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Hirose's Corporate Profile and Data
HIROSE'S HISTORY
~1960s
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- AUG. 1937
- HIROSE SHOKAI (CO.) founded at Enokizaka-cho, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo.
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- JUN. 1948
- Restructured into HIROSE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Head office moved to Araijuku, Ohta-ku, Tokyo.
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- FEB. 1953
- Head office moved to Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo (Present Gotanda Office).
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- AUG. 1963
- Name changed to HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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- MAY 1967
- Signed sole distributorship agreement with Seyffer A.G.
in Switzerland to cover markets both in Switzerland and Germany.
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- JUN. 1967
- New plant built at Kikuna-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama,
Kanagawa prefecture (present Kikuna office).
1970s~
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- DEC. 1972
- Listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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- MAR. 1974
- TOHOKU HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. founded at Miyako, Iwate prefecture.
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- APR. 1977
- Osaka sales office opened in Osaka. (Present Kansai branch)
1980s~
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- SEP. 1980
- HIROSE ELECTRIC U. S. A, INC., subsidiary, founded.
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- JUN. 1982
- KORIYAMA HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. founded in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture.
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- NOV. 1984
- Promoted to the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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- SEP. 1985
- Nagoya sales office opened at Nagoya.(Present Chubu sales office)
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- OCT. 1985
- HIROSE KOREA CO., LTD. joint venture
with Daedu-ck Industrial Co., Ltd. founded in South Korea.
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- FEB. 1988
- HIROSE ELECTRIC GmbH, subsidiary, founded.
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- APR. 1988
- HIROSE ELECTRIC UK LTD., subsidiary, founded.
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- NOV. 1988
- New building built for research on Kikuna plant premises.
This later turned into Yokohama office/engineering center. (Present Kikuna office)
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- JAN. 1989
- Head office building completed. (Present Gotanda Office).
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- AUG. 1989
- HIROSE ELECTRIC MALAYSIA SDN. BHD., subsidiary, founded.
1990s~
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- MAR. 1991
- HIROSE ELECTRIC TAIWAN CO., LTD., founded.
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- JUL. 1993
- Obtained ISO9001 recognition (International Organization for Standardization).
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- OCT. 1994
- ICHINOSEKI HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD. founded in Ichinoseki, Iwate prefecture.
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- DEC. 1995
- PT. HIROSE ELECTRIC INDONESIA, subsidiary, founded.
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- NOV. 1999
- HIROSE ELECTRIC HONG KONG CO., LTD. founded.
2000s~
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- OCT. 2000
- HIROSE ELECTRIC (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD. founded.
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- APR. 2003
- HIROSE ELECTRIC TRADING (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. founded.
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- OCT. 2003
- HIROSE ELECTRIC EUROPE B.V.founded.
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- JUL. 2007
- HIROSE ELECTRIC (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.founded.
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- DEC. 2009
- HIROSE ELECTRIC HONG KONG TRADING CO., LTD.founded.
2010s~
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- JUL. 2010
- HIROSE ELECTRIC SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.founded.
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- OCT. 2010
- HIROSE ELECTRIC UK LTD., and HIROSE ELECTRIC GmbH, merged with
HIROSE ELECTRIC EUROPE B.V.
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- DEC. 2010
- HIROSE KOREA CO., LTD. became a subsidiary of HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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- APR. 2011
- HIROSE ELECTRIC TECHNOLGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. founded.
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- MAY 2011
- The operation of new total base / yokohama center is started. (Present headquarters).
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- NOV. 2015
- Kitakanto Sales Office opened in Tochigi, Japan.
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- DEC. 2016
- HIROSE ELECTRIC INDIA PVT. LTD. founded.
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- MAR. 2017
- Chubu Sales Office moved to Kariya city in Aichi, Japan.
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- JUL. 2017
- West Japan Sales Office opened in Hiroshima, Japan.
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- 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~
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- JUL. 2020
- Head office moved to Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa.