Company History

Changed the company name from Ryoden Trading Corporation to RYODEN Corporation.

Moved from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market due to a review of market classifications.
Established subsidiary RYOSHO MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. in Malaysia.

Transitioned from the previous ten-branch structure to a structure with three executive offices of East Japan, West Japan, and Central Japan (former Tohoku Branch, North Kanto Branch, Kanagawa Branch, Shizuoka Branch, Hiroshima Branch, Shikoku Branch, and Kyushu Branch were renamed to Sendai Business Office, Maebashi Business Office, Yokohama Business Office, Shizuoka Business Office, Hiroshima Business Office, Takamatsu Business Office, and Fukuoka Business Office, respectively).

Acquired all shares of Sohwa Technical Co., Ltd. (Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture) and made it a subsidiary.
Established limited liability company Block Farm Co., Ltd.

Established RYOSHO VIETNAM CO., LTD. in Vietnam.

Introduced Executive Officer system.

Dissolved Ryosho Electronic Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

Established joint venture company RYOSHO ENGINEERING (THAILAND) CO., LTD. of subsidiary RYOSHO (THAILAND) CO., LTD. in Thailand.
Established subsidiary RYOSHO MEXICO, S.A. de C.V. in Mexico, as a subsidiary of both our company and subsidiary RYOSHO U.S.A. INC.
Opened a Shenzhen Branch at subsidiary RYOSHO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

Established subsidiary RYOSHO TECHNO INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED.
ISO 14001 certification obtained by subsidiaries RYOSHO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. and Taiwan Ryosho Corporation.

Opened subsidiary RYOSHO TECHNO PHILIPPINES Inc. in the Philippines.
Established THE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE OF RYODEN TRADING COMPANY, LIMITED IN HO CHI MINH CITY in Vietnam.
Opened SRIRACHA BRANCH at subsidiary RYOSHO (THAILAND) COMPANY, LIMITED.
Opened INDIANAPOLIS BRANCH at subsidiary RYOSHO U.S.A., Inc.

Established subsidiary RYOSHO ELECTRONICS CONSULTING (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. in Shenzhen.
Established subsidiary PT. RYOSHO TECHNO INDONESIA in Jakarta.
ISO 14001 certification obtained by subsidiary RYOSHO TECHNO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

Opened an Indian Representative Office at subsidiary RYOSHO TECHNO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Closed the Seoul Branch and established subsidiary RYOSHO KOREA CO., LTD. in Seoul.

Opened ATLANTA BRANCH at subsidiary RYOSHO U.S.A., Inc.
Established subsidiary RYOSHO EUROPE GmbH in Germany.

Opened Chengdu Office at subsidiary RYOSHO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Established subsidiary Taiwan Ryosho Corporation in the Republic of China.

Opened Dalian Branch at subsidiary RYOSHO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.

Opened Guangzhou Branch at subsidiary RYOSHO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Established subsidiary RYOSHO (THAILAND) COMPANY, LIMITED in Thailand.

60th anniversary

Obtained ISO 9001 certification for the FA Systems Division of all executive offices.
Obtained ISO 9001 certification for the Semiconductors and Electronic Device Division of the headquarters and all executive offices.

Expanded ISO 14001 certification sites to all business offices in Japan.

Opened Shenzhen Office at subsidiary RYOSHO HONG KONG LIMITED

Obtained ISO 14001 certification.
Established subsidiary RYOSHO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. in China.

Established subsidiary RYOSHO U.S.A., INCORPORATED in the United States.

50th anniversary

Issued 8 billion yen in unsecured convertible bonds.

Established subsidiary RYOSHO HONK KONG LIMITED in Hong Kong.

Increased capital to JPY 10,334,290,000.
Established a Seoul Branch.

Designated as a First Section listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Issued USD 100 million in warrants. Capital was JPY 9,366,590,000.

Established subsidiary RYOSHO TECHNO SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED in Singapore.

Issued USD 55 million in warrants.

Issued USD 30 million in warrants

Started transferring sales rights for household appliances to regional sales companies (completed in 1971).

Listed shares on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Capital was JPY 384 million.

Changed the corporate name from Rikoshokai Co., Ltd. to RYODEN Trading Co., Ltd. Capital was JPY 30 million.

Merged Rikoshokai Co., Ltd. and Daikoshokai Co., Ltd. resulting in Rikoshokai Co., Ltd. Capital was JPY 15 million.

Founded Rikoshokai Co., Ltd. and Daikoshokai Co., Ltd. Capital was JPY 195,000 each.