Sanyo Trading Co., Ltd.

Founded with a capital of 195,000 yen by volunteers from the former Mitsui & Co. Kobe branch, with Kobe as its headquarters. At the time of founding, only President Tamaki Eiji was familiar with trading company operations.

Sanyo Trading was established in Kobe by former employees of Mitsui & Co., following the zaibatsu dissolution.

Following the dismantling of the former Mitsui & Co., the company's Kobe branch volunteers established Sanyo Trading Co., Ltd. with a capital of 195 thousand yen, based in Kobe.

Founded Sanyo Trading Co., Ltd. by members of the Kobe branch of the former Mitsui & Co., Ltd., following the zaibatsu dissolution. Headquartered in Kobe with capital of 195,000 JPY.

Established Tokyo branch.

A subsidiary was established in Tokyo.

Established a subsidiary in Tokyo.

A subsidiary was established in Osaka.

Established Osaka branch.

Established a subsidiary in Osaka.

A representative office was established in New York.

Opened New York representative office.

Established a representative office in New York.

A subsidiary was established in Nagoya.

Established Nagoya branch.

Established a subsidiary in Nagoya.

Reorganized into Sanyo Corporation of America.

The New York representative office was reorganized into Sanyo Corporation of America, a local corporation.

Reorganized New York representative office into Sanyo Corporation of America, a local subsidiary in the United States.

Reorganized the New York representative office into “Sanyo Corporation of America”, a local corporation.

Moved headquarters from Kobe to Tokyo.

The headquarters was transferred from Kobe to Tokyo, and the Sanyo Trading building was completed.

Completed Sanyo Trading Building and relocated headquarters from Kobe to Tokyo.

Completion of the Sanyo Trading building, and transfer of the headquarter from Kobe to Tokyo.

The Tokyo subsidiary was eliminated and merged with the main office.

Eliminated the “Tokyo subsidiary” name and merged with the head office.

Established Sanno Industries Co., Ltd.

A new company was established.

Changed the name of Sanno Industries Co., Ltd. to Sanyo Machinery Industries Co., Ltd. (current consolidated group company).

Founded Sanyo Machinery Co., Ltd.

A representative office was established in Bangkok.

Opened Bangkok representative office.

Established a representative office in Bangkok.

A representative office was established in Hanoi.

Opened Hanoi representative office.

Established a representative office in Hanoi.

A representative office was established in Ho Chi Minh City.

Opened Ho Chi Minh City representative office.

Establishment of a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City.

A representative office was established in Detroit.

Opened Detroit representative office.

Establishment of a representative office in Detroit.

The Detroit office was reorganized into Sanyo Corporation of America, Detroit branch.

Reorganization of the representative office in Detroit to “Sanyo Corporation of America, Detroit” branch.

A representative office was established in Shanghai.

Establishment of a representative office in Shanghai.

The Bangkok office was transferred to San-Thap International.

Transfer of the representative office in Bangkok to our affiliate San-Thap International.

The Shanghai representative office was reorganized into Sanyo Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a local corporation.

Reorganization of the representative office in Shanghai to “Sanyo Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.”, being a local corporation.

Cosmos Shoji Co., Ltd. was acquired and became a subsidiary.

Acquisition of Cosmos Shoji Co., Ltd. and transfer into a subsidiary.

Main office, Osaka, and Nagoya branches achieved ISO 14001; Shanghai office opened in Tianjin.

The main office, the Osaka branch and the Nagoya branch achieve ISO 14001 license; Sanyo Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. opens an office in Tianjin.

Joint investment with Touchi Co., Ltd. founded Sanyo-Touchi (Shanghai) Rubber Co., Ltd.

Through joint investment with Touchi Co., Ltd., Sanyo-Touchi (Shanghai) Rubber Co., Ltd. was founded.

Sanyo Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. opened an office in Guangzhou.

Established Guangzhou office of Sanyo Bussan Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Sanyo Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. opens an office in Guangzhou.

Sanyo Technos Co., Ltd. was acquired and became a subsidiary.

Stock acquisition of Sanyo Technos Co., Ltd. and transfer into a subsidiary.

Chem-Inter Corporation was acquired and became a subsidiary.

Acquired shares of Kem Inter Co., Ltd. and made it a group company.

Stock acquisition of Chem-Inter Corporation and transfer into a subsidiary.

Completed new headquarters building.

The new main office building was completed.

Completion of the new main office building.

Reorganized Ho Chi Minh City representative office into Sanyo Trading (Vietnam) Limited Company, a local subsidiary in Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh City office was reorganized into Sanyo Trading (Vietnam) Co., Ltd.

Reorganization of the representative office in Ho Chi Minh City to “Sanyo Trading (Vietnam) Co., Ltd.”.

Opened India representative office.

A representative office was established in New Delhi, India.

Establishment of a representative office in New Delhi, India.

The Hanoi office was reorganized into Sanyo Trading (Vietnam) Co., Ltd., Hanoi branch.

Reorganized Hanoi representative office into Sanyo Trading (Vietnam) Limited Company Hanoi Branch.

Reorganization of the representative office in Hanoi to “Sanyo Trading (Vietnam) Co., Ltd., Hanoi branch”.

The New Delhi office was reorganized into Sanyo Trading India Private Ltd.

Reorganization of the representative office in New Delhi to “Sanyo Trading India Private Ltd.”.

Sanyo Trading International (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. was established.

Establishment of “Sanyo Trading International (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.”.

The company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Second Section.

Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Second Section.

Sanyo Phoenix Mexico S.A. de C.V. was established.

The company was upgraded to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section.

Designated as a stock of the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Establishment of the Mexican local company “Sanyo Phoenix Mexico S.A. de C.V.”.

Listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section.

A local company was established in Indonesia.

Establishment of “PT. Sanyo Trading Indonesia.”.

Singapore Sanyo Trading Pte. Ltd. was established.

Establishment of “Singapore Sanyo Trading Pte.Ltd.”.

Sort Co., Ltd. was acquired and became a subsidiary.

Acquired all shares of Sort Corporation and made it a group company

Stock acquisition of Sort Co., Ltd. and transfer into a subsidiary.

Nihon Rufuto Co., Ltd. was acquired and became a subsidiary.

Acquired all shares of Japan Luft Corporation and made it a group company

Stock acquisition of Nihon Rufuto Co., Ltd. and transfer into a subsidiary.

A representative office was established in Düsseldorf.

Establishment of a representative office in Düsseldorf.

Freeman (Japan) Co., Ltd. was acquired and became a subsidiary.

Acquired all shares of Japan Freeman Corporation and made it a group company

Stock acquisition of Freeman (Japan) Co., Ltd. and transfer into a subsidiary.

A subsidiary was established in Hiroshima.

Established Hiroshima Office

Establishment of a subsidiary in Hiroshima.

Sanyo Technos Co., Ltd. changed its name to Sanyo Furue Science Co., Ltd.

Sanyo Technos Corporation changed its trade name to Sanyo Koro Science Corporation

Sanyo Technos Co., Ltd. changed its corporate name to Sanyo Furue Science Co., Ltd.

Azzurro Co., Ltd. was acquired and became a subsidiary.

Acquired all shares of Azuro Corporation and made it a group company

Stock acquisition of Azzurro Co., Ltd and transfer into a subsidiary.

Sort Co., Ltd. was acquired.

Merged with Sort Corporation

Stock acquisition of Sort Co., Ltd.

San-Thap International Co., Ltd. changed its name to Sanyo Trading Asia Co., Ltd.

San-Thap International Co., Ltd. changed its corporate name to Sanyo Trading Asia Co., Ltd.

Shin-Toyo Kikai Kogyo Co., Ltd. was acquired.

Stock acquisition of Shin-Toyo Kikai Kogyo Co., Ltd.

YPTech Co., Ltd. was acquired.

Stock acquisition of YPTech Co., Ltd.

NKS Co., Ltd. was acquired.

Stock acquisition of NKS Co., Ltd.

Azzuro Co. and NKS Co. merged to form Sanyo Life Material Co., Ltd.

Azzuro Co. and NKS Co. merge to establish Sanyo Life Material Co., Ltd.

Global Trading Co., Ltd. was acquired; Sanyo Trading Asia opened an office in Laem Chabang.

Stock acquisition of Global Trading Co., Ltd. Sanyo Trading Asia Co., Ltd. opens an office in Laem Chabang.

Sanyo Corporation of America opened an office in Alabama.

Sanyo Corporation of America opens an office in Alabama.

A new technical center was established.

Establishment of Sanyo Technical Center.

SCRUM Inc. was acquired.

Stock acquisition of SCRUM Inc.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange market division was changed to the Prime Market.

Changed the market division of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the prime market.

Cosmo Computing System, Inc. was acquired.

Stock acquisition of Cosmo Computing System, Inc.

KOTAI Biotechnologies, Inc. was acquired.

Stock acquisition of KOTAI Biotechnologies, Inc.

A European subsidiary was established.

Establishment of “Sanyo Trading Europe GmbH”.

A branch was established in Korea.

Establishment of “Sanyo Trading Korea Branch”.

EMAS SUPPLIES & SERVICES PTE LTD was acquired.

Acquired all shares of EMAS Supplies & Services Pte Ltd and made it a group company

Stock acquisition of EMAS SUPPLIES & SERVICES PTE LTD.