Corporate History

1916

Established on Utsubonaka-dori in Nishi-ku, Osaka (October)

1938

Incorporated as Tsubakimoto Shoten Co., Ltd., with paid-in capital of ¥200,000 (January)

1943

Name changed to Tsubakimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd. (July)

1962

Listed in the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange (October)

1963

Listed in the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (October)

1971

Listings upgraded to the First Sections of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange (August)

1989

Convertible bonds denominated in Swiss francs issued (total face value: 50,000,000 Swiss francs) (August)

1992

Local subsidiary Tsubaco Singapore established (April)

1996

Local subsidiary Tsubaco KTE (Thailand) established (January)

1998

System of dual regional headquarters (Osaka and Tokyo) implemented (April)

1999

Local subsidiary Tsubaco Korea established (April)

2000

Head Office and Osaka Headquarters moved to 3-3-20 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka (July)

2002

Local subsidiary Tsubaco Hong Kong established (May)

2003

Tokyo Headquarters moved to 2-16-2 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo (May)

2006

Local subsidiary Shanghai Tsubaco Co., Ltd., established (January)