| 1947-04-07 |
Established on April 7, 1947 |
| 1954-04-28 |
Established on April 28, 1954 |
| 1955-03 |
Wakita Machinery Works founded. Honorary Chairman Fumio Wakita established Wakita Machinery Works in Nishiku, Osaka City. Started sales and repairs of marine diesel engines. |
| 1960-03 |
Wakita Machinery Co., Ltd. established. Reorganized into a corporation with capital of 2 million yen. Changed trade name to Wakita Machinery Co., Ltd. Started sales and repairs of industrial machinery and marine machinery. |
| 1962-03 |
Started rental business for construction machinery, pioneering in this field. |
| 1962-05-23 |
Established on May 23, 1962 |
| 1966-06 |
Opened Tokyo Sales Office (promoted to branch in May, Showa 44). |
| 1967-05 |
Birth of MEIHO brand. Started manufacturing and sales of construction machinery, etc. |
| 1967-07 |
Opened Kyushu Sales Office (promoted to branch in May, Showa 49). |
| 1968-07 |
Opened Nagoya Sales Office (promoted to branch in September, Showa 55). |
| 1969-03 |
Opened Sendai Sales Office (promoted to branch in March, Showa 53). |
| 1969-05 |
Opened Osaka Branch. |
| 1970-11 |
Hiroshima Sales Office opened (promoted to branch in September, Showa 55). |
| 1973-05-11 |
Established on May 11, 1973 |
| 1974-03 |
Absorbed Hakutama Meriyasu Co., Ltd. (located in Higashiku, Osaka City, capital of 100,000 yen) for the purpose of changing the face value of shares. Changed trade name to Wakita Co., Ltd. |
| 1979-08-01 |
Established on August 1, 1979 |
| 1979-10 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| 1980-12-16 |
Established on December 16, 1980 |
| 1982-09 |
Newly established Shiga Factory. |
| 1983-02 |
Relocated headquarters. Moved headquarters to Minami-ku, Osaka City (now Chuo-ku, Osaka City). |
| 1983-03 |
Founded in March 1983 |
| 1984-03 |
Established the Video & Audio Business Division (now Sound & Visual Department). Started sales and leasing of video and audio equipment. |
| 1985-08 |
Founded in August 1985 |
| 1985-09-21 |
Established on September 21, 1985 |
| 1989-02-11 |
Established on February 11, 1989 |
| 1989-08 |
Designated as a stock listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange First Section. |
| 1992-04 |
Established the Sales Headquarters and Management Headquarters. |
| 1998-10-28 |
Established on October 28, 1998 |
| 1999-03 |
Renamed the Video & Audio Business Division to the System Business Division. |
| 1999-12-14 |
Established on December 14, 1999 |
| 2000-02 |
Completed the head office building. Completed the head office building in Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka City. |
| 2000-03 |
Changed the registered head office to Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka City. |
| 2002-10-21 |
Established on October 21, 2002 |
| 2005-06-07 |
Established on June 7, 2005 |
| 2007-03 |
Made Chiba Lease Industry Co., Ltd. (Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture), the company's first group company, a consolidated subsidiary to strengthen sales within Chiba Prefecture. |
| 2008-03 |
Started the three-business system. Established the Real Estate Business Headquarters. Started the three-business system of the Construction Machinery Business Headquarters and the Trading Business Headquarters. |
| 2011-02 |
Changed the manufacturing of MEIHO brand construction machinery to outsourcing and other methods. |
| 2013-07 |
Designated as a stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section. |
| 2014-11-05 |
Founded on November 5, 2014 (established on July 4, 1957) |
| 2015-04 |
Started the Construction Machinery Net Auction Win Auction. |
| 2016-03 |
Made Yashima Trading Co., Ltd. (Kazo City, Saitama Prefecture), a consolidated subsidiary for expanding the handling products and sales channels of overseas transactions. |
| 2017-02 |
Opened Hotel Cordia Osaka and entered the hotel industry. |
| 2017-09 |
Made Izumi Lease Co., Ltd. (Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture), a consolidated subsidiary to strengthen sales in the Kanto area. |
| 2018-03 |
Made Tounichi Kousan Co., Ltd. (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo), a consolidated subsidiary for further expansion of the construction machinery business and new entry into the agricultural machinery sales business (80% investment ratio). |
| 2018-11 |
Made Shinyou Equipment Lease Sales Co., Ltd. (Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture), a consolidated subsidiary for strengthening sales in the Koshin area. |
| 2019-03 |
Made San Network Rib Co., Ltd. (Fushimi-ku, Kyoto), a consolidated subsidiary for new entry and expansion in the nursing care business. |
| 2019-04 |
Made Yasunari Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. (Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture), a consolidated subsidiary for entry into the construction field, acquiring crane operation technology, and buying and selling cranes. |
| 2019-11 |
Made CSS Technology Development Co., Ltd. (Tama City, Tokyo), a consolidated subsidiary to strengthen the business of construction machinery through efforts to promote ICT equipment-based i-Construction. |
| 2021-03 |
Opened Hotel Cordia Osaka Honmachi. |
| 2021-09 |
Grand Earth Co., Ltd. (now Grand Earth Kyushu, Kasuya District, Fukuoka Prefecture) and Kyushu Machinery Lease Co., Ltd. (same) were consolidated subsidiaries aimed at strengthening sales in the northern Kyushu region. |
| 2022-04 |
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market following a review of market classification. |
| 2022-04 |
In April 2022, the company announced a |
| 2022-09 |
Yamakei Co., Ltd. (now Wakita Yamakei Co., Ltd., Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture) was consolidated to strengthen sales in the Kanto region. |
| 2023-02 |
Daiki Sangyo Co., Ltd. (Moriyama City, Shiga Prefecture) was consolidated to strengthen sales in the Keiji region. |
| 2023-03 |
Daiyu Co., Ltd. (Neyagawa City, Osaka Prefecture) was consolidated to enhance ICT strategies such as technical proposals in the construction machinery business. |
| 2023-03 |
In addition, Nichii Care Net Co., Ltd. (now Wakita Care Net Co., Ltd., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) was consolidated to further expand the caregiving business. |
| 2024-05 |
The System Division was renamed SV (Sound & Visual) Division. |
| 2024-09 |
Nitto Rental Co., Ltd. (Oyama City, Tochigi Prefecture) was consolidated to strengthen sales in the North Kanto and Tohoku regions. |
| 2025-12 |
Carelex Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) was consolidated to expand the scale and area of the caregiving business. |
