About YUSHIN

Corporate History

1971 - Founded Yushin Precision Equipment in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto City.
1973 October Incorporated as Yushin Precision Equipment Co., Ltd.
with 4 million JPY in capital.img-history001.jpg
1982 September Increased capital to 10 million JPY.
1984 May Opened a sales office in Akabane, Tokyo.
December Opened a service center in Ageo City, Saitama Pref.
1985 January Opened a sales office for the Chubu region in Toyohashi City, Aichi Pref.
March Relocated the head office and plant from Higashiyama-ku to Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City (11-260 Kogahonmachi, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto City).img-history002.jpg
October Consolidated the Tokyo Sales Office and Saitama Service Center into a sales office for the Kanto region in Omiya City, Ibaragi Pref.
1986 Opened a field office for the Tohoku region in Fukushima City, Fukushima Pref.
August Increased capital to 30 million JPY.
December Increased capital to 50 million JPY.
1987 February Completed an orientation house for West Japan in Kyoto City.img-history003.jpg
August Opened a showroom at our head office.
September
  • Opened a service center in Higashiosaka City, Osaka Pref.
  • Increased capital to 80 million JPY.
1988 February
  • Opened a field office in Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Pref.
  • Launched the Yushin School for training in take-out robot technologies.
October Established Yushin America, Inc. in USA.
1989 December Increased capital to 120 million JPY.
1990 March Increased capital to 332.5 million JPY.
July Opened a field office in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Pref.
October Opened a field office in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Pref.
1991 January Increased capital to 342.5 million JPY.
March Increased capital to 456.5 million JPY.
June Completed a second plant at our head office.img-history004.jpg
September Completed a new building to house the Kanto Sales Office and an orientation house for East Japan in Omiya City, Ibaragi Pref.img-history005.jpg
1992 March Increased capital to 1,102.760 million JPY.
May Opened a field office in Toyama City, Toyama Pref.
September Opened a field office in Shirojiri City, Nagano Pref.
1993 June Opened a field office in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Pref.
1994 October Upgraded all sales offices to regional status and all field offices to sales offices.
1995 March Started operation of a LAN amongst the 3 regional sales offices in Japan.
1996 April Opened a representative office in Bangkok, Thailand.
June Opened a representative office in Shenzhen, China.
September Acquired 50% of the shares in Yushin America (increased ownership to 60%) and made them a subsidiary.
November Opened a West Kanto Regional Sales Office in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Pref.
December
  • Listed the company on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange and the Kyoto Stock Exchange.
  • Increased capital to 1,592.76 million JPY.
1997 March Increased capital to 1,599.260 million JPY.
July Opened a sales office for the area west of Nagoya in Kuwana City, Mie Pref.
December
  • Started operation of a production information management system amongst all business sites in Japan.
  • Opened a Tokyo Regional Sales Office in Chuo-ku, Tokyo simultaneously with a sales office in Tsukuba City, Ibaragi Pref.
  • Reassigned the coverage area of the Kanto Regional Sales Office to the Northern Kanto area.
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1998 February
  • Increased capital to 1,985.66 million JPY.
  • Opened a representative office in Jakarta, Indonesia.
March Completed a third plant at our head office.img-history007.jpg
April Opened a branch office in Seoul, Korea.
July
  • Opened a representative office in Shanghai, China.
  • Opened a representative office in Taipei, Taiwan.
August Established Polymac-Yushin BV in the Netherlands.
December Acquired ISO9001 certification.
1999 November Opened a sales office in Sano City, Tochigi Pref.
December Listed the company on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange.
2000 November Established Yushin Korea Co., Ltd. in Gyeonggi Province, Korea.
2001 January
  • Acquired ISO14001 certification.
  • Launched the "Yushin Parts Shop" website to sell parts online.
February
  • Opened a representative office in Malaysia.
  • Opened a representative office in the Philippines.
April Opened a sales office in Kofu City, Yamanashi Pref.
August Established local companies in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan.
2002 December Appointed Mayumi Kotani Representative Director and President.
2003 January Opened a "test room" for testing and evaluating performance in cutting off gates from light guide plates, lenses and other plastic molded products.
July Opened a representative office in Tianjin, China.
December Added an east wing to Head Office Plant No. 2.img-history008.jpg
2004 March Established Yushin Automation Ltd. in the UK.
October Established Yushin Precision Equipment Industry & Trading (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen, China.
* Now Yushin Precision Equipment Trading (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
November
  • Established Yushin Precision Equipment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China.
    * Now Yushin Precision Equipment Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
  • Opened a new office in Kentucky, USA under Yushin America.
2005 January Completed a fifth plant at our head office.img-history009.jpg
February
  • Opened a representative office in Indonesia.
  • Opened a representative office in Vietnam.
May Established a local company in Slovakia.
December Opened a sales office in Daegu, Korea.
2006 January Opened a service center in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
December Completed a new building to house the Chubu Regional Sales Office in Toyokawa City.img-history010.jpg
2007 March Completed a sixth plant at our head office. img-history011.jpg
August Established a local company in India.
October Opened a satellite office in Beppu City, Oita Pref.
2008 December Opened a satellite office in Kitakami City, Iwate Pref.
2009 August Opened a representative office in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
2010 October Completed an assembly plant in Guangzhou, China. img-history012.jpg
2012 March Relocated Yushin Korea to a new plant.
November Established a local company in Indonesia.
2013 March Completed a new business base, technical center in Kyoto City.
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April Established a branch office in Mexico under Yushin America.
2014 February Established a local company in Vietnam.
2015 October Expanded the plant at Yushin America. img-history014.jpg
2016 December Completed a new building to house our head office. img-history015.jpg
2021 June Appointed Takayo Kotani Representative Director and President.
2023 February Opened a showroom in the technical center in Kyoto City.
May Acquired 100% of the shares in WEMO Automation AB in Sweden.