History
- 1937Kyoto-Doki Seisakusho was established
- 1951Started the sale of Convex Rule（steel tape measures）
- 1962Trade mark’ KDS’ has been registered
- 1963Obtained Japan Industrial Standard（JIS） certification
- 1970Ohita factory started the operation
- 1971Shiga factory started the operation
- 1976Started ‘utility cutter knife’ business
- 1977KDS Singapore Pte. Ltd. was established and started manufacutring in Singapore
- 1997Obtained ISO9001 Certification
- 1998Company name was changed to KDS Corporation
- 1998KDS Manufacturing（ M）SDN BHD was established and started manufacturing in Malaysia
- 2007KDS was acquired by Murata Sangyo and restarted as Muratec KDS Corporation
- 2009Nails and Screw business, which were formerly the business of Murata Sangyo, was sold