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History
1920 | Aug. | 1927 | Hideo Yamamoto founded Sanyo Shokai Co., Ltd. |
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1930 | Jun. | 1932 | A factory built in Tokyo. |
Dec. | 1936 | Reorganized into a joint stock company. | |
1940 | Apr. | 1942 | Renamed Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd. |
Feb. | 1944 | A factory established in Nagano Prefecture. | |
Dec. | 1945 | Head office and Tokyo Works relocated to the current location of the head office. | |
1960 | Nov. | 1960 | A factory established in Saitama Prefecture. |
Oct. | 1961 | Osaka Office established. | |
Sep. | 1962 | Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. | |
Nov. | 1964 | Hiroshi Yamamoto appointed as President. | |
1970 | Mar. | 1973 | Nagoya Office established. |
Apr. | 1979 | The Shioda Works established. | |
1980 | Mar. | 1980 | Tsuiji Works established. |
Feb. | 1983 | Hokuriku Office established. | |
Feb. | 1984 | Sendai Office established. | |
Apr. | 1984 | Hiroshima Office established. | |
Jul. | 1984 | Shizuoka Office established. | |
Nov. | 1984 | Aoki Works established. | |
Jan. | 1986 | Ueda Office established. | |
Jun. | 1986 | Shinjiro Yokozawa appointed as President. | |
Dec. | 1988 | Sanyo Denki Europe SA. (FRANCE) established. | |
Jan. | 1989 | Chicago Resident Office established. | |
Oct. | 1989 | Kyushu Office established. | |
1990 | Apr. | 1990 | Fujiyama Works established. |
Feb. | 1991 | Toyota Office established. | |
Mar. | 1993 | Sapporo Office established. | |
Jun. | 1994 | Shigeo Yamamoto appointed as President. | |
Apr. | 1995 | Utsunomiya Office established. | |
Apr. | 1995 | Sanyo Denki America, Inc. (USA) established. | |
Apr. | 1996 | Kyoto Office established. | |
Apr. | 1997 | Kofu and Nagaoka Offices established. | |
Jul. | 1997 | Technology Center established. | |
Dec. | 1997 | Automation Intelligence, Inc. (USA) purchased. | |
Jul. | 1998 | Fujiyama Works expands. | |
Mar. | 1999 | A production subsidiary, Sanyo Denki Techno Service Co., Ltd., established. | |
2000 | Feb. | 2000 | A production subsidiary, Sanyo Denki Philippines, Inc. (PHILIPPINES) established. |
Sep. | 2001 | Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd. Taiwan Branch (ROC) established. | |
Apr. | 2002 | Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch (HONG KONG) established. | |
Apr. | 2003 | SANYO DENKI SHANGHAI CO., LTD. (China) established. | |
Nov. | 2004 | Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch (HONG KONG) Shenzhen Office. established. | |
Jul. | 2005 | SANYO DENKI (H.K.) CO., LIMITED established. | |
Oct. | 2005 | SANYO DENKI Techno Service (Shenzhen) CO.,LTD. established. | |
Jan. | 2006 | SANYO DENKI TAIWAN CO., LTD. (Taiwan) established. | |
Jan. | 2006 | SANYO DENKI SINGAPORE PTE. TD (Singapore) established. | |
Jan. | 2006 | SANYO DENKI GERMANY GmbH (Germany) established. | |
Jan. | 2006 | SANYO DENKI KOREA CO.,LTD. (Korea) established. |