1920 |
Aug. 1927 |
Sanyo Shokai Co., Ltd. founded by Hideo Yamamoto to import and sell electrical components |
1930 |
Jun. 1932 |
Sanyo Shokai Special Electric Works, a production factory of small AC and DC generators and power units for communications equipment, established in the Nishi-Sugamo (current Higashi-Ikebukuro) area of Tokyo |
Dec. 1936 |
Reorganized into a joint stock company (Sanyo Shokai Co., Ltd.) |
1940 |
Apr. 1942 |
Renamed SANYO DENKI CO., LTD. |
Feb. 1944 |
Ueda factories (Ueda Kita Works, former Midorigaoka Works) established in Ueda, Nagano |
Dec. 1945 |
Head Office and Tokyo Works relocated to the Sugamo (current North Otsuka) area of Tokyo |
1960 |
Sep. 1962 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
1970 |
Apr. 1979 |
Shioda Works established in Ueda, Nagano |
1980 |
Mar. 1980 |
Tsuiji Works established in Ueda, Nagano |
Nov. 1984 |
Aoki Works established (current Logistics Center) |
Dec. 1988 |
SANYO DENKI EUROPE S.A. (France) established |
1990 |
Apr. 1990 |
Fujiyama Works established in Ueda, Nagano |
Apr. 1995 |
SANYO DENKI AMERICA, INC. (U.S.A.) established |
Jul. 1997 |
Technology Center established in Ueda, Nagano |
Mar. 1999 |
SANYO DENKI Techno Service Co., Ltd., established |
2000 |
Feb. 2000 |
SANYO DENKI PHILIPPINES, INC. (Philippines) established |
Apr. 2003 |
SANYO DENKI SHANGHAI CO., LTD. (China) established |
Jun. 2005 |
SANYO DENKI (H.K.) CO., LIMITED (China) established |
Jun. 2005 |
SANYO DENKI Techno Service (Shenzhen) CO., LTD. (China) established |
Aug. 2005 |
SANYO DENKI SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (Singapore) established |
Oct. 2005 |
SANYO DENKI GERMANY GmbH (Germany) established |
Nov. 2005 |
SANYO DENKI KOREA CO., LTD. (Korea) established |
Dec. 2005 |
SANYO DENKI TAIWAN CO., LTD. (Taiwan) established |
Jan. 2008 |
SANYO DENKI (Shenzhen) CO., LTD. (China) established |
Jan. 2009 |
Kangawa Works established in Ueda, Nagano |
Jul. 2009 |
SANYO KOGYO CO., LTD. became a wholly owned subsidiary |
2010 |
Apr. 2011 |
SANYO DENKI (Zhongshan) CO., LTD. (China) established |
Jul. 2011 |
SANYO DENKI (THAILAND) CO., LTD. (Thailand) established |
Mar. 2013 |
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
Aug. 2013 |
Head Office relocated to its current location |
Nov. 2014 |
SANYO DENKI ENGINEERING (Shanghai) CO., LTD. (China) established |
Feb. 2015 |
SANYO DENKI INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED (India) established |
Mar. 2019 |
Technology Center established in SANYO DENKI PHILIPPINES, INC(Philippines) |
Apr. 2019 |
SANYO DENKI (Tianjin) CO., LTD. (China) established |
2020 |
Apr. 2021 |
SANYO DENKI IT Solution CO., LTD. established |
May 2021 |
New wing opened at Technology Center in Ueda, Nagano |