History | STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

1991
Aug.

Opened Yokohama Technical Center

1992
Mar.

Issued Euro-yen denominated straight bonds and listed on the London Stock Exchange

1993
Apr.

Established Hong Kong Stanley Lightning Electric Co., Ltd. (currently Stanley Electric (Asia Pacific) Ltd.), a sales and procurement base for electronic equipment in Hong Kong (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

1993
July.

Acquired shares of Matsuo Electric Co., Ltd. and made it a special subsidiary company (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

1994
Apr.

Opened Yamagata Factory in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, to produce light emitting diodes

1995
July.

Established Tianjin Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. as a core base in China that combines the automotive equipment business and the electronic equipment business (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

1998
Apr.

Established Stanley Electric Sales of America, Inc. as a sales and procurement base in the United States (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

1998
Oct.

Established STANLEY WELL Corp. as a special subsidiary company (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

2000
Mar.

Established Stanley Electric Holdings of America, Inc. in U.S. (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

2000
Apr.

Stanley Electric Holding of America, Inc., aiming to improve management efficiency by integrating business bases in the Americas, exchanged shares of Stanley Electric U.S. Co., Inc., II Stanley Co., Inc. and Stanley Electric Sales of America, Inc. held by the Company to become a holding company

2001
Aug.

Established Stanley Electric Hungary Kft. in Hungary as a production base in Europe (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

2001
Sep.

Established PT. Indonesia Stanley Electric as a production base in Indonesia (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

2002
Sep.

Established Guangzhou Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. as a production base in China (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

2003
Sep.

Established Stanley Electric Holding Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

2003
Sep.

Stock: Delists its shares from Osaka Securities Exchange

2004
Apr.

Closed the Kumamoto Factory and integrated with the Hamamatsu Factory, opened Hamamatsu Factory in Hosoe Town, Inasa District (currently Hamamatsu City), Shizuoka Prefecture, to manufacture automotive lighting equipment products

2005
May.

Established Stanley Electric Korea Co., Ltd. as a sales base in Korea (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

2006
July.

Established Stanley Electric Holding Europe Co., Ltd. in the United Kingdom as a European holding company aiming to improve management efficiency of business bases in Europe and enhance the accounting and financial system.

2007
Aug.

Established Opto Technical Center (abbr. OTC) in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture (currently a consolidated subsidiary)

2009
Oct.

Established Stanley Electric do Brasil Ltda. as the manufacturing and distribution base (currently a consolidated subsidiary)