TAJIMA’s History: Opening a Vista for the Future
April 1944
Established Tokai Industrial Sewing Machine Limited Private Company.
Started the sales and repair of industrial sewing machines.
March 1964
Started the manufacture and sales of TAJIMA-brand Multi-head Automatic Embroidery Machines.
Started the manufacture and sales of TM Series Single Needle Type Multi-head Automatic Embroidery Machines.
April 1970
Developed the jump mechanism.
May 1970
Established Tajima Industries Ltd. to strengthen the sales division.
June 1972
Reorganized Tokai Industrial Sewing Machine Limited Private Company into Tokai Industrial Sewing Machine Co., Ltd. along business expansion.
November 1973
Started the manufacture and sales of TMB Series 6-needle (6-color) Full-automatic color-change Embroidery Machines.
October 1978
Started the manufacture of TMBE Series Bridge Type Automatic Embroidery Machines by introducing electronic 6-needle (6-color) automatic color change technology.
November 1982
Developed a dedicated apparatus for rolled textile embroidery (Automatic Frame Changer).
Started the sales of TMCE Series Multi-head Electronic Chenille Embroidery Machines, the world-first automatic embroidery machines of this type.
February 1983
Started the sales of TMLE Series Multi-head Electronic Lock Stitch Chenille Embroidery Machines.
January 1984
Started the sales of TMEF Series 9-needle Type Electronic Embroidery Machines.
Chenille Embroidery Machine
March 1986
Started the sales of Sequin Embroidery Machines, realizing the world’s-first combined use of sequin embroidery and plain embroidery.
February 1988
Started the sales of TMLE-D5 Series Embroidery Machines with a pair arrangement of lock-stitch-handle embroidery heads.
February 1990
Established “Tajima America Corporation” as a base for the TAJIMA Group in the United States.
February 1992
Added a 12-needle type to the lineup.
Developed a Noise Reduction mechanism.
July 1995
Added a multi-color (6-color) type to Chenille Embroidery Machines.
Announced Mix Embroidery Machines with plain and Chenille embroidery.
Completed TLFD Series Laser-cut Embroidery Machines.
June 1997
Added a 15-needle type to the lineup in response to the requirements of February 1983 the multi-color age.
January 2001
Announced TLMX Series Heater-wire Sewing Machines, innovative combination machines.
November 2004
Established “Shanghai Tajima Embroidery Machinery Co., Ltd.” as a 100% subsidiary company in Shanghai, China.
November 2008
Established “TM Industrial Machine Co., Ltd.” as a member of the TAJIMA Group.
2009
Sale of composite fiber sewing machine TCWM, which realizes mass production of high-precision preforms
September 2011
Established “Tajima Europe S.A.R.L.” in the France.
July 2013
Released TMAR-KC Series Multi-Head Embroidery Machines equipped with a digitally-controlled presser foot.
Embroidery Machine
2014
Sale of multitasking machine “PAX” series that enables perforation, sewing, and embroidery with one unit
2017
Started sales of the compact embroidery machine “SAI”
2017
The world’s first embroidery machine equipped with the “i-TM” mechanism that automatically controls thread tension suitable for embroidery designs