The whole view of TAKAO KINZOKU KOGYO Co., Ltd.

　　　Founded

April 1922

Established

16 June 1952

Capital funding

322 million yen

Lines of business

-Manufacture and sale of industrial dies

-Pressing and sales of pressing equipment

-Welding and assembly and sales of finished products

-Manufacture and sales of related automated machinery and equipment

Major client companies

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Major suppliers

Nippon Steel Corporation

JFE Steel Corporation

Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.

Major creditors

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co.,Ltd.

The Shiga Bank,Ltd.

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Corporate History

April	1922	Takao Tekko, Ltd. founded in the city of Tanabe in Wakayama prefecture by Seisuke Takao
March	1945	Automobile parts plant constructed in Kamiji-cho, Higashi-Nari Ward in Osaka; company begins manufacturing automobile parts
June	1952	Company reincorporated as Takao Kinzoku Kogyo
April	1961	Mino plant constructed in Mino, Osaka
June	1965	Osaka plant shut down and operations shifted to Mino plant as part of company reorganization
November	1966	Shiga plant constructed in Tsuchiyama-cho, Koka-Gun, Shiga Prefecture
January	1967	Company begins working as supplier for Daido Kogyo Co., Ltd
September	1967	Company begins working as supplier for Honda Motors Co., Ltd
May	1968	Work completed at Shiga plant on major new pressing line
February	1969	Work completed at Shiga plant on major new painting line
November	1970	Seisuke Takao named chairman of the board of Takao Kinzoku Kogyo, and Hiroyuki Takao assumes vacated post of chief representative and managing director
October	1971	Mino plant shut down and operations shifted to Shiga plant as part of plan for increased centralization and streamlining of operations
November	1971	Company headquarters moved from Tanabe in Wakayama Prefecture to Tsuchiyama-cho,Koka-Gun, Shiga Prefecture;
March	1973	Work completed on construction of welding and assembly line
May	1973	Work completed on environmental control waste water processing facilities
October	1977	Work completed on construction of new training center
May	1982	Work completed on construction of special products plant
May	1983	Work completed on construction of materials processing plant
May	1984	KTH Parts Industries joint-venture company incorporated
June	1984	Company begins selling TAF systems to third-party vendors
September	1984	Company develops TAF Multi system
September	1985	KTH Parts Industries begins operation
November	1985	Work completed on upgrading of special products plant
December	1985	Work completed on construction of new office building
July	1986	Tochigi Technical Center opened
March	1987	Transfer stamping line goes into operation
May	1988	Jefferson Industries Corporation,Joint Venture, incorporated (Canceled a joint with KTH)
January	1989	Work completed on construction of prototyping plant
June	1989	Work completed on upgrading of welding line; work completed on construction of new shipping center
September	1989	Jefferson Industries Corporation begins operations
April	1991	Takao C&C begins operations
October	1994	Takao (Thailand) Co., Ltd established
November	1995	Takao (Thailand) Co., Ltd begins operations
January	1996	Work completed on construction of new distribution center
May	1996	Takao Eastern Co., Ltd established
October	1996	Jefferson Elora Corporation established
January	1997	Stadco Takao Europe Ltd. establishde
December	1997	Stadco Takao Europe Ltd. begins operations
January	1998	Jefferson Elora Corporation begins operations
February	1998	Takao C&C Tochigi new building completed
May	1998	Takao Eastern Co., Ltd begins operations
March	1999	Takao America Corp. begins operations
February	2000	Stadco Takao Europe Ltd. renamed Takao Europe Manufacturing Ltd.
July	2000	Jefferson Southern Corporation established
November	2000	Exteded welding line at the main plant
September	2001	Jefferson Southern Corporation begins operations
November	2001	Auto Parts Alliance (China) Ltd. established
November	2002	New press line completed at the main plant
November	2002	Auto Parts Alliance (China) Ltd. begins operations
November	2004	Expansion of new press factory
October	2005	Expansion of machine tool factory
April	2006	Auto Parts Alliance (China) 2 Ltd. begins operations
April	2006	Wuhan Auto Parts Alliance Co,.Ltd. begins operations
July	2006	Takao wales Divisions begins operations
October	2008	Global Auto-Parts Alliance India Private Limited begins operations