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Gamakatsu\u00ae started producing fish hooks in 1955. At that time, they were the smallest hook manufacturer in Japan and all of their hooks were made by hand. In 1963 they introduced a new automated heating facility which catapulted them to the forefront of the Japanese market.\n\nIn 1974, they introduced fully automated hook making machines and found it necessary to build a second factory in order to meet the demand they had created.\n\nIn 1976, as the leading Japanese hook manufacturer, Gamakatsu\u00ae began building a new factory to produce high quality fishing rods for the Japanese market.