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.
1982	September	Increased capital to 10 million JPY.
1984	May	Opened a sales office in Akabane, Tokyo.
1984	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).
	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.
	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.
1988	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.
	September	Completed a new building to house the Kanto Sales Office and an orientation house for East Japan in Omiya City, Ibaragi Pref.
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.
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.
	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.
1999	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.
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.
	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.
2006	December	Completed a new building to house the Chubu Regional Sales Office in Toyokawa City.
2007	March	Completed a sixth plant at our head office.
	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.
2012	March	Relocated Yushin Korea to a new plant.
2012	November	Established a local company in Indonesia.
2013	March	Completed a new business base, technical center in Kyoto City.
2013	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.
2016	December	Completed a new building to house our head office.
2021	June	Appointed Takayo Kotani Representative Director and President.
2023	February	Opened a showroom in the technical center in Kyoto City.
2023	May	Acquired 100% of the shares in WEMO Automation AB in Sweden.
2025	April	Yushin corporate name is changed to Yushin Company.