History
ShinMaywa Industries celebrated its 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Company in November 2019 and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the business in February 2020.
The origins of ShinMaywa date back to 1920 and the establishment of an Aircraft Department by Kawanishi Machinery Company, our forerunner. However, the turning point in our business came when we were banned from manufacturing aircraft after the war.
Cherishing the sincere hope that "someday we will make aircraft again," we began to diversify our business for the sake of survival. With our "engineering sprit" brought into full play in businesses other than aircraft manufacturing, ShinMaywa has grown in parallel with various developments in the society, developing products that would eventually lay the foundation for our current mainstay businesses.
Founding days (pre-history)
- February 1920
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Our company was dissolved soon after, but Seibe later founded Kawanishi Machinery Company, appointing his second son Ryozo as its top manager. In response to young engineers' ardent zeal for "another chance to manufacture aircraft," Kawanishi established an Aircraft Department within the company a few years later, setting about the independent design and manufacture of aircraft.
- December 30, 1920
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- June 1927
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- November 1928
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Being fascinated by the aircraft business, Ryozo established Kawanishi Aircraft Company by takin over the Aircraft Department business of Kawanishi Machinery Company. His new company produced a series of aircraft that have become legendary in aviation history.
- February 1932
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Established Sanwa Shoji (currently ShinMaywa Shoji, Ltd.).
Postwar recovery
- December 1945
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- Aircraft manufacture banned
- Despite the total ban on aircraft manufacturing, Kawanishi did not give up hope. In February of the following year, he launched a new organization in order to clarify the objectives of his converted business. Tapping into the technology and skills acquired from aircraft manufacturing, the company began manufacturing daily commodities, etc. in the hopes of alleviating the shortage of goods and foods.
- November 1946
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- September 1947
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Established Maywa Komuten, Ltd.
- September 1949
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- November 1949
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Shin Meiwa Industry Company Limited (later renamed as ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd.) was established.
Based on President Ryozo Kawanishi's guiding mottos (strenuous devotion, harmonious cooperation, service to the country through technology), the new company started up a series of successful new businesses with a focus on "wa (harmony)."
- December 1950
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- April 1952
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- Ban on aircraft manufacturing lifted
- As the scope of its business expanded to include the development of social infrastructures, ShinMaywa established three key businesses of special purpose trucks, industrial machinery, and aircraft during the years of rapid economic growth.
- May 1954
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- September 1954
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- January 1955
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President Ryozo Kawanishi passed away.
- September 1956
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Toward an affluent Japan
- May 1960
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Became a member of the Hitachi Group in order to build a solid business foundation with an eye on full-fledged entry into the aircraft business.
- August 1962
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Listed in the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange. Promoted to the First Section five years later.
- January 1964
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Established Corporate principles motto "Clean Sincere Steady Enterprising."
- March 1964
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- June 1964
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- April 1965
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- January 1966
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- August 1968
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- March 1971
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- May 1971
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In order to quickly respond to customer demands while fulfilling an increasing number of orders, in 1971 ShinMaywa Engineering, Ltd. (Merged to ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd. in 2009 and inherited as Parking System Division), a specialist after-sales service provider of car parking systems, was established. In the following year, its after-sales service division for special purpose trucks was made independent to establish Kawamo Service (now ShinMaywa Auto Engineering, Ltd.).
Onto the global arena
- August 1973
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- 1974
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- October 1986
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Established ShinMaywa Soft Technologies, Ltd.
- December 1988
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Established THAI SHINMEIWA CO., LTD. (now Thai ShinMaywa Co., Ltd.) as the first overseas base in Thailand.
- April 1989
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Established SMIC (America), LTD. (now ShinMaywa (America), Ltd.) in the United States.
- October 1990
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Established SMIC (ASIA) PTE. LTD. (now ShinMaywa (Asia) Pte. Ltd.) in Singapore.
Establishing the ShinMaywa brand
- April 1992
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New corporate logo mark is established.
- August 1992
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- April 1994
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Established ShinMaywa Waste Technology, Ltd.
- April 1996
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Established ShinMaywa Iwakuni Aircraft Maintenance, Ltd.
- June 1997
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Established ShinMaywa (California), Ltd. in the United States.
- November 1999
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- April 2003
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Established ShinMaywa Aqua Technology Service, Ltd.
- December 2003
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- April 2004
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Established ShinMaywa (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. in China.
- May 2004
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Became independent from the Hitachi Group.
- May 2005
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- October 2005
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Established ShinMaywa (Bangkok) Co., Ltd. in Thailand.
- November 2007
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With the aim of expanding special purpose truck business, Iwafuji Industrial Co., Ltd. a major forestry machinery company, became a member of the ShinMaywa group.
- August 2009
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Established ShinMaywa (Shanghai) High-Tech Machinery Co., Ltd. in China.
- September 2010
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Established Taiwan ShinMaywa Industries Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.
- April 2012
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TOHO CAR CORPORATION and its subsidiary TOHO CAR SERVICE CORPORATION, and Tokyo Engineering Systems (now ShinMaywa Parking Technologies, Ltd.) were added to the group with the aim of expanding the special purpose vehicle business and parking systems business.
- January 2014
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ShinMaywa Auto Sales, Ltd. was established as a subsidiary of ShinMaywa Auto Engineering, Ltd.
- January 2015
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ShinMaywa Auto Engineering, Ltd. as a subsidiary of Daiwa Sogyo Co.,Ltd. (In April 2024, the company merged with Moriyasu industry Co.,Ltd. and changed its name to A.S.N. Inc. welcomes the group to the group.
- February 2015
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Established ShinMaywa Heartful, Ltd. as a special subsidiary company.
- April 2018
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DIAVAC Limited was welcomed to the Group with the aim of expanding the vacuum business.
GODO SOLUTION Inc. was welcomed to the Group as a subsidiary of ShinMaywa Soft Technologies, Ltd.
Established ShinMaywa (Chongqing) Environmental Solutions Co., Ltd.
- May 2018
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FLUTECH Co., Ltd. was welcome to the Group with the aim of strengthening the business foundation of the fluid business.
- December 2018
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KOREA VACUUM LIMITED was welcomed to the Group with the aim of expanding the vacuum business.
70th anniversary of the establishment of the Company, 100th anniversary of the founding of the business, Pioneering a new future
- November 2019
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Celebrated the 70th anniversary of the establishment of ShinMaywa Industries, Ltd.
- February 2020
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Celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the business.
- March 2020
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Established ShinMaywa Mexico S.A. de C.V. in Mexico.
ShinMaywa Auto Engineering, Ltd. Moriyasu industry Co.,Ltd. (to be merged with in April 2024 and renamed ASN Ltd.) to the Group as a subsidiary of . Daiwa Sogyo Co.,Ltd.
- April 2020
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Established the "Management philosophy". Also, we formulated the "Long-term vision," "Action guidelines," and "Code of conduct."
- August 2020
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BEN CHING ENGINEERING PTE. LTD. (later renamed as ShinMaywa Aerobridge Singapore Pte. Ltd. and changed the name to ShinMaywa (Asia) Pte. Ltd. ) and MKB Engineering Sdn. Bhd. (currently ShinMaywa Aerobridge Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.) were welcomed to the group with the aim of strengthening the foundation of the airport facilities business.
- April 2021
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Launched new tagline "VISION WITH INSIGHT".
- June 2021
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TurboMAX Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries, Shangdong TurboMAX Environment Technology Co., Ltd. (now Changzhou TurboMAX Environment Technology Co., Ltd.) and TurboMAX (ChangZhou) Technology Co., Ltd., are welcomed into the group.
- July 2021
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Tenryu Aero Component Co., Ltd. (now Wing Field Co., Ltd. ) welcomed to the Group with the aim to strengthen aircraft business base, and OSK, Ltd. and its subsidiary WAKO, Ltd. were also added to the Group to expand special purpose truck business.
- November 2022
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TurboMAX Co., Ltd. established a joint venture company, TurboMAX India Private Limited, in India.
- July 2024
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ShinMaywa (Asia) Pte. Ltd. established a subsidiary, ShinMaywa (Asia) Vietnam Company Limited, in Vietnam.