 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Domestic |
|
Overseas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| '39 |
|
| Mar. |
|
Founded as Omiya Kohku Kogyo Co., Ltd. Began the
manufacture of Aircraft Body Parts |
|
|
|
|
| '41 |
|
| Dec. |
|
Established Koga Factory |
|
|
|
|
| '52 |
|
| Mar. |
|
Company name changed to Sanoh Industrial Co., Ltd. |
|
|
|
|
| '56 |
|
| Aug. |
|
Began the manufacture of Miniature Motors for Tape
Recorder application for Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation (now
the Sony Corporation) |
|
|
|
|
| '60 |
|
| Feb. |
|
Began the manufacture of Motors and Electric Products for Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. |
|
|
|
|
| '61 |
|
| Oct. |
|
Stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Second
Section |
|
|
|
|
| '62 |
|
| Aug. |
|
Began the manufacture of Wire Condensers |
|
|
| Apr. |
|
Signed a Technical Assistance Agreement with Higbie
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (USA) for the manufacture of Brazed Steel Tubing |
|
 |
| '63 |
|
| Sep. |
|
Began the manufacture of Brazed Steel Tubing |
|
|
|
|
| '64 |
|
| Mar. |
|
Began the manufacture of various Automotive Tubular
Products |
|
|
|
|
| '68 |
|
| Jul. |
|
Established Shiga Factory |
 |
| Manufacturing Lines of Stainless Steel
Tubing |
|
|
| Nov. |
|
Signed a Technical Assistance Agreement with Fisher
Proof Inc. (USA) for Automotive Seat Belt Buckles. (Push Type) |
|
|
| '69 |
|
| Jul. |
|
Began the manufacture of Automotive Seat Belt Buckles |
 |
| Automotive Seat Belt Buckles |
|
|
| Nov. |
|
Signed a Technical Assistance Agreement with Higbie
Manufacturing Co., Ltd. for the manufacture of Welded Steel Tubing |
|
|
| '70 |
|
| Mar. |
|
Established Chubu Sanoh Co., Ltd. (Dissolved in Sep. '04) |
|
|
|
|
| '71 |
|
| Feb. |
|
Established Fulton Products Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| Apr. |
|
Established Nagoya Sales Office |
|
|
|
|
| '72 |
|
| Oct. |
|
Began the manufacture of Welded Steel Tubing |
 |
| Manufacturing Lines for Welded Steel Tubing |
|
|
|
|
| '74 |
|
| Apr. |
|
Began the manufacture of Counter-Exhaust Gas Brazed
Products |
|
|
|
|
| '75 |
|
|
|
| Jun. |
|
Signed a Technical Assistance and Patent Agreement
with Britax Co., Ltd. (Wingard) (UK) for the manufacture of Buckles (Slide Type) |
|
|
| '76 |
|
| Oct. |
|
Established Kyushu Factory |
| Dec. |
|
Began the manufacture of Stainless Steel Tubing |
|
|
|
|
| '78 |
|
|
|
|
|
| '79 |
|
|
|
|
|
| '80 |
|
| Sep. |
|
Began the manufacture of Stainless Steel Brazed
Products |
|
|
| Nov. |
|
Established Sanoh Manufacturing Corporation in the USA (dissolved in Jun. '11) |
|
|
| '81 |
|
| Dec. |
|
Began the manufacture of Mono-layer Tubing |
|
|
|
|
| '82 |
|
| Sep. |
|
Established Hiroshima Sales Office |
| Oct. |
|
Established Saitama Factory |
|
|
|
|
| '85 |
|
|
|
|
|
| '86 |
|
|
|
| Oct. |
|
Established Sanoh Manufacturing de Mexico S.A.de C.V. in Mexico (dissolved in Jun. '11)
|
|
|
| '88 |
|
| Jan. |
|
Began the manufacture of Quick Connectors |
|
|
|
|
| '90 |
|
| Sep. |
|
Established Multi Products Industrial Co., Ltd. (Absorbed by Sanoh in Mar. '09) |
| Oct. |
|
Constructed R&D Center facility (Koga Plant) |
| Dec. |
|
Established Chugoku Sanoh Co., Ltd. (now Nishinihon Sanoh Co., Ltd.) |
|
|
|
|
| '91 |
|
|
|
|
|
| '92 |
|
| Dec. |
|
Constructed Engineering Center facility (Koga Plant) |
|
|
|
|
| '93 |
|
| Dec. |
|
Head Office transferred from Tokyo to Koga, Ibaraki |
|
|
| Sep. |
|
Established HiSAN Inc. (now Sanoh America, Inc.) Mt. Vernon Plant in the USA |
|
|
| '94 |
|
| Apr. |
|
Began the manufacture of Aluminum Brazed Products |
 |
| Oil Cooler Tube |
| Oct. |
|
Began the manufacture of PC-Coated Tubing |
 |
| PC-Coated Tubing |
|
|
|
|
| '95 |
|
| Jan. |
|
Began the manufacture of Press Type Fuel Injection
Rails |
 |
| Fuel Injection Rail |
|
|
|
|
| '96 |
|
| Jan. |
|
Established Atsugi Sales Office |
| Feb. |
|
Established Hamamatsu Sales Office |
|
|
|
|
| '97 |
|
|
|
| Mar. |
|
Established Able
Sanit Co., Ltd. in Thailand |
|
|
| '98 |
|
| Dec. |
|
Stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, First
Section |
|
|
|
|
| '99 |
|
|
|
|
|
| '00 |
|
| Jun. |
|
Began the manufacture of Aluminum Intake Manifolds |
| Oct. |
|
Sanoh's Ni-MH Batteries are used in the ASIMO lightweight humanoid robot manufactured by Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
 |
| C.E.O. Yozo Takeda & ASIMO |
|
|
| Jul. |
|
Established HiSAN Inc. (now Sanoh America, Inc.) Scottsboro Plant in the USA |
|
|
| '01 |
|
| Jan. |
|
Began the manufacture of Ni-MH Batteries for Electric
Bicycles |
 |
| Honda Step Compo |
| Jun. |
|
Began the manufacture of Multi-layer Tubing |
|
|
|
|
| '02 |
|
| Apr. |
|
ISO 14001 Certification awarded to all domestic facilities |
| Sep. |
|
Began the manufacture of Ni-MH Batteries for use
in Fishing Reels |
| Oct. |
|
Established Hamamatsu Plant |
|
|
|
|
| '03 |
|
| Mar. |
|
Began the manufacture of Ni-MH Batteries for use in Motorizing Units for Wheelchairs |
| Jun. |
|
Established the Tokyo Office |
|
|
| Jun. |
|
Established HiSAN Inc. (now Sanoh America, Inc.) Carthage Plant in the USA |
| Jul. |
|
Established Sanoh MTC Inc. in the
USA |
|
|
| '04 |
|
| Aug. |
|
Established the Tokyo Head Office |
|
|
|
|
| '05 |
|
| Aug. |
|
Began the manufacture of completely chromium-free surface treatment products |
| Oct. |
|
Headquarters transferred from Koga, Ibaraki to Tokyo |
|
|
| Jul. |
|
Acquired full ownership of HiSAN Inc. (now Sanoh America, Inc.) in the USA, converting it to a consolidated subsidiary |
|
|
| '06 |
|
| Apr. |
|
Began operation of Production Control Center (Koga Plant) |
|
|
| Oct. |
|
Acquired ownership of Bristol Bending Sanoh Ltd. (now Sanoh UK Manufacturing Ltd.) in the UK, converting to a consolidated subsidiary |
|
|
| '08 |
|
| Jul. |
|
Established the Sanoh Child House Sakuranbo on-site childcare center. |
|
|
| Jan. |
|
Began operation of new Sanoh Manufacturing de Mexico S.A. de C.V. plant in Mexico |
|
|
| '10 |
|
|
|
| Mar. |
|
Began operation of new Sanoh America, Inc. Archbold Plant in the USA |
|
|
| '11 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
