Founded Tokai Electric Wire Works to start manufacturing and sales of bare wires and shielded wires

Yokkaichi Station in the Taisho era

The company at the time of its foundation

Reorganized the works and founded Tokai Electric Wire Co., Ltd.

Charter of foundation

Registration of company mark

Entered into technology and capital alliance with Sumitomo Electric Wire & Cable Works (now Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.)

Sumitomo Electric Wire & Cable Works

Started production of ARB (Rubber-insulated low-voltage wires for automobiles)

Completed the special works for wiring harnesses and started operations

Soldering

Assembly

Tanaka-model Conveyor

Started production of wiring harnesses for two-wheeled vehicles

Taping harnesses

Started production of wiring harnesses for four-wheeled vehicles and equipment

Assembling wiring harnesses for four-wheeled vehicles

Opened Sayama Works that operated as a service station for automakers in the Kanto region

Sayama Works

Merged with Izumi Electric Wire Co., Ltd. and opened the Sakai Plant

Company logos of Izumi Electric Wire and Tokai Electric Wire

Opened the Suzuka Plant, Tokyo Branch, and Osaka Branch

Completed communication cable works

Opened the Osaka Plant and relocated the Sakai Plant

Building Osaka Plant

Opened the Nagoya Branch

Completed and introduced Tokai-style kanban methods

Completed the works for high-voltage noise-prevention wires for automobiles at the Suzuka Plant

Established a corporation in Brazil, the first overseas corporation

Completed the research hall at the Suzuka Plant

The first research hall

Completed the wiring-harness component works at the Suzuka Plant

Completed extension to component works

Completed the headquarters office

Headquarters building

Changed the trade name to Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

Company flag

President Komatsu announcing the company name change

Listed stocks in the second section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange

President Shimizu greeting at the Nagoya Stock Exchange

Started production of electronic units

The Suzuka Plant obtained the first ISO 14001 Certification in the group

Completed the radio frequency anechoic chamber at the Suzuka Plant

Radio frequency anechoic chamber

Completed the Suzuka Technical Center at the Suzuka Plant

Suzuka Technical Center

Acquired Volkswagen Bordnetze in Germany

Opened the Business Development Office for Electronic Modules to expand the electronic module business

Established SEWS-CABIND S.p.A. in Italy. Acquired the wiring harness business from Cabind Automotive S.p.A. to begin full-scale operations in Italy

Started structural reforms to rebuild the domestic production system and focus on the car business

Acquired the wiring harness business from Calsonic Kansei and purchased stocks in Kyohritsu Hiparts

Withdrew from the power line business which had continued since the foundation of the company

Purchased stocks in Kyungshin Industrial in Korea

Incorporated a two-headquarters system consisting of the Yokkaichi Headquarters and Tokyo Headquarters

Yokkaichi Headquarters

Tokyo Headquarters

Acquired Volkswagen Bordnetze in Germany

Completed the technical center at the Yokkaichi Headquarters

Yokkaichi Technical Center (Building E, north side)

Delisted stocks from the Nagoya Stock Exchange through a stock swap with Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

12Vision (08-12 year middle management plans) starts.

Established SE Wiring Systems Egypt S.A.E in Egypt.

Established SE Bordnetze Tunisia S.A.R.L. in Tunisia.

Moved Head Office(Tokyo) to Shibaura.

Head Office(Tokyo)