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HIROSE'S HISTORY

~1960s

  • AUG. 1937
    HIROSE SHOKAI (CO.) founded at Enokizaka-cho, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo.
  • JUN. 1948
    Restructured into HIROSE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Head office moved to Araijuku, Ohta-ku, Tokyo.
  • FEB. 1953
    Head office moved to Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo (Present Gotanda Office).
  • AUG. 1963
    Name changed to HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
  • MAY 1967
    Signed sole distributorship agreement with Seyffer A.G.
    in Switzerland to cover markets both in Switzerland and Germany.
  • JUN. 1967
    New plant built at Kikuna-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama,
    Kanagawa prefecture (present Kikuna office).

1970s~

  • DEC. 1972
    Listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • MAR. 1974
    TOHOKU HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. founded at Miyako, Iwate prefecture.
  • APR. 1977
    Osaka sales office opened in Osaka. (Present Kansai branch)

1980s~

  • SEP. 1980
    HIROSE ELECTRIC U. S. A, INC., subsidiary, founded.
  • JUN. 1982
    KORIYAMA HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. founded in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture.
  • NOV. 1984
    Promoted to the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
  • SEP. 1985
    Nagoya sales office opened at Nagoya.(Present Chubu sales office)
  • OCT. 1985
    HIROSE KOREA CO., LTD. joint venture
    with Daedu-ck Industrial Co., Ltd. founded in South Korea.
  • FEB. 1988
    HIROSE ELECTRIC GmbH, subsidiary, founded.
  • APR. 1988
    HIROSE ELECTRIC UK LTD., subsidiary, founded.
  • NOV. 1988
    New building built for research on Kikuna plant premises.
    This later turned into Yokohama office/engineering center. (Present Kikuna office)
  • JAN. 1989
    Head office building completed. (Present Gotanda Office).
  • AUG. 1989
    HIROSE ELECTRIC MALAYSIA SDN. BHD., subsidiary, founded.

1990s~

  • MAR. 1991
    HIROSE ELECTRIC TAIWAN CO., LTD., founded.
  • JUL. 1993
    Obtained ISO9001 recognition (International Organization for Standardization).
  • OCT. 1994
    ICHINOSEKI HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. founded in Ichinoseki, Iwate prefecture.
  • DEC. 1995
    PT. HIROSE ELECTRIC INDONESIA, subsidiary, founded.
  • NOV. 1999
    HIROSE ELECTRIC HONG KONG CO., LTD. founded.

2000s~

  • OCT. 2000
    HIROSE ELECTRIC (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD. founded.
  • APR. 2003
    HIROSE ELECTRIC TRADING (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. founded.
  • OCT. 2003
    HIROSE ELECTRIC EUROPE B.V.founded.
  • JUL. 2007
    HIROSE ELECTRIC (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.founded.
  • DEC. 2009
    HIROSE ELECTRIC HONG KONG TRADING CO., LTD.founded.

2010s~

  • JUL. 2010
    HIROSE ELECTRIC SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.founded.
  • OCT. 2010
    HIROSE ELECTRIC UK LTD., and HIROSE ELECTRIC GmbH, merged with
    HIROSE ELECTRIC EUROPE B.V.
  • DEC. 2010
    HIROSE KOREA CO., LTD. became a subsidiary of HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
  • APR. 2011
    HIROSE ELECTRIC TECHNOLGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. founded.
  • MAY 2011
    The operation of new total base / yokohama center is started. (Present headquarters).
  • NOV. 2015
    Kitakanto Sales Office opened in Tochigi, Japan.
  • DEC. 2016
    HIROSE ELECTRIC INDIA PVT. LTD. founded.
  • MAR. 2017
    Chubu Sales Office moved to Kariya city in Aichi, Japan.
  • JUL. 2017
    West Japan Sales Office opened in Hiroshima, Japan.
  • JAN. 2018
    HIROSE ELECTRIC (CHINA)CO., LTD. founded.
    (Function of HIROSE ELECTRIC TRADING (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    And HIROSE ELECTRIC TECHNOLGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD transferred)

2020s~

  • JUL. 2020
    Head office moved to Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa.