Motivated by a desire to solve issues facing customers, Takuma founder Tsunekichi Takuma invented the Takuma boiler based on a unique design following a period of painstaking research, making a significant contribution to the development of Japanese industry through performance that overwhelmed the foreign technologies that dominated the field at the time.
Over the more than 80 years from its founding in 1938 until today, the Takuma Group has carried on its founding spirit of “Serve society through boiler manufacturing” by creating products that support society, including not only boilers, but also products such as waste incineration plants and water treatment plants that take advantage of boiler combustion technology and water treatment technology, in response to the issues faced by customers and the needs exhibited by society over time, including the rebuilding of Japan’s economy following World War II, the subsequent period of high economic growth, and efforts to deal with the pollution that accompanied those phases of the nation's history. In doing so, we have accumulated a variety of technologies and a range of expertise related to plant engineering and after-sales service.
Today, we continue to provide optimal products and services that meet customers’ needs through design, construction, and after-sales service for plants that draw on these technologies and on our philosophy of working closely with customers. In this way, we support key infrastructure that maintains and improves sanitation and living environments, prevents pollution, and serves as an essential source of energy for consumers’ lives as well as industry.
Founder Tsunekichi Takuma invented the first water tube type boiler to be entirely produced in Japan in 1912. The TAKUMA boiler offered performance that exceeded the imported products of the time, and its reputation spread. Takuma Boiler Manufacturing Co., Ltd., was established in 1938. The Company Motto of “Serve society through boiler manufacturing” was formulated, establishing the philosophy that went on to become the foundation of today's Management Principles.
Our Founder Tsunekichi Takuma
Takuma established itself as a manufacturer not only of boilers, but also environmental and sanitary equipment, for example by developing waste heat recovery boilers that use waste heat from manufacturing plants, developing modern technology for incinerating solid waste, and entering the water treatment market. In 1963, the company delivered Japan's first 24 hour operating waste incineration plant.
Takuma worked to develop technologies to respond to various needs as Japan's economy grew rapidly, including demand for energy savings in industry, countermeasures for the growing volume and diversification of municipal waste, and improvements in water quality by water treatment systems. In 1972, Takuma Boiler Manufacturing Co., Ltd. which had grown beyond its principal business of boiler manufacturing, changed its name to today's Takuma Co., Ltd. The company transformed itself into an enterprise that operates a range of multifaceted businesses, including environmental equipment.
Takuma continued to reform itself, formulating its first Medium-Term Management Plan in 1985 in order to accommodate abrupt changes in the economic environment. In 1992, the company introduced a new Company Motto of “Value Technology, Value People, Value the Earth” replacing the former motto of “Serve society through boiler manufacturing”. Capping the track record and trust it had established to date, the company delivered the largest waste incineration plant in Japan in 1998. The facility continues to operate to this day.
We have provided various waste-to-energy facilities and biomass power generation plants not only in Japan but also worldwide. We established local subsidiaries overseas and continue to bring our technologies to customers not only in Japan, but also worldwide, particularly in Asia.
As contemporary society continues to change at a dizzying rate, we face complex problems such as climate change and changes in demographic structure. Takuma formulated Vision 2030, its long-term vision, as well as the 13th Medium-Term Management Plan in FY2021, identifying the implementation of ESG management as a priority. We will continue to work towards further increasing our corporate value and realizing a sustainable future through business activities that leverage the Group's strengths.
