1974
■ Kong
Hsin Enterprise established in Hougang Street of Shihlin District in
Taipei
1975 ■ Produced one-piece ball valve, B100A.
1977
■
Increased capital and renamed company as Kong Sheng Valve Industrial
Co., Ltd.
Expanded
plant and moved to No.81 Mingzu Road,
Danshuei Township, Taipei County.
1981
■
Developed needle valve, N240A.
1983
■
Developed one-piece Hexagonal Barstock Ball Valve. Started to accept
OEM and ODM orders
and
exported to the United States.
1984
■
Developed one-piece Investment Cast Ball Valve.
1985
■
Developed two-piece Barstock & Investment Cast Ball Valve.
1988
■
Bought and developed a new factory site in Dajia Youth Industrial Park;
Developed Stainless Steel gate, globe
and check valves.
1990
■
Increased capital and established KONG JIH VALVE IND., CO., LTD.
The factory moved to No. 13 Gong 6th Road,
Dajia
Youth
Industrial Park,
Dajia
Township,
Taichung County.
1991
■
Developed flanged-end ball valve.
1994
■
Assembly conveyor line was introduced and installed.
1995
■
Implemented ISO-9002 quality assurance system.
1996
■
Automatic welding robot system was installed;
Expanded Plant Two for the production of
flanged-end ball valves.
Oct. ■
ISO-9002 certified by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology &
Inspection,
the Ministry of Economic affairs, Taiwan.
1998
■
Expanded Plant Three for the production of ball valves and more CNC
vertical lathes
were introduced to the factory.
1999
■
The second assembly conveyor line was installed.
2000
■
Renovated two CNC lathes with auto-loading & unloading device.
2001 Oct. ■
ExxonMobil Worldwide Approved Manufacturer List.
Showing KONG JIH as the newest approved
manufacturer for ball valves.
Dec. ■
Our two-piece class 900 ball valve tested to API 607 4th edition in
SWRI, San Antonio, U.S.A.
2002 Jan. ■
ISO-9001:2000/CNS 12681 awarded by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology
& Inspection,
the Ministry of Economic affairs, Taiwan.
May. ■
ISO-9001:2000 and PED 97/23/EC certified by TUV Rheinland, Germany.
2003
■ Added two CNC machining centers and a CNC
vertical lathe.
2004
■ Purchased two CNC lathes.
2006
■ Added two CNC machining centers.
2007
■ Purchased a multi-purpose
tapping machine and three CNC lathes.
2008
■
Added an OKUMA
horizontal machining center, a horizontal turning machine,
and a tool presetter and measuring
machine.
Apr. ■
Awarded API 6D certification (certificate no. 6D-0788).