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History

Acknowledging tradition yet marching towerd the future,
the Shiroki way is one built on innovation and wisdom.

1946 Mar SHIROKI KINZOKU KOGYO Co., Ltd. established.
Head Office, Tokyo Plant established (in Jujo Military Arsenal).
Head Office,Tokyo Plant
1950 Oct. Manufacture of doorframes and moldings started.
1951 May Mass production of window regulators started.
1954 Apr. Mass production of doorframes started.
1956 Jul. Ex-Nagoya Plant started operation. (Nagoya Dept. at present)
1959 Dec. Osaka Plant (in Ikeda-City) started operation.
1960 Jan. Mass production of car keys started.
Nov. Toyota Plant started operation.
Mass production of seat adjusters started.
1963 Dec. Mass production of seat recliners started.
1964 Feb. Tokyo Plant started operation.
Dec. Affiliated with Tokyu Corp.
1967 Jan. Fujisawa Plant started operation. (Head Office moved.)
Fujisawa Plant
1970 May The company was listed on the 2nd Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1972 Oct. The company was listed on the 2nd Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.
1973 Aug. The company was listed on the 1st Section of the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchange respectively.
1977 Aug. Osaka Plant transferred to Ibaraki.
1980 Oct. Toyokawa Plant started operation.
1985 Dec. SHIROKI SHOJI Co. Ltd. established.
Dec. Tokyo Plant consolidated with Fujisawa Plant.
1987 Jan. New Corporate Statement and Management Policy introduced.
1988 Mar. SHIROKI-WICKES CORPORATION (SW MANUFACTURING, INC. at present) established. (the United States)
Jul. Ex-Nagoya Plant consolidated with Toyokawa Plant.
Sep. The company changed its name to SHIROKI CORPORATION.
SHIROKI SEIKI Co., Ltd established
1989 May SHIROKI U.S.A. Corporation established.
1991 Apr. Nagoya Plant started operation.
Nagoya Plant
Dec. Margin trading issue listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1992 Oct. Nagoya Plant received "NIKKEI MOST UPDATED BUSINESS OFFICE AWARD."
1993 Dec. Sun Circle merged into SHIROKI Group.
1995 Jun. SWM Georgia L.L.C. established. (the United States)
1996 Nov. 50 Years Anniversary
1998 Feb. Nagoya Plant acquired the approval of ISO14001.
Sep. SWM Georgia L.L.C. acquired the approval of QS9000 and ISO9002.
Dec. Fujisawa Plant acquired the approval of ISO14001.
1999 Feb. Domestic use of multi-functional medicare bed, "Sunflower Bed" was introduced into market.
Toyokawa Head Office and its Plant acquired the approval of ISO9001.
Dec. SWM started supplying their parts to an American automobile manufacture.
2000 Mar. Toyokawa Head Office and Osaka Plant respectively acquired the approval of ISO9001.
2001 Feb. The Cooperation Agreement has concluded with Brose (Germany).
Brose (Germany)
Aug. KYUSHU SHIROKI Co., Ltd. established.
2002 Jan. SHIROKI CORP. (THAILAND) LTD. established.
Feb. SHIROKI BROSE CORP. established.
Received the Technical Development Award from Toyota Motor Corporation.
Jul. KYUSHU SHIROKI Co., Ltd. started operation.
2003 Feb. Received the Technical Development Award from Toyota Motor Corporation.
Aug. Received the Management Award from TOKYU Group.
Invested to ASAN CO., LTD, Korea.
Oct. GUANGZHOU SHIROKI CORP. established.
Nov. SHIROKI CORP. (THAILAND) LTD. started operation.
2004 Aug. New plant at SHIROKI CORP. (THAILAND) LTD. established.
2005 Apr. GUANGZHOU SHIROKI Corp. started operation.
2006 Jul. SHIROKI CREATE SERVICE CO., LTD. established.
2007 Jan. SW Manufacturing, Inc. changed its name to SHIROKI North America, Inc.
SWM Georgia, L.L.C. changed its name to SHIROKI-GA, LLC.
SWM-GT, L.L.C. changed its name to SHIROKI-GT, LLC.
Mar. SHIROKI-GA, LLC started operations.
Jul. Second plant of Guangzhou Shiroki Corp. started operations.
Sep. Made equity investment in Technico Industries Limited.
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