Rinnai Technology
List Year by Year
- 1900-1960s
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Year Corporate History New Products Awards, Industry Firsts, etc. 1920 Incorporated as Rinnai & Co. by Hidejiro Naito and Kanekichi Hayash
1923 Started delivery and export of gas tabletop stoves, gas ranges, gas ovens, gas water heaters, etc. to gas companies nationwide
1938 Manufactured aircraft parts as factory supervised by army
1940 Changed the Company name to Rinnai Aircraft Parts Manufacturing
1947 Reconstructed factory at Head Office
1950 Reorganized as a limited-liability company and changed name to Rinnai
1952 LP gas nozzle
1954 Opened Tokyo Sales Office (now Kanto Branch Office)
1956 Opened Osaka Sales Office (now Kansai Branch Office)
1957 Established Aichi Factory (now Chubu Branch Office) Formed technological tie-up with Schwank GmbH (German) to manufacture and sell gas infrared burners and develop heaters and cooking appliances that use them
Schwank gas infrared heater
Developed Schwank gas heater (first in Japan)

1959 Developed small governor for gas appliances (first in Japan) Began mass production of ceramic plates (first in Japan) Received Chairman’s Award from Institute of Invention Received President’s Award from Nagoya Trade and Industry Bureau
1960 Established Inba Factory (later Asahi Factory)
Received Institute of Invention Award Received Ota Award for Schwank gas burner from Japan Gas Association
1961 Opened Fukuoka Sales Office (now Kyushu Branch Office)
1963 Opened Sendai Satellite Office (now Tohoku Branch Office) Opened Sapporo Satellite Office (now Hokkaido Branch Office)
Grill-equipped gas tabletop stove (R-2G)
Developed grill-equipped gas tabletop stove (first in industry)
1964 Established Oguchi Factory
External-fired gas bath-heating system with governor
Installed governor into gas bath-heating system (first in industry)
1967 Established Technology Development Center
Schwank commercial-use grillers (Araiso series)
1968 Opened Niigata Satellite Office (now Niigata Branch Office)
Ultrathin tabletop cooker with two burners (R-2K)

1969 Opened Nagoya Satellite Office (now Chubu Branch Office)
Forced-flue gas space heater (RHS-30)
Developed forced-flue gas space heater (first in Japan)
- 1970s
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- 1980s
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- 1990s
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- 2000s
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- 2010s
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- 2020s
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