Kowa's History

1935

Established as a brush manufacture

1943

Incorporated as an industrial brush manufacturer under the company name Kowa Brush Ltd.

1948

Company name changed to Kowa Brush Co., Ltd.

1954

Started production of brushes for knitters and various electric vacuum cleaners

Mid1950s

Started mass production of knitting machine brushes

Supplied knitting machine manufacturers such as Brother Industries, Ltd.

1955

Applied for patent on circular brush

Mid1960s

Rod brushes

Increased pace of vacuum cleaner popularization
Enabled bulk orders, which were not popular at the time.（mold→molding→filling→assembly）

Late1960s

Started production of general suction port assemblies

Brushes for electric razors Note: Increased production for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

1975

Company renamed KOWA Inc.

Mid1970s

Filter development

Paper pack filters
Note: Use of paper packs intended to reduce trash disposal burdens

1984

Licensed for overall vacuum cleaner assembly; began production of vacuum cleaners Established the Cosmetics Division

1993

pplied for patent on aluminum rotor（patent registered in 2000）

1995

Established Yangzhou Kowa Brush Co., Ltd. in Jiangsu Province, China

1997

Brush Division 1 (now Clean Life Consumer Electronics Division)

acquired ISO 9002 quality assurance standards
Scope of registration: Assembly, semi-assembled parts, and suction port components for vacuum cleaners

2002

Acquired ISO 14001 environment management system certification

2003

Established Suzhou Kowa Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. in Jiangsu Province, China

2006

Started manufacture of air conditioner cleaning brushes

2007

(February) Certified as an "Aichi Brand Company"

(October) Renamed divisions

Brush Division 1 became the Clean Life Consumer Electronics Division
Brush Division 2 became the Clean Industrial Equipment Division

2008

Applied for patent on triple-spiral brush （patent registered in 2013）

2009

Established Kowa Electric Appliance (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. in Guangdong Province, China

2012

Established Kowa Trading (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.

2014

Clean Industrial Equipment Division acquired ISO 9001 quality assurance certification

Scope of certification: Design, development, and manufacture of brushes for industrial use

2016

(April) Launched sales of Hinata futon vacuum cleaner

Applied for patent on washer/dryer filter cleaning system

2017

Integrated ISO 9001 and ISO 14001

quality and environmental management systems