| 1887-04 |
Founded as a limited liability company by executives of the Himeji Third National Bank to establish the Kobe Raw Silk Market. Capital of 150,000 yen. |
| 1887-05-23 |
Established: May 24, 1887 |
| 1887-05-23 |
Established |
| 1893-06 |
Reorganized into a corporation and renamed "Shinei Corporation". |
| 1893-10 |
Recognized as a company under the old Commercial Code. |
| 1902-03 |
The Yokohama branch manager announced the "Raw Silk Sorting Theory," contributing to the reorganization of the silk industry. |
| 1915-04 |
Established a trade department and started exporting textiles and miscellaneous goods. |
| 1925-05 |
Changed the company name to "Shinei Raw Silk Corporation" with the opening of the Kobe Raw Silk Market and increased raw silk handling volume. |
| 1928-05 |
Entered the silk reeling industry. |
| 1929-06 |
Established a New York branch as a base for raw silk exports to the U.S. |
| 1943-05 |
Under wartime control, due to the decline of the sericulture industry, changed the company name to "Shinei Industries Corporation". |
| 1943-09 |
Expanded into electrical components and began manufacturing capacitors. |
| 1947-03 |
Reopened the sericulture industry and changed the company name back to "Shinei Raw Silk Corporation". |
| 1947-08 |
Resumed trade business with the reintroduction of limited private trade. |
| 1948-09 |
Opened Tokyo branch to expand business in the Kanto region. |
| 1949-05 |
Listed shares on the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges. |
| 1952-06 |
Decided to start China trade after signing the China-Japan private trade agreement. |
| 1959-02 |
Established a local subsidiary, Shinyei Company, Inc., in New York to expand transactions with the United States. |
| 1961-12 |
Designated as a "Friendship Trading Company" from China. |
| 1965-04 |
Developed polypropylene film capacitor. |
| 1966-08 |
Merged with Shinei Electric Co., Ltd. and Oita Seishi Co., Ltd., and changed the trade name to "Shinei Corporation". |
| 1967-04 |
Completed the new head office building in Kobe City, Ikuta Ward (now Chuo Ward), Kyomachi. |
| 1970-01 |
Opened Osaka branch. |
| 1970-11 |
Developed the industry's first metal oxide type humidity sensor. |
| 1971 |
Started importing frozen vegetables from China. |
| 1978-03 |
Developed polymer humidity sensor. |
| 1979-05 |
Established a local subsidiary, Shinyei Corp. of America, in New York. |
| 1983-03 |
Ceased silk production and withdrew from the silk industry. |
| 1985-09 |
Established Kyushu Shin-ei Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| 1987-05 |
Celebrated the 100th anniversary of the company's founding. |
| 1987-11 |
Established SK Building Materials Industry Co., Ltd. |
| 1989-06 |
Opened Kobe Techno Center. |
| 1992-01 |
Established a local subsidiary, Shinyei Kaisha Electronics (M) SDN. BHD., in Johor State, Malaysia. |
| 1995-01 |
The head office building was destroyed by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. |
| 1996-04 |
Opened Hong Kong branch. |
| 1997-10 |
Established Shinei (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 1998-01 |
Established Shinyei Electronics Corp. of America in the United States. |
| 1998-03 |
Rebuilt the head office building in Kyomachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe City. |
| 1998-07 |
Established SK Electronic Co., Ltd. |
| 1998-11 |
Established Shinei Capacitor Co., Ltd. |
| 1999-11 |
Established Shinei Capacitor Co., Ltd. |
| 2000-12 |
Opened Shinei Group R&D Center. |
| 2001-02 |
Grouped Yoshida Seiki Co., Ltd. |
| 2002-04 |
Changed trade name to Shinei Material Co., Ltd. |
| 2003-02 |
Grouped Fujiura Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 2003-03 |
Established Shinei Business Engineering Service Co., Ltd. |
| 2003-12 |
Shinyei USA Corp. absorbed and merged with Shinyei Corp. of America and Shinyei Electronics Corp. of America, changing the trade name to Shinyei Corp. of America. |
| 2007-04 |
Changed trade name to Shinei Technology Co., Ltd. |
| 2008-01 |
Changed trade name to Shinei Home Create Co., Ltd. |
| 2008-07 |
Changed trade name to Shinei Business Service Co., Ltd. |
| 2009-03 |
Established Shinei Group R&D Center in Chuo-ku, Kobe City. |
| 2009-08 |
Grouped Maruoka Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 2010-02 |
Established Shinei Agrifoods Co., Ltd. |
| 2011-02 |
Separated the capacitor business of Shinei Technology Co., Ltd. as Shinei Capacitor Co., Ltd. |
| 2011-11 |
Shinei Business Service Co., Ltd. merged with NCD Co., Ltd., changing the trade name to Shinei Living Industry Co., Ltd. |
| 2012-02 |
Established Shinei Trading (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. |
| 2013-12 |
Established Shinei Agritech Co., Ltd. |
| 2014-03 |
Shinyei Agritech Co., Ltd. succeeded the agricultural business of Shinyei Agrifoods Co., Ltd. through absorption-type company split. |
| 2014-11 |
Established Shinyei Lifetex Co., Ltd. |
| 2015-02 |
Established Shinyei Test Machinery Co., Ltd. |
| 2015-04 |
Shinyei Lifetex Co., Ltd. absorbed and merged with Grandy Co., Ltd. |
| 2015-07 |
Shinyei Lifetex Co., Ltd. succeeded the apparel retail business of Maruoka Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 2015-09 |
Established a local subsidiary, Shinyei (Thailand) Co., Ltd., in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 2017-04 |
Shinyei Lifetex Co., Ltd. absorbed and merged with Grandy Co., Ltd. |
| 2019-10 |
Shinyei Technology Co., Ltd. absorbed and merged with Shinyei Test Machinery Co., Ltd. |
| 2019-11 |
Transferred the apparel wholesale and textile businesses of Shinyei Lifetex Co., Ltd. to our company. |
| 2021-04 |
Shinyei Trading (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. absorbed and merged with Shinyei (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. |
| 2021-08 |
Transferred all shares of Shinyei Agritech Co., Ltd. outside the Shinyei Group. |
| 2022-01 |
Capital increased from 1.98 billion yen to 2.065 billion yen. |
| 2022-04 |
Changed market classification on the Tokyo Stock Exchange from First Section to the Standard Market. |
| 2022-05 |
Ceased operations of the local subsidiary in Thailand, Shinyei (Thailand) Co., Ltd., and established an office in Bangkok, Japan. |
