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- 1927
- Aug.
- Hideo Yamamoto founded Sanyo Shokai Co., Ltd.
- 1932
- Jun.
- A factory built in Tokyo.
- 1936
- Dec.
- Reorganized into a joint stock company.
- 1942
- Apr.
- Renamed SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.
- 1944
- Feb.
- A factory established in Nagano Prefecture.
- 1945
- Dec.
- Head office and Tokyo Works relocated to the current location of the head office.
- 1960
- Nov.
- A factory established in Saitama Prefecture.
- 1961
- Oct.
- Osaka Office established.
- 1962
- Sep.
- Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- 1964
- Nov.
- Hiroshi Yamamoto appointed as President.
- 1973
- Mar.
- Nagoya Office established.
- 1979
- Apr.
- The Shioda Works established.
- 1980
- Mar.
- Tsuiji Works established.
- 1983
- Feb.
- Hokuriku Office established.
- 1984
- Feb.
- Sendai Office established.
- 1984
- Apr.
- Hiroshima Office established.
- 1984
- Jul.
- Shizuoka Office established.
- 1984
- Nov.
- Aoki Works established.
- 1986
- Jan.
- Ueda Office established.
- 1986
- Jun.
- Shinjiro Yokozawa appointed as President.
- 1988
- Dec.
- SANYO DAENKI EUROPE SA. (FRANCE) established.
- 1989
- Jan.
- Chicago Resident Office established.
- 1989
- Oct.
- Kyushu Office established.
- 1990
- Apr.
- Fujiyama Works established.
- 1991
- Feb.
- Toyota Office established.
- 1993
- Mar.
- Sapporo Office established.
- 1994
- Jun.
- Shigeo Yamamoto appointed as President.
- 1995
- Apr.
- Utsunomiya Office established.
- 1995
- Apr.
- SANYO DENKI AMERICA, INC. (USA) established.
- 1996
- Apr.
- Kyoto Office established.
- 1997
- Apr.
- Kofu and Nagaoka Offices established.
- 1997
- Jul.
- Technology Center established.
- 1997
- Dec.
- Automation Intelligence, Inc. (USA) purchased.
- 1998
- Jul.
- Fujiyama Works expands.
- 1999
- Mar.
- A production subsidiary, SANYO DENKI Techno Service CO., LTD., established.
- 2000
- Feb.
- A production subsidiary, SANYO DENKI PHILIPPINES, INC. (PHILIPPINES) established.
- 2001
- Sep.
- SANYO DENKI CO., LTD. TAIWAN BRANCH (ROC) established.
- 2002
- Apr.
- SANYO DENKI CO., LTD. HONG KONG BRANCH (China) established.
- 2003
- Apr.
- SANYO DENKI SHANGHAI CO., LTD. (China) established.
- 2004
- Nov.
- SANYO DENKI CO., LTD. HONG KONG BRANCH (China) Shenzhen Office established.
- 2005
- Jul.
- SANYO DENKI (H.K.) CO., LIMITED established.
- 2005
- Oct.
- SANYO DENKI Techno Service (Shenzhen) CO.,LTD. established.
- 2006
- Jan.
- SANYO DENKI TAIWAN CO., LTD. (TAIWAN) established.
- 2006
- Jan.
- SANYO DENKI SINGAPORE PTE. TD (SINGAPORE) established.
- 2006
- Jan.
- SANYO DENKI GERMANY GmbH (GERMANY) established.
- 2006
- Jan.
- SANYO DENKI KOREA CO.,LTD. (KOREA) established.
- 2007
- Aug.
- SANYO DENKI Techno Service (Singapore) PTE.LTD. established.
- 2009
- Jan.
- Kangawa Works established.
- 2009
- Jul.
- SANYO KOGYO CO.,LTD became a wholly-owned subsidiary.
- 2009
- Aug.
- Kofu Office established.
- 2011
- Jan.
- Hokuriku Office established.
- 2011
- Apr.
- SANYO DENKI (zhongshan) CO.,LTD. established.
- 2011
- Jul.
- SANYO DENKI (THAILAND) CO., LTD. established.
- 2013
- Mar.
- Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.