Makita was founded in 1915 as a privately managed company offering sales and repair of motors under the name “Makita Denki Seisakusho.” After years of testing and improving its technology, Makita began exporting electric motors in 1935. In 1938 the company was incorporated under the name “Makita Electric Works, Ltd.”
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