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May 1947
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Foundation of Sanyo Trading Co., Ltd. by members of the Kobe branch of the former Mitsui & Co., Ltd., following the zaibatsu dissolution. Headquarter in Kobe and the capital is 195,000 JPY.
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May 1948
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Establishment of a subsidiary in Tokyo
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December 1952
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Establishment of a subsidiary in Osaka
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January 1954
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Establishment of a representative office in New York
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August 1958
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Establishment of a subsidiary in Nagoya
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February 1961
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Reorganization of the representative office in New York to “Sanyo Corporation of America”, being a local corporation (now consolidated subsidiary)
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November 1964
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Completion of the Sanyo Trading building, and transfer of the headquarter from Kobe to Tokyo
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July 1971
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Elimination of the name “Tokyo subsidiary”, and fusion with the main office
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January 1973
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Foundation of Sanyo Machinery Co., Ltd.
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June 1988
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Establishment of a representative office in Bangkok
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September 1990
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Establishment of a representative office in Hanoi
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October 1992
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Establishment of a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City
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November 1994
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Establishment of a representative office in Detroit
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March 2000
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Reorganization of the representative office in Detroit to “Sanyo Corporation of America, Detroit” branch
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August 2002
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Establishment of a representative office in Shanghai
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October 2002
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Acquisition of Newly Instruments Co., Ltd.
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June 2003
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Transfer of the representative office in Bangkok to our affiliate San-Thap International
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December 2003
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Reorganization of the representative office in Shanghai to “Sanyo Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.”, being a local corporation (now consolidated subsidiary)
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January 2004
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Acquisition of Cosmos Shoji Co., Ltd. (now consolidated subsidiary) and transfer into a subsidiary
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September 2004
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The main office, the Osaka branch and the Nagoya branch achieve ISO 14001 license
Sanyo Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. opens an office in Tianjin
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October 2004
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Through joint investment with Touchi Co., Ltd., Sanyo-Touchi (Shanghai) Rubber Co., Ltd. was founded (non-consolidated subsidiary)
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December 2005
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Sanyo Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. opens an office in Guangzhou
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April 2006
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Stock acquisition of Sanyo Technos Co., Ltd. (non-consolidated subsidiary, now subsidiary) and transfer into a subsidiary
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October 2006
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Stock acquisition of Chem-Inter Corporation (now consolidated subsidiary) and transfer into a subsidiary
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June 2008
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Completion of the new main office building
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May 2010
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Reorganization of the representative office in Ho Chi Minh City to “Sanyo Trading (Vietnam) Co., Ltd.”, being a local corporation and a non-consolidated subsidiary
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October 2010
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Establishment of a representative office in New Delhi, India
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September 2011
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Reorganization of the representative office in Hanoi to “Sanyo Trading (Vietnam) Co., Ltd., Hanoi branch”
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December 2011
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Reorganization of the representative office in New Delhi to “Sanyo Trading India Private Ltd.”
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February 2012
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Establishment of “Sanyo Trading International (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.”
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October 2012
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Listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Second Section
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October 2013
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Establishment of the Mexican local company “Sanyo Phoenix Mexico S.A. de C.V.”
Listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section
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August 2014
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Establishment of “PT. Sanyo Trading Indonesia.”
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July 2015
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Establishment of “Singapore Sanyo Trading Pte.Ltd.”
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February 2016
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Stock acquisition of Sort Co., Ltd. and transfer into a subsidiary
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July 2016
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Stock acquisition of Nihon Rufuto Co., Ltd. and transfer into a subsidiary
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May 2017
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Establishment of a representative office in Düsseldorf
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July 2017
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Stock acquisition of Freeman(Japan) Co., Ltd and transfer into a subsidiary
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August 2017
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Establishment of a subsidiary in Hiroshima
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September 2017
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Sanyo Technos Co., Ltd. changed its corporate name to Sanyo Furue Science Co., Ltd.
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October 2017
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Stock acquisition of Azzurro Co., Ltd and transfer into a subsidiary
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April 2018
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Acquisition of Sort Co., Ltd.
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July 2018
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San-Thap International Co., Ltd. changed its corporate name to Sanyo Trading Asia Co., Ltd.
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May 2019
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Acquisition of Shin-Toyo Kikai Kogyo Co., Ltd.