| Apr 1948 |
Yorozu Automobile Works is established in Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, with a capital of 195,000 yen, as a company primarily engaged in maintenance and repair of automobiles. |
| Apr 1949 |
Business with Nissan Heavy Industries Corp. (currently Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.) starts from the production and delivery of exhaust tubes for Nissan 180 Truck. |
| Apr 1950 |
Main business changes from maintenance and repair of automobiles to manufacture of auto parts. |
| Apr 1951 |
Business with Minsei Diesel Industries, Ltd. (currently UD Trucks Corporation) and Shin Nikkoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd.) begins. |
| Apr 1953 |
Business with Nihon Radiator Co., Ltd. (currently Calsonic Kansei Corporation) begins. |
| Dec 1959 |
Plant (current Headquarters) is built in Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, and operation begins. |
| Jun 1960 |
Yorozu Headquarters is relocated to Kohoku-ku, Yokohama (present location). |
| Jun 1968 |
Oyama Plant is built in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, and operation begins. |
| Jun 1969 |
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. makes an equity participation in Yorozu. (25% holding) |
| Jun 1970 |
Shonai Press Industry (currently Shonai Yorozu Corporation) is established, and Yorozu Corporation makes an equity participation. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Feb 1974 |
Business with Kubota Tekko K.K. (currently Kubota Corporation) begins. |
| Dec 1976 |
Yorozu Service Corporation is established. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Jan 1977 |
Nakatsu Plant is built in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture (current Yorozu Oita Corporation), and operation begins. |
| Oct 1981 |
Business with Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. (current Mazda Motor Corporation) begins. |
| Oct 1984 |
Business with Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. begins. |
| Sep 1986 |
Calsonic Yorozu Corporation (CYC; currently Yorozu Automotive Tennessee, Inc. (YAT)) is established in Tennessee, U.S.A. as a joint venture with Nihon Radiator Co., Ltd. (currently Calsonic Kansei Corporation) and its subsidiary, Calsonic International, Inc. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Dec 1986 |
Business with Isuzu Motors Limited begins. |
| Feb 1988 |
Hiroshima Office opens in Naka-ku, Hiroshima. |
| Jul 1988 |
Fukushima Yorozu (a wholly owned subsidiary) is established in Kagamiishi-machi, Fukushima Prefecture. |
| Sep 1989 |
Company enters into a technical tie-up with Tallent Engineering Ltd. (currently ThyssenKrupp Automotive Tallent Chassis Ltd.) of UK. |
| Jun 1990 |
Yorozu Automotive Works is renamed Yorozu Corporation. |
| Nov 1991 |
Over-the-counter shares are registered with the Japan Securities Dealers Association (currently JSDA). |
| Oct 1992 |
A wholly owned subsidiary, Yorozu Engineering Corporation is established in Mikawa-machi, Yamagata Prefecture. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Feb 1993 |
Yorozu Mexicana S.A. de C.V. (YMEX) is established as a joint venture with Nissan Mexicana S.A. de C.V. and the Nissho Iwai Group in Aguascalientes, Mexico. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Mar 1994 |
Company shares are listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Jul 1994 |
Yorozu acquires a majority of CYC (currently YAT) shares from Calsonic Corporation (currently Calsonic Kansei Corporation), making it a subsidiary. |
| Sep 1995 |
Company shares are listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Jun 1996 |
Yorozu (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (YTC), a wholly owned subsidiary, is established in Bangkok, Thailand. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Jul 1997 |
Yorozu America Corporation (YA), a wholly owned subsidiary, is established in Michigan, U.S.A. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Sep 2000 |
Yorozu Automotive North America, Inc. (YANA), a wholly owned subsidiary, is established in Michigan, U.S.A. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Yorozu enters into a comprehensive strategic tie-up with Tower Automotive, Inc. of U.S.A. |
| Tower Automotive International Yorozu Holdings, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Tower Automotive, Inc.) becomes the largest shareholder, as Yorozu shares are transferred from Nissan Motor. |
| Feb 2001 |
Fukushima Yorozu is dissolved, and liquidation process completes in May. |
| Sep 2001 |
Yorozu Automotive Mississippi, Inc. (YAM), a wholly owned subsidiary, is established in Mississippi, U.S.A. |
| Dec 2001 |
Yorozu America Corporation acquires all issued shares of YANA and YAM, making both companies subsidiaries. |
| Nov 2002 |
Yorozu Engineering Systems (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (YEST), a wholly owned subsidiary, is established in Rayong, Thailand. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Sep 2003 |
Yorozu Oita Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary, is established in Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture as a production base. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Nov 2003 |
Yorozu Bao Mit Automotive Co., Ltd. (G-YBM) is established in Guangdong, China, a joint venture with Shanghai Baosteel International Economic & Trading Co., Ltd. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Mar 2004 |
All Yorozu shares held by Tower Automotive International Yorozu Holdings, Inc. are acquired as equity shares, terminating the capital ties with Tower Automotive. |
| Yorozu Tochigi Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary, is established in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture as a production base. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Jan 2005 |
YA acquires all YAT shares held by Yorozu Corporation, and YAT becomes a subsidiary of YA. |
| Aug 2005 |
Yorozu Aichi Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary, is established in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Sep 2007 |
10% of Yorozu Thailand shares are transferred to Y-Tech Corporation. |
| Dec 2009 |
Yorozu Automotive Mississippi, Inc. is dissolved and liquidated. |
| Jul 2010 |
Wuhan Yorozu Bao Mit Automotive Co., Ltd. (W-YBM) is established in Hubei, China, as a joint venture with Baosteel Metal Co., Ltd. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Feb 2011 |
Yorozu JBM Automotive Tamil Nadu Pvt. Ltd. (YJAT) is established in Tamil Nadu, India, as a joint venture with JBM Auto System Pvt. Ltd. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Feb 2012 |
PT. Yorozu Automotive Indonesia (YAI) is established in Mitra Karawang Industrial Estate, as a wholly owned subsidiary. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
| Yorozu Automotive Guanajuato de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (YAGM) is established in Guanajuato, Mexico, as a wholly owned subsidiary. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
