
Issued German mark-denominated convertible bonds (DM40 million).Įstablished Sankyo International (Australia) PTY. Started producing refrigerating devices for freezer cars. with a capital of \10 million.Įstablished Singapore Office of Sankyo International Co., Ltd.Įstablished Sankyo International (USA) Inc with a capital of US$30,000.Įstablished Sankyo International (S) PTE. to Sanden Sales Co., Ltd.Įstablished Sankyo International Co., Ltd. Started producing Automotive air-conditioners and SD compressors for Automotive air-conditioners.Įntered a technical collaboration agreement with the Kaiser USA.Įstablished a new trade name “Sanden” and listed Sankyo Electric Company’s stocks on the 1st section of Tokyo Stock Exhange.Ĭhanged the name of Sankyo Sales Co., Ltd. The company was commended for the contribution to exports by the Minister of Industry and Trade. Sanden consistently expanded its production and sales of compressors all over the world.Įntered a technical collaboration agreement with Mitchell Corporation in the U.S. Thereafter, it established overseas bases one after the other in the U.S., Singapore, and in European countries. And it changed its trade name to “Sanden”. It listed its stocks on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange, after much anticipation, in 1973. Taking this opportunity, it started to produce car compressors in 1970 and entered the Automotive air-conditioner market. While the company continued development of new products based on its refrigerating and ventilation technologies, it received an offer for technical collaboration for small-scale compressors from Mitchell Corporation in 1969. Started producing ice-cream refrigerating stockers and refrigerated showcases.

Started producing mini-motors, electric washers, and other home electric appliances. Engineering staff of the company who sensitively perceived customers’ needs succeeded in developing an open-type showcase for the first time in the industry, which became a hot-selling product.īecame a designated plant for manufacturing the dynamo bicycle lamp in line with the establishment of the JIS system. It further entered the market for refrigerating machines for business use.

Thereafter, it entered the electric home appliance business, aiming to grow from a back-street factory into a modernized company. The company started exporting the dynamo bicycle lamp in 1953. The low-voltage method that prolonged the lamp’s life introduced by Sankyo Electric was adopted as JIS standard. JIS was established for the dynamo lamp in April 1952 with the development of the economy as well as the industry. Started manufacturing the dynamo bicycle lamp. Started producing parts for wireless communication devices, mica-condensers, and paper-condensers by synthetic resin molding. It marked a monthly production of 30 thousand units in 1953, thereby establishing itself as a permanent fixture in the dynamo bicycle lamp business sector.Įstablished Sankyo Electric Company in a lot where the present head office of Sanden is located.
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It had run a sales campaign for dynamo bicycle lamps with a trademark “Owl” shining in the darkness, and with the slogans “Second sight in the night” and “A thousand times brighter than a full moon ”. After the war, having taken cues from employees who had been riding bicycles to work, the company changed its business to develop dynamo lighting sets for bicycles. This is how the predecessor company of Sanden, called Sankyo Electric Company, was created with a capital of \198,000.


Sanden’s founder, Kaihei Ushikubo, who had been running a textile mill, started manufacturing components of communication devices and mica-condensers in July 1943, when Japan was fighting in World War II and the private sector manufacturing plants were enforced either to shift themselves to ammunition producing plants or close their business.
