Company History

  • 1911

    Established Tatsuno Manufacturing

    Established Tatsuno Manufacturing
  • 1919

    Produced the first gasoline dispenser in Japan

    Produced the first gasoline dispenser in Japan
  • 1928

    Changed the company name to Tokyo Tatsuno Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

  • 1939

    Delivered Japan’s first metering dispenser (the predecessor of today’s automatic dispensers) to Air Corps

  • 1947

    Completed clock-face gasoline dispenser

    Completed clock-face gasoline dispenser
  • 1958

    Completed Model 58-P, an automated gasoline dispenser with the petrol scale that automatically returned to zero

  • 1962

    Established a subsidiary company Nippon Engineer Service which specialized at after-sales service, and created a directly-operating service network with 49 offices all around Japan

  • 1963

    Completed and launched the world’s first ceiling-suspended overhead gasoline dispenser, Tatsuno’s patented Non-space dispenser

    Completed and launched the world’s first ceiling-suspended overhead gasoline dispenser, Tatsuno’s patented Non-space dispenser
  • 1964

    Launched Model 64 fixed gasoline dispenser
    Constructed Yokohama Plant

    Launched Model 64 fixed gasoline dispenser Constructed Yokohama Plant
    Launched Model 64 fixed gasoline dispenser Constructed Yokohama Plant
  • 1968

    Changed the company’s name to Tokyo Tatsuno Co., Ltd.

  • 1970

    Launched Punch Writer, the first POS terminal in the gas station industry

    Launched Punch writer, the first POS terminal in the gas station industry

  • Service station display at the world exhibition in Osaka.

    大阪万博の施設建設に参加
  • 1978

    Launched the self-service tall-type dispenser (for foreign markets)

  • 1980

    Launched Micom Sunny with electronic counter

    Launched Micom Sunny with electronic counter
  • 1985

    Launched the world’s first compact IC card reader/writer

  • 1986

    Launched the New Sunny Alpha Series, a robotic fully operated gasoline dispenser

    Launched the New Sunny Alpha Series, a robotic fully operated gasoline dispenser
    Launched the New Sunny Alpha Series, a robotic fully operated gasoline dispenser
  • 1989

    Received the Kanagawa Engineering Development Award for the robotic fuel dispenser

  • 1990

    Launched a gasoline dispenser with fuel contamination protection

  • 1992

    Changed the company’s name to Tatsuno Mechatronics Co., Ltd.

  • 1995

    Yokohama Plant received ISO9001 certification

  • 1996

    Received ISO9001 for fixed gasoline dispensers

    Received ISO9001 for fixed gasoline dispensers
  • 1997

    Yokohama Plant was certified as the Designated Manufacturing Business Operator for LPG and gasoline dispensers

  • 2000

    Received The Japan Petroleum Institute Award for Technological Progress for the Contamination protection system

  • 2001

    Launched the New Multi/New Alpha, a dispenser which allowed an installation of an outdoor POS apparatus

  • 2002

    Developed Japan’s first retail hydrogen dispenser for fuel cell vehicles
    Installed the dispenser at JHFC Yokohama Tsurumi Station

    Developed Japan’s first retail hydrogen dispenser for fuel cell vehicles
  • 2004

    Yokohama Plant received ISO14001 certification

  • 2005

    Launched NewMulti-X for self service

  • 2006

    Established Tatsuno India Private Limited.

  • 2010

    Launched the vapor recovery system Ecostage L100 intended for fuel unloading

  • 2011

    Celebration of 100th anniversary

    Celebration of 100th anniversary
  • 2012

    Merged Tatsuno Mechatronics Co., Ltd. and Nippon Engineer Service and changed the name to Tatsuno Corporation Co., Ltd.

  • 2013

    Launched the world’s first fuel dispenser with a vapor recovery system Sunny NX D70

    Launched the world’s first fuel dispenser with a vapor recovery system Sunny NX D70