Corporate History

October 2012 Transferred our head office to Nihonbashi-ningyocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
November 2008 Closed our Yoshikawa plant and moved all operations to the newly established facility “Chiba New Town Plant” in Motono, Inba-gun (now Inzai) in Chiba
September 2005 Acquired ISO 14001:2004 certification (international environmental management standard) for our Yoshikawa plant
December 2004 Listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange
January 2004 Established Nansin Material Handling Equipment (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. in China (Capital US$273,000)
January 2004 Dissolved British consolidated subsidiaryNSG UK Services Ltd.
September 2003 Acquired ISO 9001:2000 certification (international quality assurance standard) for our entire company
September 2002 Established NSG Europe Ltd.
June 2001 Conducted a business transfer of British consolidated subsidiary Flexello Ltd. operations and changed the name to NSG UK Services Ltd.
March 2001 Established Nansin USA Corporation (Capital US$200,000)
August 2000 Acquired ISO 14001 certification (international environmental management standard) for our Yoshikawa plant
March 1999 Acquired ISO 9001 certification (international quality assurance standard) for our Yoshikawa plant
November 1996 Increased the capital of Nansin to \1,696,500,000
November 1996 Registered our shop front trading name with the Japan Securities Dealers Association
July 1992 Completed a new company office building at our Nagoya branch
September 1991 Acquired the British caster manufacturer Flexello Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary
January 1991 Combined the three companies, Nansin , Nansin Seisakusho, and Nansin (Osaka) into Nansin Co., Ltd. Increased the capital to \196,500,000
July 1990 Established NSG (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd in Malaysia as a wholly owned local subsidiary
April 1988 Completed our Nansin Osaka head office building
February 1988 Completed our Yoshikawa plant distribution center & automated high-rise warehouse
October 1987 Completed our Yoshikawa plant laboratory & office building
July 1987 Changed our company name from Nansin Gomu Kogyosho to Nansin Co., Ltd.
December 1984 Established our Hamamatsu office
December 1977 Established our Kyushu office
May 1977 Third factory added to expand Yoshikawa plant production
July 1974 Established our head office at 3-21-4 Hatchobori, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
September 1972 New factory added to expand Yoshikawa plant production
October 1969 Added a new factory at the Yoshikawa plant
December 1967 Factory received Japanese Industrial Standards Mark authorization
May 1967 Established our Yoshikawa plant in Yoshikawa Town (now Yoshikawa City), Kita-Katsushika District, Saitama
August 1963 Established our Nagoya office
January 1963 Separated our Nishiarai and Nishiochiai factories and reorganized into Nansin Seisakusho Co., Ltd. with capital of 5 million yen, to expand the production department
June 1962 Established Nansin (Osaka) Co., Ltd. in Osaka with capital of 3 million yen
September 1958 Established our Nishiarai factory
May 1954 Established our Nishiochiai factory
October 1947 Reorganized into Nansin Gomu Kogyosho with capital of \180,000
November 1932 Started manufacturing rubber products