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History
1920 (Aug.) Founded as The Bunka Boeki Company, succeeding a part of Import Division of Mogi & Co.
1928(Apr.) Started import of water level gauges, valves and cocks, packings and other boiler-related parts and products from Richard Klinger A.G. & Velmoid Co.
1943(Oct) Incorporated in a joint stock company and changed its name to The Bunka Boeki Co., Ltd., and started manufacturing of our BBK brand level gauges.
1959(Oct.) Opened Osaka Branch office due to expansion of the business.
1960(Apr.) Stared import of tubing tools for refrigeration and air conditioning from Imperial Eastman Inc. U.S.A. as her sole agent in Japan.
1974(Oct.) Opened Eitai sales Office in Tokyo due to expansion of Tokyo Instrumentation Sales Division.
1976(Sep. Built a new and most advanced level gauge manufacturing factory in Kuki-City, Saitama Pref. (Site 3,100m2).
1978(Feb.) Changed name of the company to Bunkaboeki Kogyo Co. Ltd.
1984(Nov.) Started manufacturing the high pressure gauge with Teiling Optical Instrument Works in China under the technical tie-up contract for the high pressure and temperature water level gauge.
1985(Jan.) Kuki Factory was authorized by the ministry of International Trade and Industry(MITI) of Japan as a qualified testing and manufacturing establishment of instruments under High Pressure Gas Safety Regulations.
1990(Apr.) Developed and started marketing of STEPRODEVISION, which is a very unique, first developed and only one electrode type water level gauge in Japan.
1991(Sep.) Established a joint venture company, Tieling-BBK Co. Ltd. in Liaoning Province, peoples Republic of China in partnership with Tieling Optical Instrument works then started production of liquid level gauges.
1996(Dec.) Our quality assurance system was certified and registered by Japan Accreditation Board under ISO 9001(register No. JABO2005).
1997(May) Kuki Factory acquired the welding qualification based on Technical Standard on welding of Electrical Structure of MITI.
2000(Feb.) Head office and Tokyo sales office are moved into our owned Eitai office.
2001(Apr.) Opened Kuki Delivery Center in the property of our Kuki Factory.
2014(Dec.) The company changed its name to BBK Technologies.
2020(Apr.) The company name changed officially to “BBK Technologies CO.,LTD.”
from “Bunkaboeki Kogyo Co.,Ltd.”.