Company history
March 1957:		Started manufacture and sale of components for industrial sewing machines at Ikuno-ku, Osaka.
January 1963:		Established Ikuno Seiki Kogyo Ltd. with its Head Office at Wakae, Higashi Osaka.
March 1975:		Started manufacture and sale of "Speed Cutter".
October 1977:		Started manufacture and sale of "Full-automatic Towel Hem Sewer".
January 1980:		Started manufacture and sale of "Band Knife".
August 1988:		Capital increased to 20 million yen.
October 1988:		Started manufacture and sale of "KMS JA890", a fully automatic SPREADING MACHINE.
April 1989:		Reorganized as Ikuno Seiki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
June 1989:		Renamed to Otech Co., Ltd; Takanori Okada was inaugurated as Representative Director.
September 1989:		"Band Knife" got a face-lift.
March 1990:		Move to new Head Office at Kano, Higashi Osaka completed.
July 1991:		Started manufacture and sale of "Otech Mark-I" a fully automatic SPREADING MACHINE.
January 1993:		Started manufacture and sale of "Otech Ci-III", a manual SPREADING MACHINE.
September 1993:		"Band Knife" completely face-lifted.
May 1994:		Started manufacture and sale of "Otech Nain-IV", a fully automatic SPREADING MACHINE.
February 1995:		"Speed Cutter" completely face-lifted and renamed "Cut Liner".
December 1999:		Started manufacture and sale of "Duet", an auxiliary feeding device for sewing machines.