History

1954

Established in Shinbori-cho, Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo by Mitsuaki Yonezawa

January 5, 1954

1957

Established Yonezawa Koki Co., Ltd.

December 27, 1957

1958

Relocated in 1403, Hara-machi, Meguro-ku, Tokyo. Establishment of the Machine Tool Department to start the sale of machine tools.

February 1958

1962

Opening of the Utsunomiya sales office.

April 1962

1969

Opening of the Fukushima sales office.

April 1969

1970

The head office building was completed (1-33-16, Todoroki, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo). Central office relocated. Reorganized as Yonezawa Koki Co., Ltd.

May 1970

1972

Became an authorized distributor of Okamoto Machine Tool Works, Ltd.

September 1972

1977

Became an authorized distributor of Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd.

April 1977

1980

The capital increased to 70 million yen.

April 1980

1984

Became a member of the Japan Machine Tool Distributors Association (JMTDA). Became an authorized distributor of Mori Seiki Co., Ltd.

April 1984

1985

Became an authorized distributor of Graphic Products Inc.

May 1985

1987

Upgraded the Utsunomiya sales office to the Utsunomiya branch.

April 1987

1992

Completed central office building.

August 1992

1998

A spin-off subsidiary, Nihon Data Fusion Co., Ltd., was established to expand IT operations (software planning, development, and maintenance services).

May 1998

2002

Became an authorized distributor of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.

October 2002

Established Yonezawa Engineering Asia (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand.

December 2002

2003

Establishment of Dalian FTZ Yonezawa Trading Ltd. in Dalian, China.

January 2003

2004

Second central office building completed.

April 2004

Established Guangzhou Yonezawa Trading Ltd. in Guangzhou, China.

July 2004

2005

Mitsuaki Yonezawa became chairman and chief executive officer of the board. Shunichi Aoki became president and chief operating officer. Establishment of the Shanghai Waigaoqiao FTZ branch of Dalian FTZ Yonezawa Trading Ltd in Shanghai, China.

March 2005

Became an authorized distributor of Okuma Corporation.

April 2005

New building completed for the Fukushima sales office.

November 2005

2006

New building completed for the Utsunomiya branch.

February 2006

Opening of the Nagoya sales office.

July 2006

2008

Opening of the Fukuoka sales office.

January 2008

2010

Japan Data Fusion Yokohama Technical Center opened.

April 2010

2012

Establishment of PT. YONEZAWA INDONESIA in Indonesia.

August 2012

2013

Establishment of Yonezawa Koki Co., Ltd. Hanoi representative office in Hanoi, Vietnam.

January 2013

Established Yonezawa Mexico S.A. de C.V. in Mexico.

May 2013

Establishment of Yonezawa USA, Inc. in the U.S.

September 2013

2014

Established Guangzhou Yonezawa Trading Ltd. Shanghai branch in Shanghai, China.

June 2014

Established Guangzhou Yonezawa Trading Ltd. Wuxi branch in Wuxi, China. Established YONEZAWA VIETNAM CO., LTD. to replace Yonezawa Koki Co., Ltd. Hanoi Representative Office.

July 2014

Consolidated Nihon Data Fusion's operations into Yonezawa Koki Co., Ltd. in the interest of business reorganization.

September 2014

Opening of the Okayama sales office.

October 2014

2015

Opening of the Kitakami sales office.

July 2015

2017

Opening of the Shizuoka sales office.

April 2017