| 1877 |
Founded by Toba Shipyard, the origin of our company |
| 1896 |
Yasuda Zenjiro (founder of Yasuda Zaibatsu) and five others formed a partnership and acquired it. Established Toba Iron Works Partnership |
| 1916 |
Acquired by Kobe trading company Suzuki Shoten, became Toba Shipyard Corporation |
| 1917-05-01 |
Organized electrical department at Toba Shipyard and built a prototype electrical factory. Our company's founding |
| 1917-05 |
Founded: May 1917 (Taisho 6) |
| 1919 |
Established Toba Shipyard Worker Training School |
| 1920 |
Started manufacturing pot motors at the request of Teikoku Jinso (now Teijin). Manufactured aircraft on-board wind turbine DC generators |
| 1921 |
Transferred to Kobe Steel under Suzuki Shoten, became Kobe Steel Toba Electric Manufacturing Plant |
| 1923 |
Completed Japan's first battery-powered transport vehicle |
| 1925 |
Developed Japan's earliest electromagnetic clutch. Started manufacturing DC motors for air brake compressors |
| 1927 |
Toba Shipyard closed due to Suzuki Shoten's bankruptcy, became an electrical appliance manufacturer |
| 1931 |
Launched the phonograph motor (nickname: Red Toba) for record players |
| 1936 |
Delivered 10 electric buses to Osaka Transit (later merged with Osaka City Bus) |
| 1937 |
Equipped Asahi Shimbun's 'Kamikaze' with engine-direct current generators and automatic voltage regulators. Started manufacturing coin registration machine 'Kobelco Register' |
| 1941 |
Built Yamada Factory (now Ise Manufacturing Plant) |
| 1943 |
Built Tokyo Research Institute (later Tokyo Factory) |
| 1944 |
Built Matsusaka Factory (Matsusaka City, Mie Prefecture) |
| 1945 |
End of World War II. Industry leader resumes production. |
| 1949-08 |
Established: August 1949 (Showa 24) |
| 1949-08-18 |
Kobe Steel was divided into three parts, and Kobelco Electric Co., Ltd. was established. |
| 1950 |
Our company independently developed the No.1 vibration machine, Tobatron. Launching vibration equipment business. |
| 1951 |
Started production of lifting magnets (Lifmag). Supplied fare adjustment machines to Japan National Railways. Entered station equipment business. |
| 1952 |
Listed on the First Section of Osaka and Tokyo Stock Exchanges. Resumed production of electrical components for aircraft. |
| 1953 |
Formed technical partnership with Sintron Corporation in the US regarding vibration equipment. Completed Japan's first domestically produced parts feeder. Launched parts feeder business. |
| 1955 |
Ceased production of home appliances. Formed technical partnership with Bendix Corporation in the US regarding aircraft power supply equipment. |
| 1956 |
Developed ground power units for aircraft. Entered airport support vehicle business. |
| 1960 |
Developed passenger steps for DC-8 jet airliners. Formed technical partnership with Warner Corporation in the US regarding electromagnetic clutches and brakes. |
| 1964 |
Slipping and sticking detection devices adopted on the Tokaido Shinkansen. Relocated headquarters to Nihonbashi Asahi Building in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. |
| 1965 |
Constructed Toyohashi Factory (now Toyohashi Manufacturing Plant). Developed sectional drive electrical products for paper machines, including the SCR Leonard type No.1. |
| 1969 |
Developed compact industrial robot 'System Hand'. |
| 1970 |
Closed old Toba Factory. Built new Toba Factory. |
| 1974 |
Completed industrial computer 'SCCS/77'. |
| 1975 |
Jointly developed unmanned transportation system for Okinawa Marine Expo. |
| 1978 |
Closed Tokyo Factory. Established Singapore Representative Office. Launched Japan's first A4 thermal line printer. |
| 1981 |
Developed DC dynamometer. Entered automotive testing equipment business. |
| 1982 |
Developed the world's first heat transfer type color hard copy 'CHC-30'. |
| 1983 |
Developed linear motor type conveyance system. Started sales of electromagnetic brakes 'SBR series' for servo motor holding. |
| 1986 |
Developed electric motor for hydraulic pumps of H-I rocket. Entered space field. |
| 1988 |
Development of the plant controller "SELMART-100" |
| 1989 |
Established our first overseas production base "Thai Parts Feeder" in Thailand. Delivered a vertical heat treatment furnace for semiconductor manufacturing. Entered the semiconductor manufacturing equipment business. |
| 1991 |
Constructed an aerospace electrical equipment factory at Ise Works. |
| 1992 |
Delivered power supply equipment for the melting experiment on the Space Shuttle Endeavour. |
| 1994 |
Established Tianjin Shin-Ko Electric Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, China. |
| 1995 |
Mass production of prepaid card issuing machines for pachinko halls. Local incorporation of the Singapore office. |
| 1996 |
Delivered high-speed dynamo for electric vehicle (EV) testing. |
| 1998 |
Delivered 300mm FOUP-compatible load port to a major semiconductor manufacturing equipment manufacturer. The sublimation color printer "CHC-S545-6" was adopted for print seal machines. |
| 2000 |
Delivered Japan's first all-weather variable angle vehicle-to-vehicle collision test device. |
| 2001 |
With the launch of the H-IIA rocket, our electric actuator for attitude control was adopted. |
| 2002 |
Transfer of forklift business operations. |
| 2004 |
Relocated head office to Shiba Daimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo. |
| 2005 |
Acquired all shares of Osaki Electric Co., Ltd., a clutch and brake manufacturer. |
| 2006 |
Acquired Siemens' conveyance system business and established S&S Engineering Co., Ltd. Launched ultra-high-speed sublimation photo printer "CHC-S2145". |
| 2007 |
Established a clean conveyance equipment factory and an automobile testing equipment laboratory at Toyohashi Works. |
| 2008 |
Constructed a comprehensive building at Ise Works. |
| 2009 |
Changed company name to Symphonia Technology Corporation. Developed a N2 purge load port compatible with 300mm FOUP. |
| 2010 |
Acquired all shares of Daiken Co., Ltd. (now Symphonia Microtech Co., Ltd.) and established Sinfeniya Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| 2011 |
Established Symphonia Technology (Thailand) Bangkok Sales Office. |
| 2013 |
Established Guangzhou Sales Office of Sinfeniya Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, China. |
| 2014 |
A new Technology Development Center was established at the Toyohashi Plant. The Indonesia representative office was converted into a local corporation, and Symphonia Technology (Indonesia) was established. Symphonia Technology (America), a local subsidiary in the United States, was also established. |
| 2015 |
Opening of the Tianjin sales office of Xin Fu Ni Ya Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in China. |
| 2016 |
Symphonia Microtech (Vietnam) is constructing a factory in Vietnam. |
| 2017-05-01 |
Celebrating 100 years since founding on May 1. |
| 2019 |
Established a joint research course titled 'Symphonia Technology: Next-Generation Smart Factory' with Toyohashi University of Technology. |
| 2020 |
Expanded the clean conveyance equipment factory within the Toyohashi Plant. |
| 2022 |
Opened a Solution Lab (Regenerative Medicine) in Kobe. |
| 2023 |
Expanded the clean conveyance system factory FAB3 within the Toyohashi Plant. |
