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History

June, 1917 Establishment of Toyo Seikan: its head office and the first plant in Osaka
March, 1919 Installation of the first automatic can making machine in Japan and the start of operations
September, 1920 Establishment of the Tokyo Plant
September, 1933 Establishment of the Tobata Plant
July, 1935 Listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange
February, 1937 Establishment of the Shimizu Plant
July, 1941 Under the government request, merger of 8 can making companies including the former Toyo Seikan to form the current Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
June, 1944 Transfer of the head office location to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
May, 1949 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
June, 1958 Establishment of the Sendai Plant
April, 1960 Establishment of the Ibaraki Plant
August, 1961 Establishment of the Yokohama Plant
April, 1967 Establishment of the Kawasaki Plant
April, 1971 Establishment of the Saitama Plant and the Takatsuki Plant
October, 1972 Establishment of the Chitose Plant
April, 1973 Establishment of the Hiroshima Plant
May, 1974 Relocation of the Osaka Plant to Izumisano-shi
September, 1974 Establishment of the Kiyama Plant
April, 1977 Establishment of the Ishioka Plant
April, 1979 Establishment of the Kuki Plant
October, 1980 Completion of the new head office building (Saiwai Building)
January, 1983 Relocation of the Sendai Plant to Minato, Miyagino-ku.
April, 1993 Establishment of the Toyohashi Plant
January, 2000 Establishment of the Shizuoka Plant
March, 2000 Closing of the Tokyo Plant after integrating it into the Yokohama Plant
April, 2003 Integration of the Tobata Plant into the Kiyama Plant
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