HISTORY
- From Yamamura Shoten to Yamamura Glass Works
- Development as a company limited
- Toward a comprehensive package manufacturer
- Pursuing global development
- Development of the Yamamura Group
From Yamamura Shoten to Yamamura Glass Works
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1897
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Yamamura Shoten started mining and marketing of silica sand at foot of Mt. Rokko.
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1914
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Company founded as Yamamura Glass Works in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
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1922
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Research and development of bottle-making machinery started and semiautomatic machinery introduced.
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1928
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Fully automatic bottle-making system (Lynch-type) was introduced.
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1946
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Operation resumes after the war. Semiautomatic production of alcoholic beverage bottles using crucible kilns started.
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Development as a company limited
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1955
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January
Company incorporated as “Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd.”
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1960
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October
Manufacturing plant for plastic containers constructed and production started.
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December
Machinery division (present Engineering Company) established.
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1961
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January
Tokyo Plant established in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and operations started.
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1962
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February
Nissho Co., Ltd., (present Seisho Co., Ltd.) established in Tokyo.
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1967
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September
Yamamura Warehouse Co., Ltd., established in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
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1970
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May
Company listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange (First Section) and Osaka Securities Exchange (First Section).
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1973
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Company enters the recycling business.
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1980
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May
Harima Plant established in Harima-cho, Kako-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, and operations started.
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Toward a comprehensive package manufacturer
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1983
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April
Yamamura Glass Works Co., Ltd., established in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
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1987
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July
New Glass Research Center opened in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
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October
Kansai Plant (plastics) established in Harima-cho, Kako-gun, Hyogo Prefecture, and operations started.
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1989
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April
Company merges with Hiroshima Glass Kogyo Co., Ltd.
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1990
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Kawashima Plant (plastics) established, and operations started.
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December
New Glass Development Plant (present Naruohama Plant) established in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, and operations started.
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1991
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June
San Miguel Yamamura Asia Corp. established in the Philippines.
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1995
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October
Utsunomiya Plant (plastics) established in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture, and operations started.
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1996
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April
San Miguel Yamamura Glass Vietnam Co., Ltd., established in British Virgin Islands.
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1998
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October
Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd, and Nippon Glass Co., Ltd., merge to form
Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd.
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2000
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Engineering, recycling and new glass divisions split off internally and transferred to a company system.
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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.
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Pursuing global development
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2004
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February
Zhancheng (Suzhou) Plastic Co., Ltd., established in China.
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2008
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January
Capital participation in San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Co., Ltd., and San Miguel Yamamura Packaging International Co., Ltd.
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May
Yamamura International (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., opened.
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2009
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June
Headquarters transferred to Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, and a two headquarters system introduced.
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October
Yamamura International (Thailand) Co., Ltd., established in Thailand.
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2010
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May
PT. San Miguel Yamamura Utama Indoplas established in Indonesia.
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July
Yamamura Photonics Co., Ltd., made into a subsidiary.
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2013
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July
Acquired majority ownership in Yamamura Glass Qinhuangdao Co., Ltd. (YGQ).
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2015
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November
Yamamura Logistics Co., Ltd. established.
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2016
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March
YGQ California, Inc., (present Yamamura International California, Inc.) established in the USA.
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2018
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July
YTF Co., Ltd., established.
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August
Yamamura Kinik Optical Co., Ltd. (YKO) established in Taiwan.
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2019
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August
Arglass Yamamura, LLC established in the USA.
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November
Yamamura Plastic Products Co., Ltd., established.
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2020
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March
San Miguel Yamamura Packaging merges with San Miguel Yamamura Asia, with San Miguel Yamamura Packaging as the surviving company.
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Development of the Yamamura Group
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2021
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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).
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2022
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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.
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