| March 1976 |
Started developing high- performabce empty- bottle inspection machines to reduce the labor of human inspectors at all Kirin Brewery factories. |
| March 1979 |
Completed high- performance bottle- based inspection machines employing CCD cameras capable of detecting 1mm2 of foreign mothers at 600BPM and started installing the machines in Kirin Brewery. |
| April 1981 |
Completed empty- bottle surface inspection machines to inspect 1mm2 of foreign mothers at mouth, sidewall and bottom of the bottles at speed of 350BPM and started installation at Kirin Brewery plants. |
| June 1984 |
Started sales of inspection machines to inspect for glass and bottling industries. |
| April 1985 |
Completed a high- speed empty- bottle surface inspection machine at speed of 800BPM deteching foreign matters of 1mm2. Tied up with West- German packaging machine manufacturer. |
| May 1985 |
Started exporting inspection machines for bottling industry. |
| April 1986 |
Started exporting empty- bottle inspection machines capable to detect foreign matters of 1mm2 at 300BPM for US bottling industry. |
| June 1986 |
Started sales of multi- type empty- bottle inspection machines for glass industry to detect 0.4mm2 of foreign matters at speed of 480BPM. |
| August 1987 |
Developed ans started sales of inspection machines for pharmaceutical industry. |
| September 1987 |
Tied up with US inspection machine manufacturer.
Started exporting detectors for glass industry. |
| August 1988 |
Started sales of metal part lot- number readers for automobile manufacturers. |
| November 1988 |
Started exporting high- speed empty- bottle inspection machines to South East Asian countries. |
| November 1989 |
Established Kyoto Division. |
| November 1990 |
Became independent as Kirin Techno- System Corporation. |
| June 1992 |
Started sales of Kirin Vision Systems, general- purpose image processing systems. |
| November 1992 |
Started exporting pharmaceutical inspection machines to Europe. |
| February 1993 |
Established Kirin Machinery Corp. to provide after- sales service. |
| October 1994 |
Set up Kyoto Sales Office in Kyoto Division. |
| October 1998 |
Tied up with French inspection machine manufacturer. |
| January 1999 |
Received ISO9001 certification for quality management systems. |
| March 1999 |
Inspection system shipments top 1500 units. |
| April 2000 |
Merged with Kirin Machinery Corp. and set up the After- sales Service Division. |
| October 2001 |
Received ISO14001 certification for environmental management systems. |
| September 2002 |
Inspection system shipments top 2000 units. |
| February 2004 |
KTS OPTICS was founded. |
| December 2004 |
Yokohama Division Opened |
| July 2005 |
Established Korea Branch. |
| June 2007 |
Altered the corporate name to Kirin Techno-System Company, Limited. |
| March 2009 |
Merged KTS Optics |
