HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDRice meals started being supplied
Corporate History
1976

1978

Kyoho Engineering founded.
Started manufacture and sales of automated rice cooking systems.
Started manufacture and sales of automated rice cooking systems.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUNDConvenience stores start to spread.
1981

Incorporated as Kyoho Engineering Co., Ltd.
Capital: 2 million yen.
Capital: 2 million yen.
1986

Started sales of fully automated rice cooking systems
for convenience stores.
for convenience stores.
1992

Increased capital to 30 million yen.
1999

Started developing single-bowl automated rice cookers.
2000

Started sales in Taiwan.
2006

Relocated head office to Fushimi Ward, Kyoto.
2008

Constructed new factory next to head office.
2011

Started sales in Korea.
2015

Established JING LI MACHINERY CO.,LTD. In Taiwan.
2016

Awarded an Oscar by Kyoto City.
2017

Opened Tokyo Sales Office.
Certified as a Driving Company for the Regional Future by METI.
(As of April 2018)