During this period, the company completed the transformation from individual operation to collective enterprise, from collective enterprise to local state-owned enterprise, and the company's products also gradually changed from the initial agricultural tools and agricultural machinery to general-purpose machinery.
At that time, seven individual craftsmen established the "Iron Art Mutual Aid Group" to produce farm tools.
The business address was moved to Shanghuangsi, Jiangdong. By February 1954, the number had grown to more than 20, and the factory was renamed "Iron Ore Production Cooperative".
The factory grew to more than 100 people, and was renamed "Zhuji County Machinery Industry Production Cooperative", which mainly produced agricultural machinery such as rice threshers and hand-held sweet potato graters.
The business address was moved to Taishan Temple on Jinji Mountain under the Puyang River.
The county's public-private joint Datong Iron Works was merged, and the factory was renamed "Local State-owned Zhuji Agricultural Machinery Repair Factory", which mainly produces blast furnace equipment and water conservancy equipment.
Zhuji Iron and Steel Works, Zhuji Coking Plant and Zhuji Water Works were merged and renamed as "Local State-Owned Zhuji Iron and Steel Machinery Factory". In October 1959, the company was renamed "Local State-owned Zhuji General Machinery Factory".
Manufacturing 4K printers, the products were sold to more than 10 provinces and cities including Wuhan and Anhui.
Started the production of green fodder grinder, and participated in the National Green Feed Grinder Exhibition in 1964.
During this period, the company completed the transformation from a general machinery manufacturer to a professional metal cutting machine tool manufacturer.
The successful trial production of CQ6137 lathe opened a new process for the company to start the production of metal cutting machine tools.
Started to produce C616 lathe.
Started to produce C8955 shovel lathe.
The Zhuji County Restructuring Committee approved the name change of "Zhuji Machine Tool Factory" from "Local State-Owned Zhuji General Machinery Factory".
Started to produce CE7112 semi-automatic hydraulic profiling lathe, and the company was awarded the advanced unit of national standard promotion by Zhuji County Science and Technology Committee.
Started to produce of C6140 lathe.
The heat treatment team of the forging workshop and the measurement won the provincial product quality trustworthy team.
During this period, the company changed from the planned economy to the market economy, expanded the market influence, and made efforts to explore both domestic and foreign markets.
The C616-1 lathe produced had been rated as the provincial excellent product for four consecutive years.
The production of CK616-1 microcomputer controlled lathes was one of the earliest enterprises in China to develop digital machine tools.
C6132 lathe won the provincial high-quality product.
C6132 lathe was recognized as a high-quality product in Zhejiang Province, was awarded the title of advanced unit of scientific and technology by the lathe professional information network, and was awarded the title of "advanced unit of industrial energy saving in 1990" by the Economic Committee of Shaoxing City.
The enterprise obtains the right of self-support import and export. CJK6136 series CNC lathes won the second prize of Provincial People's Government Science and Technology Progress Award. It is the first time for the company to independently participate in foreign exhibitions and enter the international market.
CK6136 CNC machine won the title of "High-tech Product of Zhejiang Province", and won the second prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Provincial Machinery Department and the third prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Provincial People's Government.
C0632 bench lathe was put into mass production, opening up the international market.
CJK CNC lathe won the title of Zhejiang Famous Brand Technology Product.
CH360 turning center started research and development. In the same year, it was awarded the high-tech enterprise outside Zhejiang Province.
During this period, the company completed the transformation of the enterprise and the shareholding system.
Passed ISO9001 quality system certification.
ZX series large-diameter lathes were exported to Europe, America and other markets in large quantities.
CH360 Turning Center won the "Zhejiang Science and Technology Progress Award" issued by the People's Government of Zhejiang Province.
Awarded "Zhejiang High-tech Enterprise" and "Technological Innovation Demonstration Enterprise".
The China Federation of Industrial Economics and the China Machinery Industry Federation have been identified as "Top 30 Enterprises with Core Competitiveness in China's Machinery Industry".
Won the provincial high-tech enterprise research and development center.
Through the second reform of the property rights system, the company name was changed to "Zhejiang Kaida Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd." In the same year, the company's national brand CNC lathe was rated as "Zhejiang Famous Brand Product".
The company's CNC lathe products were identified as "national inspection-free products".
National brand horizontal lathes, CNC lathes, CNC milling machines, and vertical machining centers were awarded the title of "National Machinery Industry Quality Assurance National Standard Qualified Products" by China Light Product Quality Assurance Center.
The company was appraised as a modern management enterprise of machinery industry by China Machinery Industry Federation.
For two consecutive years, the factory had been recognized as "Top Ten Independent Innovation Capabilities in China's Industry" by the China Industry Enterprise Information Release Center.
KDVM1000L vertical machining center was recognized as a national key new product.
The CK series CNC horizontal lathe obtained the product quality inspection certificate.
Through the reform of the third-party property rights system, the company changed its name to "Zhejiang Kaida Machine Tool Co., Ltd." In the same year, the company was rated as "Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises".
During this period, the company kept up with the development of the times, guided by the supply-side reform, partially got rid of the predicament, and embarked on the road of standardized and steady development.
The company headquarters moved to the new factory in Huandong. In March, it was rated as the "top three" for independent innovation, product export, and meticulous brand building activities by China Machine Tool Industry Association.
The 20Tcr embedded CNC system obtained the computer software copyright registration certificate.
KDHM630 horizontal machining center won the CCMT Spring Swallow Award of China CNC Machine Tool Exhibition.
The national brand vertical machining center was identified as "China's high-quality product" by the China Product Evaluation Center.
The company was rated as "Zhejiang Standard Innovation Enterprise" by Zhejiang Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau.
The company ranks among the top 500 Chinese machinery companies.
Participated in the Hannover International Machine Tool Exhibition in Germany.
The company was awarded the title of "China Quality and Integrity Enterprise" by China Export Inspection Association.
KDCL-28H turning center was put into mass production.
Participated in the 45th World Skills Competition and won the "Outstanding Contribution Unit".
Grasp the development direction of the industry, develop towards the neighborhood of intelligence, digitalization, single-machine composite, and multi-machine integration, and burst into a century-old enterprise.
The KDVM2085LV five-axis linkage vertical machining center successfully applied for the first set of key equipment for the surrounding equipment manufacturing industry in Zhejiang Province.
