Corporate History
Corporate History
| 1941 | Feb. : |
Founded Kondo Carbon Kogyosho. Started manufacture of carbon brushes |
| 1947 | Jul. : |
Incorporated as Kondo Carbon Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Increased capital to 198,000 Yen |
| 1949 | Nov. : |
Renamed to TOYO TANSO CO.,LTD.Increased capital to 1,000,000 Yen |
| 1957 | Oct. : |
Opened Osaka sales office |
| 1960 | Oct. : |
Opened Tokyo sales office |
| 1961 | Feb. : |
Built Shikoku plant |
| 1974 | Mar. : |
Built Ohnohara plant |
| 1980 | Apr. : |
Increased capital to 65,000,000 Yen |
May. : |
Spun off Shikoku plant as TOTANKAKO CO.,LTD. | |
| 1981 | Aug. : |
Built Hagiwara plant |
| 1985 | Dec. : |
Built Takuma plant |
| 1987 | Apr. : |
Founded T.T.AMERICA INC. in the US |
| 1988 | Aug. : |
Founded GRAPHITES TECHNOLOGIE et INDUSTRIE S.A. in France |
| 1991 | Apr. : |
Founded GRAPHITE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS S.R.L. in Italy |
May. : |
Founded GTD GRAPHITE TECHNOLOGIE GmbH in Germany | |
Nov. : |
Bought into Seiko Tanso Co., Ltd. in Taiwan | |
| Founded TOYO TANSO USA, INC. in the US | ||
| 1994 | Mar. : |
Reorganized Ohnohara plant as Ohnohara Engineering & Development Center |
Aug. : |
Founded SHANGHAI TOYO TANSO CO.,LTD. | |
| 1995 | Feb. : |
Reorganized Takuma plant into Takuma Division |
| 1996 | Jan. : |
Takuma Division acquired ISO-9002:1994(SGS) |
May. : |
Increased capital to 480,008,800 Yen | |
| 1997 | Jan. : |
Bought ROGNONI S.p.A. and renamed it TOYO TANSO EUROPE S.p.A. in Italy |
May. : |
Increased capital to 1,090,560,448 Yen | |
| 1998 | Feb. : |
Merged with Kondo Kosan and set capital at 1,090,075,648 Yen |
| 1999 | Apr. : |
Built Iwaki plant |
Sep. : |
Bought OHWADA CARBON INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. | |
| 2000 | Apr. : |
Founded SHANGHAI YONGXIN TOYO TANSO CO.,LTD. in China |
| 2003 | Sep. : |
Founded SHANGHAI TOYO TANSO INDUSTRIAL CO.,LTD. in China |
Oct. : |
Takuma Division, Ohnohara Engineering & Development Center, and Iwaki Plant acquired ISO-9001:2000(SGS) | |
| 2004 | May. : |
Hagiwara Plant acquired ISO-9001:2000(SGS) |
| 2005 | Apr. : |
Founded JIAXIANG TOYO TANSO CO.,LTD. in China |
| 2006 | Mar. : |
Listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| Increased capital to 4,490,075,648 Yen | ||
Apr. : |
Increased capital to 5,000,075,648 Yen | |
Sep. : |
Founded TOYO TANSO KOREA CO.,LTD. in Korea | |
| 2007 | Mar. : |
Increased capital to 7,154,075,648 Yen |
Apr. : |
Increased capital to 7,692,575,648 Yen | |
Dec. : |
Removal of head office building to Osaka Kita-ku | |
| Establish of Kondo Teruhisa Memorial Advanced Carbon Technology Center at abolished head office building | ||
| Renamed Ohnohara Engineering Development Center to Toyo Tanso Technology Center | ||
| 2008 | Mar. : |
Founded TOYO TANSO (THAILAND) CO., LTD. in Thailand |
| 2010 | Aug. : |
Founded TOYO TANSO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. in Singapore |
| 2011 | Mar. : |
Founded TOYO TANSO INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED in India |
