Our challenges to soil steaming
In 1964, we proposed “Thermal sterilization by steam” as a solution for “Soil-infectious plant diseases caused by year-round cultivation of muskmelons” which was a serious issue in the west part of Shizuoka prefecture then with the cooperation of Shizuoka Prefectural Research Institute of Agriculture and Forestry and Fruit, Vegetable, and Flower Promotion Division of Prefectural government.
Since then, our products have been widely used by advanced gardening producers all over Japan. National and prefectural research and development institutes, agricultural colleges and high schools, and innovative companies related to seeds and seedlings and biotechnology have also selected our products.
Company Profile
| Company Name | Marubun Seisakusyo Co., Ltd. |
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| Company Address | 8-23 Hagioka 5-chome, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka 433-8121 |
| TEL | +81-53-471-9197 (main) |
| FAX | +81-53-471-9198 |
| Founded | June 1936 |
| Established | October 1965 |
| Representative Director | Takafumi Matsui |
| Capital | 15 million yen |
| Main bank | Shizuoka bank / Hamamatsu Iwata Shinkin Bank |
| Main business activities | Soil steamer production and sales Soil steamer by the low temperature steam production and sales Steam weeder production and sales Hot water soil disinfecter production and sales Styrene panel steamer production and sales Hot water boiler for gardening heater production and sales |
| Affiliated company | Marubun Kochi Hanbai Limited |
| Group membership | Group membership The Hamamatsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited Liability Partnership Tenryu Woody Biomass Partnership |
Company History
| 1936 | Ex-president Bunpei Matsui founded Marubun Seisakusyo with the aim to produce hot water boilers for gardening at 474 Noguchi-cho, Hamamatsu-shi. |
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| 1936 | Matsui-system perfect combustion water heater can was certified as a Utility Model. |
| 1943 | Stopped boiler production under government control during World War II. |
| 1955 | Restarted production of hot water boiler for heating for gardening. |
| 1963 | Universal hot water boiler was certified as a Utility Model. (No. 770486) |
| 1964 | Developed soil steamer with the cooperation of Shizuoka Prefectural Research Institute of Agriculture and Forestry and Fruit, Vegetable, and Flower Promotion Division of Prefectural government. |
| 1965 | Incorporated the organization and established Marubun Seisakusyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1965 | Obtained Constructor’s License of Shizuoka prefectural governor. (Machine and equipment installment) |
| 1979 | Constructed Iwata plant in Toyoda-town, Iwata-gun. |
| 1979 | Developed woody solid fuel pellet burning full automatic boiler. |
| 1983 | Received the subsidy to support small and medium-sized companies for technical research and development by Shizuoka prefecture. |
| 1985 | Developed Soil steamer by the low temperature steam. |
| 1991 | Started development of steam weeder for golf course by joint development with Chiba-Ken Agricultural Experiment Station. (No. 253715) |
| 1993 | Successfully developed soil steamer for sand pit “Sand safeter” with the cooperation of Hamamatsu hygiene inspection center. (No. 79680) |
| 1996 | Successfully developed hot water soil disinfecter with the cooperation of the Soilborn Disease Laboratory of National Agricultural Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. |
| 1998 | Successfully developed hot water soil disinfecter with the cooperation of the Soilborn Disease Laboratory of National Agricultural Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. |
| 2000 | Established Marubun Kochi Hanbai Limited in Tosa-shi, Kochi. |
| 2001 | Launched a new product “Light Hose” as a replacement of Canvas Hose. |
| 2004 | Patent granted to “Light Hose” for steam discharge in steaming and sprinkling method. |
| 2008 | Joined Limited Liability Partnership Tenryu Woody Biomass Partnership |
| 2009 | Joined the dealing on Domestic Clean Development Mechanism with Sony Corporation as a related business operator of Enshu woody fuel utilizaion association. |
| 2009 | Started joint study regarding “Practical application of the technology to prevent decrease and recover the yield of soy beans repeatedly cultivated on converted field” with Kyoto. |
| 2009 | Developed and launched steam weeder. |
| 2010 | Started joint study regarding “Development of the technology to exterminate the underground seeds of hardly controllable weeds for land-use type crops using steam weeder” with National Agriculture Research Center (Tsukuba) and others. |
| 2012 | Patent granted to “Air suction nozzle.” |
| 2015 | Celebrated 50th anniversary of incorporation. |