Company

Our history

December
1977		 Yasuhiro Yokozaki started to produce and sell Weighing and Sorting Machines for Mother-of-Pearl Shells.
August
1982		 Yokozaki Manufacturing Limited Private Company was established. The company sold machines through fishery cooperatives and pearl cooperatives in Ehime, Mie, Nagasaki, Saga and Kumamoto Prefectures.
April
1986		 Marino Technology Company Ltd. was established as an entity for development and manufacture while Yokozaki Manufacturing Limited Private Company served as a sales company. Yasuhiro Yokozaki became President of both companies.
August
1986		 Improvements were made on Weighing and Sorting Machines for Mother-of-Pearl Shells. The new machines, Weighing, Measuring and Sorting Machines for Food Products, started to be test marketed and received a huge response.
May
1987		 Uwajima Branch Office was opened.
June
1989		 Yokozaki Manufacturing Limited Private Company was converted to Yokozaki Manufacturing Company Limited.
August
1991		 Electric Brushless Scale Remover was developed. It started to be sold to major supermarkets and many other stores.
December
1991		 Electric Brushless Scale Remover was chosen as one of the seven unique products of the year 1991, sponsored by the Nippon Keizai Shimbun.
September
1993		 Electronic "Speak" Weighing and Sorting Device was successfully developed. It was named Pea-chick Per-chick.
February
1994		 Desktop "Speak" Weighing and Sorting Device was made waterproof and marketed for seafoods and food products.
February
1994		 Sapporo Branch Office was opened in Ebetsu City, Hokkaido.
April
1995		 Main factory was built on the Shigenobu Industrial Park.
March
1996		 Uwajima Branch Office was newly opened.
February
1999		 Head Office, Sales Department and General Affairs Department were moved to the Shigenobu Industrial Park.
August
2000		 Computerized Sorting Machines started to be produced and marketed.
April
2002		 Tokachi Branch Office was opened at Makubetsucho, Hokkaido.
June
2003		 Sapporo Branch Office was newly opened in the Ebetsu City Industrial Park.
April
2004		 Our "Invention of Devices for Improving Efficiency of Sorting Frozen Shellfishes" was given "Ingenious Innovator Award" ,sponsored by Education and Science Ministry.
April
2005		 Our "Invention of Devices for Improving Efficiency of Sorting Fresh Scallops" was given "Ingenious Innovator Award" ,sponsored by Education & Science Ministry.
February
2006		 Shape-Recognition-by-Camera Device for Fresh Mashrooms was developed and marketed.
April
2006		 Keyboard-Style Image Processing and Sorting Machine was developed and marketed.
December
2006		 Our company was given Governor's Award for Weighing and Sorting Machine DL Type in "NEXT ONE", the Second Matsuyama-Brand New Products Contest.
February
2007		 Weighing, Measuring and Sorting Machine for Fresh Eels was developed and marketed.
June
2007		 Weighing, Measuring and Sorting Machine for Fresh Bonitoes was developed and marketed.
June
2008		 Our company was chosen as one of "300 Progressive S&M Enterprises", sponsored by S&M Enterprise Agency, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
July
2009		 Computerized Weighing and Sorting Machine (DL Type) was awarded Grand Prize of 3rd Japan Manufacturing Award by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Bureau Chief's Prize by Shikoku Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry.
August
2009		 Weighing and Sorting Machine with Photographic Device for Cod roe was developed and marketed.
December
2009		 Our company was given Governor's Award for Weighing, Measuring and Sorting Machine with Image Processing Engine & Keyboard-style Conveyor (GSY Type) in Industrial Products' Field of "NEXT ONE", 5th Matsuyama-Brand New Products Contest.
April
2010		 "Tasuke", pneumatic pin-bone remover, was developed and marketed.
November
2010		 Computerized Weighing and Sorting Machine for Strawberries was developed and marketed.
November
2010		 Computerized Weighing and Sorting Machine for Cherries was developed and marketed.
January
2011		 Our company was given Governor's Award for Tasuke (pneumatic pin-bone remover) in Industrial Products' Field of "NEXT ONE", 6th Matsuyama-Brand New Products Contest.
March
2011		 "Mame-maru", Desktop Round-shaped Weighing and Sorting Machine, was developed and marketed.
June
2011		 Rotary Load-cell Weighing and Sorting Machine CGL 1200 was developed and marketed.
February
2012		 Our company was given Governor's Award for Weighing and Sorting Machine for Chinese mushrooms (CSG Type) in lndustrial Products' Field of "NEXT ONE", 7th Matsuyama-Brand New Products Contest.
March
2013		 Starting a compact sorting machine with trays using carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRF).
April
2013		 Kumi Yokozaki became the president of Yokozaki Co., Ltd.
October
2013		 Development and sales of Automatic supply unit "BAF01" for packing fish balls.
January
2014		 At the 9th contest of Matsuyama brand new products "NEXT ONE", the chairman's prize of Matsuyama Chamber of Commerce and Industry was awarded. "Automatic weighing and printing device LCV-05"