September 18, 2009 update
ADVANEX INC.
| April, 1930 |
Mr. Inokichi Kato, who was our first president, founded the spring factory in 1 Sakai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. |
| November, 1946 |
Incorporated as KATO SPRING WORKS CO., LTD. and founded the head factory in Sekimachi, Nerima-ku, Tokyo. |
| December, 1963 |
Moved the head factory to 1-1-3 Tabata, Kita-ku. (new factory: 2,224m2) |
| May, 1964 |
Listed on Second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| November, 1976 |
Established the head factory in Kashiwazaki, Niigata. |
| March, 1986 |
Established a new factory in Onomachi, Fukushima. (Closed in 6/2009) |
| July, 1996 |
Moved the Headquarter to 6-1-1 Tabata, Kita-ku, Tokyo. |
| July, 2001 |
Changed the corporate name to ADVANEX INC. |
| March, 2004 |
Listed on first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| May, 2006 |
Merged with KATO SPRING INC. |
| September, 2008 |
Established a new factory in Nakatsu, Oita. |
| May, 2009 |
Established a new factory in Minamitsugaru, Aomori. |
Subsidiary and related company
| July, 1966 |
Established KATO SPRING OF CALIFORNIA,INC. |
| January, 1978 |
Established KATO SPRING (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. |
| September, 1984 |
Acquired Fuji Micro |
| July, 1985 |
Established Accurate Sales Co., Ltd. (the present ACCURATE INC.) (Sold in 4/2009) |
| September, 1988 |
Established KATO PRECISION (U.K.) LIMITED |
| November, 1990 |
Established KATO PRECISION (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. (the present KATO SPRING (M) SDN. BHD.) (Liquidated in 7/2009) |
| October, 1993 |
Established KATO-ENTEX LIMITED |
| August, 1994 |
Established KATO PRECISION (HONG KONG) LIMITED (the present ADVANEX (HK) LTD.) |
| July, 1996 |
Established Strawberry Corporation |
| October, 1997 |
Established KATO FASTENING SYSTEMS, INC. (Sold in 9/2009) |
| January, 1998 |
Established KATO SPRING (THAILAND) LTD. |
| April, 2000 |
Established KATO SPRING INC. |
| January, 2001 |
Established KATO SPRING (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD. |
| October, 2001 |
STRAWBERRY CORPORATION was listed on JASDAQ. |
| December, 2002 |
Established ADVANEX PRECISION COMPONENTS (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD. |
| January, 2003 |
Established ADVANEX PRECISION COMPONENTS (DALIAN) CO., LTD. |
| June, 2006 |
Established KATO SPRING (VIETNAM) LTD. |
| August, 2006 |
Established KATO SPECTRA SPRING INDIA PVT. LTD. |
| November, 2006 |
Established ADVANEX ENGINEERING CENTRE (ASIA) PTE. LTD. (Liquidated in 4/2009) |
| October, 2007 |
Acquired Daiichi Kasei Holdings Co., Ltd. (100%) |
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