History
| 1878 |
Origins SINFONIA traces its origins back to the founding of the Toba Shipyard. |
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| 1896 | The shipyard was acquired by Zenjiro Yasuda (founder of the Yasuda zaibatsu) and five other investors to be the limited partnership called Toba Ironworks. |
| 1916 | The ironworks was acquired by Suzuki Shoten, a leading Kobe-based trading company, and renamed as Toba Shipyard Co., Ltd. |
| 1917 | Founding Founded on May 1, with the establishment of the electrical engineering subsection at the Toba Shipyard, and the building of a prototype workshop. |
| 1920 | Began production of pot motors, supplying them to Teikoku Rayon (now TEIJIN LIMITED). Expanded into the manufacturing of electrical components for aircraft, with the development of a wind-turbine bullet-shaped DC generator for installing in airplanes. |
| 1923 | Expanded into the industrial vehicle business, completing production of Japan’s first domestically-produced battery-powered transporter. |
| 1925 | Expanded into the electromagnetic clutch and brake business, with the successful development of Japan’s first domestically-produced electromagnetic clutch. Expanded into the railway rolling stock control equipment business, and began production of DC motors for air brakes. |
| 1931 | Launched a phonomotor for use in phonographs (nicknamed “Akatoba” (“Red Toba”)). |
| 1936 | Manufactured and delivered 10 electric buses to Osaka Noriai Jidosha (which was later merged into Osaka City Bus). |
| 1937 | The Asahi Shimbun newspaper’s “Kamikaze-go,” a Japanese-built aircraft which successfully flew from Tokyo to London, was equipped with a new type of DC generator that could be directly coupled to the engine, and with an automatic voltage regulator, both developed by our company. Began production of a cash register, the SHINKO Register, which was the beginning of the company’s printer business. |
| 1943 | The Tokyo Research Laboratory (later renamed as the Tokyo Plant) was constructed. |
| 1944 | The Matsuzaka plant (in Matsuzaka city, Mie) was constructed. |
| 1945 | World War II ended. Resumed production after the war ahead other companies in the industry. |
| 1949 | Establishment On August 18, Kobe Steel, Ltd. was split into three companies, and Shinko Electric Co., Ltd. was established. |
| 1950 | Launched vibrating equipment business, with the successful independent development of “Tobatron,” the company’s first vibrating device. |
| 1951 | Began production of lifting magnets. Expanded into the railway station machinery business, with the development of fare adjusting machines for railway station counters that were supplied to Japan National Railways. |
| 1952 | Shinko Electric was listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and on the Osaka Securities Exchange. Resumed production of electric components for aircraft. |
| 1953 | Concluded a technical partnership agreement on vibration equipment with U.S. company, Syntron®. Established the parts feeder business, with the successful completion of Japan’s first parts feeder. |
| 1955 | Terminated production of consumer electronics products. Concluded a technical partnership agreement in relation to power supply equipment for aircraft with U.S. company, Bendix Corporation. |
| 1956 | Expanded into the airport ground support vehicle business, with the successful development of ground power units (GPU) for aircraft. |
| 1960 | Developed passenger steps for use with the DC-8 jet passenger aircraft. Concluded a technical partnership agreement in relation to electromagnetic clutches and brakes with U.S. company, Warner Electric. |
| 1964 | The company’s slip-lock detection devices were adopted for use in the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains. Moved the Head Office to a new location in Nihonbashi, Chuo District, Tokyo. |
| 1965 | Inaugurated the Toyohashi Plant. Developed the first sectional driving electrical panel using the silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) (thyristor) Leonard system for paper machines. |
| 1970 | Closed the old Toba Plant, and constructed the new Toba Plant. |
| 1975 | Joined the development of the KRT driverless transit system used at the Expo ’75 World Fair in Okinawa. |
| 1978 | Closed the Tokyo Plant. Opened the Singapore Representative Office, the company’s first overseas business ocation. Began sales of Japan’s first A4-size thermal line printer. |
| 1983 | Developed linear motor type conveyor systems. Launched the SBR series non-excitation electromagnetic brakes for use with servo motors. |
| 1985 | Electronic Technology Center opened at Toyohashi Plant. Vacuum furnace developed. |
| 1986 | Expanded into the space sector, with the successful development of electric motors for the H-I rocket’s hydraulic pump. |
| 1987 | Mobile robot for clean room use developed. |
| 1988 | Developed the SELMART-100 programmable controller |
| 1989 | Thai Parts Feeder Co., Ltd. was established in Thailand as the company’s first overseas production base. Expanded into the semiconductor production equipment business, supplying vertical heat treatment furnaces for use in semiconductor manufacturing. |
| 1992 | Delivered power supply devices for experimental melting equipment carried on the Space Shuttle Endeavor. |
| 1994 | Tianjin Shinko Electric Co., Ltd. was established in Tianjin, China. |
| 1995 | Began mass production of prepaid card issuing machines for use in pachinko parlors. The Singapore office was upgraded to local subsidiary status. |
| 1996 | Delivered high-speed dynamos for use in electric vehicle (EV) prototypes. |
| 1998 | Delivered 300-mm FOUP load ports to a major semiconductor production machinery manufacturer. The company’s CHC-S545-6 sublimation-type color printer was adopted for use in sticker printing machines. |
| 2000 | Delivered Japan’s first vehicle-vehicle all-direction collision testing system. |
| 2001 | The company’s electric actuators for rocket attitude control were adopted for use in the H-IIA rocket, which was first launched in this year. |
| 2002 | Sold the forklift business. |
| 2008 | Opened a new Corporate Building at the Ise Plant. |
| 2009 | The company name was changed to SINFONIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Developed 300-mm FOUP N2 purge load ports |
| 2014 | Indonesia representative office became local subsidary, PT. SINFONIA TECHNOLOGY INDONESIA. |
| 2015 | The Tianjin Sales Office of Sinfonia Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was opened in Tianjin, China |
| 2016 | Sinfonia Microtec (Vietnam) Co. Ltd. established a factory in Vietnam. |
| 2017 | On May 1, celebrated the 100th anniversary. |
| 2019 | Established "Sinfonia Technology Next Generation Smart Factory Joint Research Program" with Toyohashi University of Technology. |
| 2020 | Expanded clean transport equipment factory at Toyohashi Plant. |
| 2022 | Opened Solution Lab（regenerative medicine）in Kobe. |
| 2023 | Expanded Clean Transport System Works "FAB3" at Toyohashi Plant. |