History:Shibaura Group:Steel Distribution and Processing

March 1932	Shibaura Shearing Factory Limited Partnership Company founded in the Shibaura area. Capital: ¥2,700.
February 1937	Company organized as Shibaura Shearing Co., Ltd. Capital: ¥195,000.
March 1948	Warehouse division split off and incorporated as Shibaura Soko Co., Ltd. Capital: ¥195,000.
May 1952	Trading company incorporated as Shibaura Kouzai Co., Ltd. Capital: ¥10,000,000.
September 1959	Company restructured and Shibaura Shearing renamed Shibaura Sangyo Co., Ltd. Steel shearing division split off at same time, and Shibaura Shearing Co., Ltd. re-incorporated. Capital: ¥100,000,000.

In the entries below, Sangyo refers to Shibaura Sangyo, Shear refers to Shibaura Shearing, 、Kozai refers to Shibaura Kouzai, Soko refers to Shibaura Soko, Kanto refers to Kanto Shearing,HDrefers to Shibaura Holdings, and Butsuryu refers to Shibaura Butsuryu

May 1961	【Shear】Capital increased to ¥200,000,000. Equity stakes taken in company by Fuji Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (currently Nippon Steel Corporation), Mitsubishi Shoji (currently Metal One), and Sanwa Bank (currently The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ).
April 1962	【Soko】 Capital increased to ¥32,000,000.
October 1966	【Kozai】 Kanto Shearing Co., Ltd. business rights acquired.
November 1967	【Soko】 Funabashi Warehouse opens. 1-2-1,Nshiura,Funabashi-shi 16,792 ㎡
January 1971	【Sangyo】 Muroran Works opens.3-1-4,Higashi-cyo,Muroran-shi 2,749㎡
February 1971	【Shear】 Capital increased to ¥300,000,000.
March 1971	【Kanto】 Capital increased to ¥20,000,000.
March 1971	【Shear】 Tsuchiura Works opens. 2044-1,Kamiinayoshi, Kasumigaura-shi 17,537 ㎡
November 1973	【Kozai】 Capital increased to ¥50,000,000.
July 1977	【Kanto】 Urayasu Works opens. 2-6-16,Tekkodori, Urayasu-shi 5,233㎡
February 1985	【Shear】 Shibaura Shearing Building completed.
November 1985	【Soko】 Konan Park Building completed.
April 1988	【Shear】 Yamagata Works opens. 1-1114-2,Tachiyagawa, Yamagata-shi 6,602 ㎡
May 1988	【Shear】 Urayasu Works opens. 2-6-16,Tekkodori, Urayasu-shi 10,556 ㎡
January 1989	【Sangyo】 Shibaura Sangyo Building completed.
May 1989	【Kozai】 Shibaura Kouzai Urayasu Building completed.
July 1989	【Kozai】 Urayasu Warehouse opens. 18,Minato,Urayasu-shi 5,785 ㎡
April 1994	【Sangyo, Soko】 Shinagawa Crystal Square completed.
June 1994	【Sangyo, Shear , Kozai ,Soko】 Headquarters moves to Shinagawa Crystal Square (bringing together the four key companies of the Shibaura Group).
September 1996	【Sangyo, Shear, Kozai, Soko】Centralization of administrative divisions of group companies.
March 1997	【Shear】 Capital increased to ¥450,000,000.
January 1998	【Shear】Funabashi Works opens (relocated from Hama ). 1-2-1,Nshiura,Funabashi-shi 16,792 ㎡
November 2001	【Sangyo】 Capital increased to ¥60,000,000.
August 2003	【Shear】 Funabashi Works acquires ISO 9001 certification.
September 2004	【Shear】 Urayasu Works expands (joined with Kanto Shearing Factory #1). 10,556㎡
July 2005	【Shear】 PT. Shibaura Shearing Indonesia (SSI) incorporated. Capital: $7,142,857US
September 2005	【Soko】 Urayasu Works opens 2-4-7, Tekkodori,Urayasu-shi 2,691㎡
September 2006	【Shear】 Tsuchiura Works expanded 27,616㎡, Plant #3 operations begin.
December 2006	【Shear】 Tsuchiura Works acquires ISO 14001 certification.
March 2007	【Shear】 Yamagata Works Plant #2 expanded
October 2007	【Shear】 Urayasu Works acquires ISO 9001 certification.
November 2007	【Sangyo】 New Muroran Division construction completed. 3-1-11,Higashi-cyo,Muroran-shi 9,094 ㎡
March 2008	【Shear】 Yamagata Works Plant #3 completed. Total floor area 9,567 ㎡
May 2008	【Shear】 PT. Shibaura Shearing Indonesia (SSI) Plant #2 completed. 7,500 ㎡
July 2008	【Shear】 Quality Assurance Unit established.
September 2008	【Shear】 Establishment of new Tsuchiura Processing Division at Tsuchiura Business Division.
December 2008	【Shear】 ISO 14001 certification of Tsuchiura Steel Plate Division expanded to include Tsuchiura Processing Division and Tsuchiura Processing Plant.
September 2009	【Shear】 Tokyo Division receives ISO 9001 integrated certification (Plate Division and Coil Steel Plate Division).
July 2010	【Shear】 Yamagata Steel Plate Division receives KES certification.
February 2011	【Shear】 SSJ Shinagawa Building completed.
April 2012	【Shear】 PT. Shibaura Shearing Indonesia (SSI) Plant #3 completed. 7,500 ㎡
August 2012	【HD】 Shibaura Holdings Co., Ltd incorporated as a shareholder in the Shibaura Group. Capital: ¥60,000,000.
April 2013	【HD】 Shibaura Sangyo affiliated company centers and corporate planning offices transferred to Shibaura holdings.
April 2013	【Shear】 PT. Shibaura Indonesia Batam (SIB) incorporated. Capital: $6,000,000US
October 2013	【Shear】 Tsuchiura Business Division’s Tsuchiura Processing Works integrated into the Tsuchiura Steel Plate Division.
November 2013	【Shear】 Processing Works Steel Plate Division begins operations. 1,356 ㎡
April 2014	【Butsuryu】 Warehousing operations split off from Shibaura Soko, merged with Konan Unyu, and established under new name as Shibaura Butsuryu Co., Ltd
June 2014	【Sangyo】 Shibaura Soko co.,Ltd and Nichire co.,Ltd integrated into Shibaura Sangyo co.,Ltd.
January 2015	【Shear】 Establishment of new warehouse section at Coil Plate Division.
April 2016	【Sangyo】 Started operation as “Shibaura Sangyo Co., Ltd. Hiroshima Division Saijo Works” as per the business transfer.
September 2017	【Shear】 ISO9001 and 14001 integrated certification by companywide.
April 2019	【Group】 Established Shibaura Cultural Foundation.
November 2019	【Sangyo】 Hiroshima Office Saijo Works Expansion.
April 2020	【Butsuryu】 Established Funabashi Office and reorganized.
May 2020	【Sangyo】 Complection of ShibauraCrystal Ginza Building.
March 2021	【Shear】 Yamagata Works new factory completed and relocation completed. 1232-32,Hananoki,Yoshida, Kahoku-cho, Nishi-murayama-gun, Yamagata. 22,222㎡
August 2021	【Shear】 Dissolution of capital relationship due to change in Metal One’s capital policy.
October 2022	【Group】Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the company’s founding, the “Shibaura Group Mid-term Management Plan” is formulated and announced both inside and outside the company.
February 2023	【Shear・SSI・SIB】Start of company-wide integrated operation of nesting software from SigmaNEST

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