History

Founder Yuji Morikubo, current honorary chairman, established Kamba Shokai Co., Ltd. in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.

Changed company name to PUNCH INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

Succeeded in mass production of high-speed steel ejector pins for plastic molds.

Established and started operations at Kitakami Plant in Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.
Established a mass-production system for mold and die components.

Began nationwide sales of mold and die components.

Integrated the Production Division into Kitakami Plant.

Established a group company called MIYAKO PUNCH INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (present Miyako Plant) in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture.

Established PUNCH INDUSTRY (DALIAN) CO., LTD. in Dalian, Liaoning province, China and started the production of mold and die components in China.

Published a general catalog of plastic mold components and a general catalog of press die components.

Established and started operations at a plant in Dalian Wafangdian, Liaoning province, China, to increase the production capacity of PUNCH INDUSTRY (DALIAN) CO., LTD.

Established and started operations at Chiba Plant in Iioka town, Chiba Prefecture.

PUNCH INDUSTRY (DALIAN) CO., LTD. acquired ISO 9002 certification.

Chiba Plant relocated to Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture.

Established Tokyo Logistics Center in Ota-ku, Tokyo, to improve physical distribution services.

PUNCH INDUSTRY (DALIAN) CO., LTD. established a sales office in Dongguan.

Plant in Dalian Wafangdian, Liaoning province, China spun off and PUNCH INDUSTRY (WAFANGDIAN) CO., LTD. established.

PUNCH INDUSTRY (DALIAN) CO., LTD. established a sales office in Shanghai.

Established PUNCH INDUSTRY (WUXI) CO., LTD. in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China.

Established PUNCH INDUSTRY (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD. in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China.

Head office relocated from Shinagawa-ku to Minato-ku, Japan.

Acquired all shares of PINTEC CORPORATION and made it a group company.

Established PUNCH INDUSTRY DALIAN TAMA SPRING CO., LTD. in Dalian, Liaoning province, China.

Absorbed the subsidiary MIYAKO PUNCH INDUSTRY CO., LTD. and started operations as Miyako Plant.

Established PUNCH INDUSTRY INDIA PVT. LTD. in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Established and started operations at Hyogo Plant in Kasai City, Hyogo Prefecture.

Company name changed from PUNCH INDUSTRY DALIAN TAMA SPRING CO., LTD. to Punch Spring (Dalian) Co., Ltd.

Chiba Plant closed.

PUNCH INDUSTRY INDIA PVT. LTD. began sales.

Formed Capital and Business Alliance with PANTHER PRECISION TOOLS SDN. BHD. in Malaysia.

Listed stocks on the Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Tokyo Logistics Center relocated from Ota-ku, Tokyo to Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Established production and logistics base in Chongqing, China.

PANTHER PRECISION TOOLS SDN. BHD. became a group company of Punch Industry.

Established a joint venture company, PT. PUNCH INDUSTRY INDONESIA, with PT Somagede Indonesia in Indonesia.

Company name changed from PANTHER PRECISION TOOLS SDN. BHD. to PUNCH INDUSTRY MALAYSIA SDN. BHD.

Listed stocks on the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

PUNCH INDUSTRY (DALIAN) CO., LTD. acquired AS9100 certification.

Established PUNCH INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING VIETNAM CO. LTD. in Vietnam.

PUNCH INDUSTRY (DALIAN) CO., LTD. acquired Nadcap certification for "heat treating process".

Head office relocated from Minato-ku to Shinagawa-ku.

Established PUNCH INDUSTRY USA INC. in Illinois, USA.

PUNCH INDUSTRY (DALIAN) CO., LTD. acquired the IRIS certificate in the field of single railway components.

Expanded the factory of PUNCH INDUSTRY (Dalian) CO., LTD.

Moved to the Prime Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Acquired all shares of ASCE CO., LTD. and made it a group company.

Moved to the Standard Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Dissolved PINTEC CORPORATION

Formulated Purpose of the Punch Group