In 1934, the company reorganized as a joint-stock ...

end suit name decade combat Kuwana demand Mukogun facility Manchuria same time NTN Sales operations late 1940s Koyo Seiko Asahi Seiko Nippon Seiko Deming Prize organization World War II full capacity Mukogawa plant Fujikoshi Kozai Hyogo Prefecture product offering war-torn country marketing division domestic subsidiary joint-stock company raw materials shortages intracontinental neighbors manufacturing productivity Toyo Bearing Manufacturing statistical quality control Japanese bearing manufacturers expansion compensating bearings Showa Bearing Manufacturing Company other four aforementioned companies five most prominent bearing manufacturers