JCW Story
Our company was founded in 1947 as the sole manufacturer of washing equipment in Japan and obtained a dominant patent for a brush rolling washing device. We have since developed and sold various types of washing equipment. We exported Japan's first washing equipment for railway carriages to Egyptian National Railways for the engine depots of Abogatasu Buruzu in 1963, thus establishing our vehicle washing brand. We have exported washing equipment to customers in 18 countries including Singaporean National Railways, Thai National Railways, and Hong Kong Subway. We have also supplied our products to Japan Railways as well as private railway companies throughout Japan. Other firms that have purchased such equipment include Tokyo Monorail Showa-jima Station, World Exposition, and Kitakyushu City. We remain committed to research and development of new models to remain a pioneer in the washing equipment industry.
1947
Kitai Iron Works Co., Ltd. is established.
Manufacturing of vehicle washing machines is launched.
1956
The division of vehicle washing machines is separated from Kitai Iron Works Co., Ltd., and JCW Japanese Vehicle Washing Machine Co., Ltd. is established.
1962
Passenger automobile washing machines are
developed and sold as Japan's first manufacturer of such machines.
Japan's first passenger automobile washing
machine is shown at the National Automobile Tool
Exhibition.
Japan's first passenger automobile washing machine is supplied to NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation).
1963
Japan's first washing equipment is exported to Egyptian National Railways.
1964
Japan's first washing equipment for railway carriages of Shinkansen bullet trains is supplied to
Shinagawa Engine Depot of Japan Railways.
Japan's first washing equipment for monorail carriages is supplied to Tokyo Monorail Co., Ltd.
1969
Japan's first dry sand whetting equipment is supplied to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
1970
Washing equipment for monorail carriages is supplied to Japan World Exposition.
1972
Hokkaido Branch, Sendai Office, and Shikoku Office are established.
1979
Japan's first washing machine for buses is exported to Republic of Indonesia.
1981
Japan's first washing machine for second floor buses is supplied to Arakawa Ward, Tokyo.
Niigata Office, Osaka Office, Fukuoka Office, and Kagoshima Office are established.
1983
No brush vehicle washing machines are developed and sold as the world's first manufacturer of such machines.
1986
Japan's first washing equipment with a function of preventing potato cyst nematodes from spreading is supplied to the Kyowa Town Potato Epidemic Prevention Association.
1989
Japan's first vehicle washing equipment which operates at an outdoor temperature of 30 degrees below zero is supplied to a freight company in Obihiro, Hokkaido.
1990
Japan's maximum capacity meat griddle washing equipment is supplied to Sapporo Beer Garden in Hokkaido.
1992
Japan's first front side washing equipment for streamlined railway carriages is supplied to Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
1994
Japan's first 200-meter movable and encircling washing equipment for railway carriages is supplied toTobu Railway Co., Ltd.
2003
Asia's largest-scale washing plantis supplied to West Japan Railway Company.
2009
80-meter movable and encircling washing equipment for monorail carriages is supplied to Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd.
2010
World's maximum washing processing capacity equipment for bearings is supplied to Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd.
JCW is accredited by WRC (World Rally
Championship) as Asia's first washing equipment supplier for racing vehicles.
2013
The washing plant is supplied to THSR（Taiwan High-Speed Rail).
2014
Japan's maximum capacity meat griddle washing equipment is supplied to Sapporo Beer Garden in Hokkaido.
2015
Washing equipment for railway carriages of Shinkansen bullet trains are supplied to the Hokkaido Shinkansen route, the Hakodate Comprehensive Rail Yard.
2018
The Republic of Indonesia's first washing machine for MRT is exported to the Republic of Indonesia. (Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit),
Kingdom of Cambodia's first washing machine for buses is exported to the Kingdom of Cambodia. (National Bus Company).
The Republic of Indonesia's first washing machine for parts is exported to the Republic of Indonesia. (National Bus Company).
Established office in New Delhi, India.
2019
Socialist Republic of Vietnam's first washing machine for buses is exported to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.(National Bus Company)
2020
The world's first disinfection booth Wash Mist®" was released.
The Bus washing plant is supplied to Tokyo Olympic Games. (All bus washing plant used at the Tokyo Olympic Games is made by JCW).
