| SEPT. 1945 |
Takeshi Horiba, the present Chairman, started Sanmei Co., LTD., which sold electric instruments in Nagoya City. |
| OCT. 1950 |
Sanyo Manufacturing Co., LTD., established with its head office at
Hira, Yamada-cho, Nishi-ku, Nagoya. Started manufacturing jigs,
gauges and test instruments. |
| JAN. 1957 |
Company name changed to Sanyo Co., LTD. |
| MAY 1959 |
Company won Prefecture Governor's Award following evaluation several companies. |
| JUNE 1960 |
Nishiharu Plant built in
Nishiharu-cho, Nishi-Kasugai-gun, Aichi-ken. This promoted production capacity of cylindrical grinders,
special purpose machines, jigs and press dies. |
| NOV. 1960 |
Commended for Company Excellence by the Head of the Medium and Small Business Bureau. |
| JAN. 1962 |
Company renamed as Sanyo Machine Works LTD. |
| JULY 1962 |
Business Department became independent and named Sanyo Machine Trading Company. |
| JAN. 1965 |
Toyota Plant built in Midorigaoka, Toyota City, Aichi-ken. |
| NOV. 1968 |
Technical aid contract made with Efficient Engineering Co. (U.S.A.) for automatic welding device. |
| APRIL 1971 |
Prince and Princess Takamatsu visited the company to observe the Gate Line manufactured by Sanyo Machine Works LTD. and delivered to Toyota Motors, Corporation Tsutsumi
Plant. They also visited out Nagoya and Nishiharu Plants. |
| JUNE 1972 |
Head Office moved to Nishiharu-cho,
Nishi-Kasugai-gun,
Aichi-ken. |
| MARCH 1975 |
Taiyo Kiko Co. LTD. established in
Nishi-ku,
Nagoya for production and sales of jigs, gauges and welding machines. |
| SEPT. 1976 |
Automatic thread fastening device ( DC Nut
Runner) developed for actual use. |
| DEC. 1980 |
Contract made with Krause( West Germany ) for
sales and technical aid of Sanyo's automatic thread fastening device. |
| JULY 1982 |
Sanyo's Canada plant built in Elmira, Ontario,
Canada. |
| DEC. 1983 |
Detroit office opened in Detroit, Michigan,
U.S.A. |
| DEC. 1984 |
Technical aid contract made with BTM Co. (U.S.A.)
for Sanyo's metal plate bonding system. |
| FEB. 1986 |
Sanyo Machine America Corporation established in
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. |
| SEPT. 1986 |
Exhibited Jig Center at the '86 IMTS ( Chicago
Trade Show). Started selling in the U.S. |
| NOV. 1991 |
Started development and sales of laser machining
system. |
| DEC. 1992 |
Smart Automation System Incorporated established
in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. |
| APR. 1993` |
Started development and sales of portable
3-dimensional measuring instrument. |
| JUNE 1993 |
Takeshi Horiba became Chairman of the Board.
Masatake Horiba became President and CEO. |
| SEPT. 1995 |
The 50th Anniversary of the company. |
| OCT. 1995 |
Started selling a small, high speed type nut
runner SVNR. |