Company History
| Sep. 1924 | Technical cooperation between Kawasaki Dockyard Co., Ltd. (the former Kawasaki Aircraft Co., Ltd.) and Dragerwerk AG (Germany) in the development of respirators. |
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| Dec. 1927 | Developed the nation’s first oxygen respirator. |
| Nov. 1937 | Established Kawasaki Aircraft Co., Ltd. |
| Jan. 1942 | Commenced production of fire extinguishing system for aircraft fuel tanks. |
| Aug. 1957 | Commenced development, production and marketing of medical gas pipeline systems. |
| Apr. 1969 | Merger of Kawasaki Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Kawasaki Aircraft Co., Ltd. and Kawasaki Rolling Stock Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 1975 | Established Kawasaki Safety Service Industries Co. Ltd. |
| Apr. 1977 | Developed a compressed oxygen circulating type Model-10 oxygen respirator. |
| Mar. 1979 | Commenced mass-production of a fire extinguishing system package, “Fire-Gem”. |
| Oct. 1990 | Completed construction and relocation of the Kobe head office and the main manufacturing plant. |
| Mar. 1992 | Commenced marketing of piping equipment for special gases under a business alliance with a Swedish company, AGA Gas. |
| Apr. 1992 | Merged Kawasaki Safety Construction Service Co., Ltd. and Chubu Medical Facilities Co., Ltd. |
| Oct. 1994 | Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange. |
| Feb. 1996 | Opened Sendai Sales Office. |
| Apr. 1996 | Commenced marketing of positive pressure type oxygen respirators, “Oxy Gem 11”. |
| Apr. 1998 | Opened Hiroshima Sales Office. |
| May. 1998 | Formed a business alliance with Nihon Hostec Co., Ltd. Commenced marketing of the nitrogen fire extinguishing system, “KHN-II”. |
| Jun. 1999 | Earned ISO 9001 certificate . |
| Dec. 1999 | Opened Sapporo Sales Office. |
| Apr. 2000 | Commenced marketing of the anti-toxic dust mask for the protection of breathing, “Hybrid Airline System”. |
| Apr. 2002 | Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Nov. 2002 | Established KCS Co., Ltd. |
| Oct. 2003 | Formed a business alliance with Air Water Inc. |
| Dec. 2004 | Established Shanghai Dongpeng Safety Service Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| Aug. 2005 | Air Water Inc. becomes our parent company. |
| Aug. 2006 | Changed of Trade Name to Air Water Safety Service Inc. |
| Oct. 2006 | Merged Seiken Medical Co. Ltd. as an affiliated company. |
| July. 2007 | Seiken Medical Co. Ltd. merged Japan Hostec Co. Ltd. |
| Aug. 2007 | Air Water acquired 100% stock share and became owner of Air Water Safety Service Inc. |
| Feb. 2008 | Formed a business alliance with Miwa Electric Medical Co. Ltd. |
| Apr. 2009 | Merged Anes Co. Ltd. |
| Nov. 2009 | Obtained CE Mark on Medical Gas Outlet and exported the first lot to Maquet, Germany in March 2010. |
| Oct. 2010 | Merged Miwa Electric Medical Co. Ltd. as an affiliated company. |
| Dec. 2010 | Supplied a new product, low noise injection nozzle to Messrs. NTT. |
| Mar. 2011 | Dispatched an emergency support team to more than 100 hospitals to provide check andmaintenance after disastrous Earthquake East Japan. |
| Sep. 2011 | Opened a show room “Real AMhouse” for an advanced operating theater in Tokyo. |
| Sep. 2011 | Ig Nobel Prize was awarded on Odor Fire Alarm Equipment that warns fire by Wasabi irritating gas. Two of our engineers who developed the equipment received the prize. |
| Jan. 2012 | A German company Maquet commenced world-wide sales of medical gas outlets manufactured by Shanghai Dongpeng Safety Service Co., Ltd. |
| Jun. 2013 | Launched breathing apparatus for firefighter “A1-12” |
| Oct. 2013 | Developed a new medical gas piping system “AMmate” series. |
| Feb. 2014 | Air Water Inc., our parent company, formed a business alliance with Morita Holdings Corporation. Commenced business cooperation with Morita Miyata Corporation on the sales of fire fighting equipment including Sprinex. |
| Mar. 2015 | Merged Yamayoshi Steel & Metal Sheet Works Co., Ltd. |
| Aug. 2015 | Merged Rad Safe Technical Service Inc. |
| Apr. 2016 | Vibration Test Center was constructed and commenced commercial operation. |
| Nov. 2016 | Merged Yamayoshi Steel & Metal Sheet Works Co., Ltd. into Seiken Medical Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. 2018 | Seiken Medical Co. Ltd. was disolved and reorganized to join in Air Water Safety Service Inc. and Miwa Electric Medical Co. Ltd. respectively. |
| May. 2018 | Opened Research and Development Center |
| Jul. 2018 | Merged Orion Electric Co., Ltd. and Radsafe Technical Service Co., Ltd. Established Orion Radsafe Medical Co., Ltd. |
| Jul. 2018 | Opened Mihama business center |
| May. 2019 | Opened AIR WATER INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED MEDICAL CENTER@KOBE and MIRAI*PARK（Medical Innovation and Radiant Ideas Park）. |
| Dec. 2019 | Commenced sales of Oxygen Respirator “OXY6H” |
| Oct. 2021 | Merged with Miwa Medical Electric Co., Ltd. Acquired the RI business from Orion RadSafe Medical Co., Ltd. Acquired the wet vacuum sprinkler business from Arconix Sanko Co., Ltd. |
| Dec. 2023 | Launched breathing apparatus for firefighter “X-1” |