidifiers with mist sauna function. |
| 2008 |
Established Rinnai Italia s.r.l., and opened Integrated Logistics Center.
Gas instant-heating hot-water unit sold in the United States received Energy Efficiency Award from the Alliance to Save Energy (ASE).
Received ISO 14001 certification for Head Office. |
| 2009 |
Established Rinnai Canada Holdings Ltd. |
| 2010 |
Opened Production Technology Center. |
| 2011 |
Opened Western Japan Customer Center. |
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