HISTORY
History
Constantly evolving and advancing
while remaining faithful to our traditions
Progress backed by innovation and wisdom
- 1946
- Mar.
SHIROKI KINZOKU KOGYO Co., Ltd. Established.
Head Office, Tokyo Plant established (in Jujo Ex- Military Arsenal).
| 1950 | Oct. | Manufacturing of doorframes and moldings started. |
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| 1951 | May | Mass production of window regulators started. |
| 1954 | Apr. | Mass production of doorframes started. |
| 1956 | Jul. | Former Nagoya Plant started operation. |
| 1958 | Sep. | Affiliated with "Toyoko Co., Ltd". |
- 1959
- Dec.
Osaka Plant (in Ikeda-City) started operation.
| 1960 | Jan. | Mass production of car keys started. |
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| Nov. | Toyota Plant started operation. Mass production of seat adjusters started. |
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| 1963 | Dec. | Mass production of seat recliners started. |
| 1964 | Feb. | Tokyo Plant started operation. |
| Dec. | Affiliated with Tokyu Corp. | |
| 1967 | Jan. | Head office moved. Fujisawa Plant started operation. |
| 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 Ibaragi. |
- 1980
- Oct.
Toyokawa Plant started operation.
| 1984 | Apr. | SHIROKI SEIKI Co., Ltd. established. |
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| 1985 | Apr. | SHIROKI SHOJI Co. Ltd. established. |
| 1986 | Oct. | Toyokawa Head Office and Technical Center established. |
| Dec. | Tokyo Plant consolidated with Fujisawa Plant. | |
| 1988 | Mar. | SHIROKI-WICKES CORPORATION (SW MANUFACTURING, INC. at present) established. (the United States) |
| Jun. | Former Nagoya Plant consolidated with Toyokawa Plant. |
- 1988
- Sep.
The company changed its name to SHIROKI CORPORATION.
| 1991 | Apr. | Nagoya Plant started operation. |
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| Dec. | Selected as loan margin trading issue on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. | |
| 1992 | Oct. | Nagoya Plant received "NIKKEI MOST UPDATED BUSINESS OFFICE AWARD." |
| 1993 | Dec. | Sun Circle was affiliated with SHIROKI Group. |
| 1995 | Jun. | SWM Georgia L.L.C. established. (the United States) |
| 1996 | Nov. | 50 Years Anniversary. |
| 2001 | Aug. | KYUSHU SHIROKI Co., Ltd. established. |
| 2002 | Jan. | SHIROKI CORP. (THAILAND) LTD. established. (Thailand). |
| Jul. | KYUSHU SHIROKI Co., Ltd. started operation. | |
| 2003 | Aug. | Invested in ASAN Co., Ltd. (South Korea). |
| Oct. | GUANGZHOU SHIROKI Corp. established. (China). | |
| 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 | Jun. | SWM-GT, L.L.C. established. (the United States). |
| Jul. | SHIROKI CREATE SERVICE Co., Ltd. established. | |
| 2007 | Jan. | Expanded plant at SHIROKI-GA L.L.C. started operation. The Company changed names of three companies in North America. |
| Mar. | SHIROKI-GT, LLC. started operation. | |
| Jul. | Second plant at GUANGZHOU SHIROKI Corp. started operation. | |
| Sep. | Invested in Technico Industries Ltd. (India). | |
| 2009 | Aug. | Former Toyota Plant stopped production, and three plants in the Chukyo area were consolidated into two plants. |
| 2010 | Jul. | Stakes in Technico Industries, Ltd. increased to 27%. |
| 2011 | Mar. | MATSUMI CORPORATION became consolidated subsidiary. |
| Apr. | The largest shareholder changes to TOYOTA MORTOR CORPORATION. | |
| Aug. | PT. SHIROKI INDONESIA established. | |
| 2012 | Jul. | SHIROKI ASIA CORP. LTD. established. |
| 2013 | Feb. | PT. SHIROKI INDONESIA started operation. |
| Jul. | TOHOKU SHIROKI CO., LTD. established. | |
| 2014 | Jan. | TOHOKU SHIROKI CO., LTD. started operation |
| Feb. | GUANGZHOU SHIROKI CORP. ZHENGZHOU BRANCH COMPANY started operation. | |
| Jul. | Shiroki Technico India PVT.LTD. established. | |
| 2015 | Apr. | Shiroki Technico India PVT.LTD. started operation. |
| May. | GUANGZHOU SHIROKI CORP. NINGBO BRANCH COMPANY started operation. | |
| Nov. | Seat business for TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION was transferred to Toyota Boshoku Corp. | |
| 2016 | Apr. | The Company became fully-owned subsidiary of Aisin Seiki through business integration. (The Company was delisted from the 1st section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange, respectively) |
| Nov. | 70 Years Anniversary. | |
| 2017 | Dec. | SHIROKI AUTO COMPONENTS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED established. |
| 2019 | Oct. | Awarded the Deming Prize. |
| 2022 | May. | TOYOTA BOSHOKU CORPORATION, AISIN CORPORATION and car seats Concluded a production |
| 2023 | Apr. | Company name changed to AISIN SHIROKI CORPORATION |