History

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1931

Kashichi Shibuya founded Shibuya Shoten in Kanazawa

1949

Established Shibuya Kogyo Co., Ltd. with a capital of ￥1,500,000

1953

Opened the Mameda Factory at the site of our present Main Factory

1964

Increased the capital to ￥70,000,000 by investment from Nagoya Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd.

1965

Increased capital to ￥100,000,000

1976

Kashichi Shibuya, founder and first president died

1978

Contract with GSI Lumonics Inc (Canada) for the sale of their laser marking device

1979

Contract with B & H Manufacturing Company, Inc. for the technology of their roll labeler

1982

Listed on the 2nd section of Nagoya stock exchange

1985

Increased capital to ￥5,282,400,000
Listed on the 2nd section of Tokyo stock exchanges

1986

Listed on the 1st sections of Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchange

1987

Contract with NIPRO Corporation for OEM of medical instrument.

1991

Contract with Akers Kennedy & Associates, Inc for the consultation of the validation service

1995

Contract with Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH ＆ Co. KG for their tablet ＆ capsule packaging systems
Medical products section approved by international quality standard ISO9001

2000

Opened the RP system Morimoto factory at Kanazawa Techno Park

2003

S・I Seiko Co., Ltd. became a part of Shibuya group (current Shibuya Seiki Co., Ltd.)

2004

Established Shibuya E・D・I Co., Ltd.

2005

Hoppmann Corp. became a part of Shibuya group as Shibuya Hoppmann Corp.

2008

Established Shizuoka Shibuya Seiki Co., Ltd. (current Shibuya Seiki Co., Ltd.)

2009

Fabrica Toyama Corp. became a part of Shibuya group (current Shibuya Packaging System Corp.)

2010

Opened the EB system Morimoto factory at Kanazawa Techno Park

2011

Opened the Medical Instrument factory at Wakamiya/Kanazawa

2012

Kaijo Corp. became a part of Shibuya group
Neagari MFG. Co., Ltd. became a part of Shibuya group as Neagari Shibuya Co., Ltd.

2013

Began production on the new factory at Okinawa Advanced Machining Center Co., Ltd.

2014

Opened the RM system Morimoto factory at Kanazawa Techno Park

2018

Opened the Shibuya Advanced Cell Processing Factory at RM system Morimoto factory

2019

Achieved consolidated sales of ￥100,000,000,000 for Shibuya Group

2021

Merged with Shibuya Machinery Co., Ltd.

2022

Moved to the prime market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

2023

SOWA Mechatronics Corp. became a part of Shibuya group