• 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