Corporate History

1987	June	Company established in 5-8 Akihabara, Taito-ku, Tokyo , with authorized capital of 320 million yen and paid-in capital of 80 million yen. Company name is "AIREC Corporation"
	July	Established the Tsukuba Technical center (Tsukuba city, Ibaraki prefecture).
	October	Established Chiba equipment centers (Chiba city, Chiba prefecture).
1988	July	Established Osaka sales office (Itami city, Hyogo prefecture).
1988	August	Authorized capital was increased to 1.280 million yen, paid-in capital is increased to 320 million yen Changed the name to "AIREC Engineering Corporation"
1990	April	Established Kyushu sales office (Kumamoto city, Kumamoto Prefecture).
	June	Moved to Osaka sales office to Osaka city, Osaka prefecture
	November	Get the Minister of Construction construction permit (specific construction).
1991	March	Started receiving subcontract for trenchless pipe line design
	June	Started manufacturing and sales civil engineering material beginning with the PMF.
	June	Reorganized Osaka sales office into Kansai branch office
	November	Ace Mole method won the ISTT (International Trenchless Technology Association) NO-DIG Award.
1992	January	Established Kyoto technology centers ( Kyotanabe city, Kyoto prefecture).
	March	Employed small section shield machine M2-1200 to public sewer construction work.
	May	Initiated the establishment of Ace Mole technique association. Was appointed the head secretariat company. The office was located in the company's head office. 67 member company.
	May	Established Tokai sales office (Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture).
	June	Established Tohoku sales office (Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture).
	July	Separated Tokyo sales office and Kanto sales office from head office.
	December	Registered as construction consultant (tunnel sector)
1993	March	Ace Mole is adopted in the public sewer construction work.
	April	Achieved the maximum piping of 132m / span by Ace Mole PC10 in Tochigi Prefecture Mibu town.
	September	Mini Espar passed Ministry of Construction's technology evaluation system, won the evaluation award Successful experimented hume pipe's curve piping by Ace Mole.
	October	Ace Mole DL35/50 achieved the maximum piping of 285m /span in Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture.
	December	Reorganized the Tokyo, Kanto, Tohoku, Tokai, Kyushu sales office to branches.
1994	March	For the first time in the world pipe jacki the sewer small-diameter curved hume pipe by Ace Mole
	March	Started the leasing business of large turning boring machine.
	April	Started ground exploration business using the elastic wave.
	April	Ace PL30 achieved the longest piping of 498m /span in Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture.
	May	Moved head office to 3-18-10 Motoasakusa Taito-ku,Tokyo
	May	Established Chukoku branch (Hiroshima city Hiroshima prefecture)
	September	The trenchless technology by Ace Mole, Espar was awarded the recognizing award from Construction Industrial Accident Prevention Association
	December	Ace Mole achieved the record of 300km.
1995	March	Ace Mole DL50 succeeded in pipe jacking the R = 76m steep curve pipe in Kashiwa city, Chiba prefecture.
	April	Established Shikoku branch (Matsuyama city, Ehime prefecture).
	May	Established Hokkaido branch (Sapporo city, Hokkaido).
	June	Start design business for electrical wire joint groove.
1996	April	Initiated the establishment of Espar exploration Association. Airec's president was appointed chairman. The office located in company's head office. 40 member company.
	October	Registered as construction consultant (road sector).
	November	Start leasing Handy Espar.
1997	August	Registered surveying business.
1998	February	Ace Mole achieved the piping record of 500km.
	April	Started selling mud material Surura G.
	August	Established East-West Sales Division.
	December	Ace Mole DL50 achieved the maximum piping of 289m / span in Awaji town, Hyogo prefecture.
1999	February	Ace mole DL50 succeeded in pipe jacking R = 120m S curve pipe in Cobblestone mixed sandy gravel layer in Kumamoto city, Kumamoto prefecture.
	February	Ace Mole DL50 succeeded in jacking R = 200mS-curve pipe in gravel mixed silt layer of Nishinomiya city, Hyogo prefecture.
	August	Succeeded in water purification of the pond in Koko-en Garden Himeji city, Hyogo prefecture using Turbid water treatment equipment "WATS".
2000	May	Won Technology Award by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers Kansai Branch (Using Espar in large-scale hindrance transfering work "the path of the multi-media ")
	June	Ace Mole DL50 succeeded in jacking R = 55m steep curve pipe in gravel soil in Kyoto city, Kyoto prefecture.
	October	Ace Mole method won the ISTT 's (International Trenchless Technology Association) NO-DIG special award.
	October	The DL50 compact Ace Mole succeeded in pipe jacking in the boulder-mixed silt layer of Kumamoto Prefecture Uto city.
2001	February	Ace Mole PL method is first used in constructing gravity -flowed sewer system in Kanuma city, Tochigi prefecture .
	April	Introduction of Espar 21.
	April	Introduction of CP fracture diagnostic equipment.
	November	Based on PRISM measurement, DL50 Ace Mole succeeded in piping in curvature R = 200m in Matsuyama city, Ehime prefecture.
2002	April	Employed Type for normal soil (DL-S) using Ace Mole DL method.
	May	Started concrete exploration business by macroscopic ultrasound.
	May	Registered construction industry (painting constractor).
	June	Ace Mole DL50 succeeded in piping Φ1,500mm bowlder cobblestone ground in Akeno village, Yamanashi prefecture.
	July	Established Hokuriku branch.
	October	Ace Mole DL method is published in the integrated guidelines of "Japan Association for sewer piping technology"(Corporation) .
	December	Load Espar conducted cavity investigation in Kobe.
2003	February	DL50 Ace Mole succeeded in piping jacking R = 150m curve pipe in rock ground in Hakodate city, Hokkaido .
	April	Established northern Tohoku branch, North Kanto branch, Shizuoka branch, Sanin branch. Renamed Kyushu branch to Southern Kyushu branch. Established new Kyushu branch in Fukuoka .
	May	Moved Southern Kyushu branch.
	May	Succeeded in experimenting using "operator support system (remote Cyber)" to sewer work in the Kumamoto city, Kumamoto prefecture.
	September	Presented at the Society of Civil Engineers the result of measuring strain by optical fiber (B-OTDR) .
2004	June	Registered in construction industry (Electrical Constractors).
	November	Load Espar conducted information box wiring investigation in Kyushu .
	November	BeNext (energy-saving air-conditioning control system) became the recommended products at the East NTT Environmental Report.
2005	March	Development and deployment of sewer mounting pipe cavity exploration device.
	March	Established optical fiber sensing technology institute.
	June	Started applying pipe camera for small diameter (φ30mm apply) long span.
	October	Abolished the Tsukuba, Kyoto technology center. Established the Technology Division.
2006	April	Established Reverse Ace System Research Association (Rebuilt pipe jacking).
	May	Awarded the Technical Encouraging prize from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers Kansai Branch (New reinforcement and deformation monitoring technology for existing shield tunnels "protecting IT era's aorta the "communication tunnel" ) (B-OTDR))
	June	Development and introduction of simple Espar (Espar EG) for attendance's used.
	August	Registered in the construction industry (steel structures, pipe construction, earthmoving) .
2007	February	Development and introduction of camera inspection for road drainage pipe (AIPIT) and reparing method (eyeliner DP method).
	February	Reverse ace system succeeded in rebuilt pipe jacking in Mitaka city, Tokyo
	June	Development and introduction of aramid fiber sheet method to reinforce the weakened aging manhole (AI-MAT)

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