Chronology

1930 - 1949

1930

Hayakawa tours Hong Kong
Begins attaching repair notices to radios. Retailers would notify the company of repairs they did by sending back these notices to the company.

1931

Establishes sales agency in Hong Kong

1934

Establishes Shanghai office
Constructs Hirano Plant in Osaka

1935

Hayakawa Metal Works Institute Co. incorporated with capital of 300,000 yen (May 1)
Youths’ School Ordinance issued in Japan

1936

Installs intermittent belt conveyor system
Makes Yokohama Motor Parts Manufacturing a subsidiary
Changes company name to Hayakawa Metal Works Co.
Establishes branch offices in Taipei and Seoul

1937

Establishes Hayakawa Commercial School for Youth

1942

Changes company name to Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

1943

Head office building completed

1944

Establishes Hayakawa Electric branch factory
Establishes Izumi Plant in Izumi-cho (now Izumi City), Osaka (sold in 1948)

1945

Establishes Kyoto Plant in Shimogyo-ku (now Minami-ku), Kyoto (sold in 1947)

1946

Forms labor union
Designated special accounting company

1948

Establishes Sharp Shoji

1949

Released from special accounting company designation
Public stock offering, company listed on Osaka Securities Exchange

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