HISTORY

From Yamamura Shoten to Yamamura Glass Works

  1. 1897

    • Yamamura Shoten started mining and marketing of silica sand at foot of Mt. Rokko.

  2. 1914

    • Company founded as Yamamura Glass Works in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.

  3. 1922

    • Research and development of bottle-making machinery started and semiautomatic machinery introduced.

  4. 1928

    • Fully automatic bottle-making system (Lynch-type) was introduced.

  5. 1946

    • Operation resumes after the war. Semiautomatic production of alcoholic beverage bottles using crucible kilns started.

山村商店~山村製壜所時代 当時の写真

Development as a company limited

  1. 1955

    • January

      Company incorporated as “Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd.”

  2. 1960

    • October

      Manufacturing plant for plastic containers constructed and production started.

    • December

      Machinery division (present Engineering Company) established.

  3. 1961

    • January

      Tokyo Plant established in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and operations started.

  4. 1962

    • February

      Nissho Co., Ltd., (present Seisho Co., Ltd.) established in Tokyo.

  5. 1967

    • September

      Yamamura Warehouse Co., Ltd., established in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.

  6. 1970

    • May

      Company listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange (First Section) and Osaka Securities Exchange (First Section).

  7. 1973

    • Company enters the recycling business.

  8. 1980

    • May

      Harima Plant established in Harima-cho, Kako-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, and operations started.

Toward a comprehensive package manufacturer

  1. 1983

    • April

      Yamamura Glass Works Co., Ltd., established in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.

  2. 1987

    • July

      New Glass Research Center opened in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.

    • October

      Kansai Plant (plastics) established in Harima-cho, Kako-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, and operations started.

  3. 1989

    • April

      Company merges with Hiroshima Glass Kogyo Co., Ltd.

  4. 1990

    • Kawashima Plant (plastics) established, and operations started.

    • December

      New Glass Development Plant (present Naruohama Plant) established in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, and operations started.

  5. 1991

    • June

      San Miguel Yamamura Asia Corp. established in the Philippines.

  6. 1995

    • October

      Utsunomiya Plant (plastics) established in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture, and operations started.

  7. 1996

    • April

      San Miguel Yamamura Glass Vietnam Co., Ltd., established in British Virgin Islands.

  8. 1998

    • October

      Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd, and Nippon Glass Co., Ltd., merge to form
      Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd.

  9. 2000

    • Engineering, recycling and new glass divisions split off internally and transferred to a company system.

    • December

      Amagasaki Plant (new glass) established in Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, and operations started.
      Glass and plastics divisions split off internally and transferred to company system.

Pursuing global development

  1. 2004

    • February

      Zhancheng (Suzhou) Plastic Co., Ltd., established in China.

  2. 2008

    • January

      Capital participation in San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Co., Ltd., and San Miguel Yamamura Packaging International Co., Ltd.

    • May

      Yamamura International (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., opened.

  3. 2009

    • June

      Headquarters transferred to Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, and a two headquarters system introduced.

    • October

      Yamamura International (Thailand) Co., Ltd., established in Thailand.

  4. 2010

    • May

      PT. San Miguel Yamamura Utama Indoplas established in Indonesia.

    • July

      Yamamura Photonics Co., Ltd., made into a subsidiary.

  5. 2013

    • July

      Acquired majority ownership in Yamamura Glass Qinhuangdao Co., Ltd. (YGQ).

  6. 2015

    • November

      Yamamura Logistics Co., Ltd. established.

  7. 2016

    • March

      YGQ California, Inc., (present Yamamura International California, Inc.) established in the USA.

  8. 2018

    • July

      YTF Co., Ltd., established.

    • August

      Yamamura Kinik Optical Co., Ltd. (YKO) established in Taiwan.

  9. 2019

    • August

      Arglass Yamamura, LLC established in the USA.

    • November

      Yamamura Plastic Products Co., Ltd., established.

  10. 2020

    • March

      San Miguel Yamamura Packaging merges with San Miguel Yamamura Asia, with San Miguel Yamamura Packaging as the surviving company.

Development of the Yamamura Group

  1. 2021

    • September

      Acquired the all stocks of Nakayama Transport Co., Ltd., and of Maruishi Traffic Co., Ltd.

      Established Yamamura JR Freight kiravege station Co.,Ltd (a joint venture).

  2. 2022

    • April

      Transitioned from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Standard Market due to a review of the market classification of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.