| July, 1917 |
Hidesaburo Shibamoto founds Shibamoto Store in Osaka |
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| April, 1919 |
Shibamoto Store becomes an unlimited proprietorship, and acquires trading rights with Yahata Steel Co. |
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| May, 1937 |
Shibamoto Store is incorporated. |
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| April, 1943 |
Company name is changed to Shibamoto & Co., Ltd. |
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| April, 1948 |
Shibamoto & Co., Ltd. becomes a designated wholesaler of Nippon Steel Corp. |
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| November, 1950 |
Headquarters moves from Osaka to Tokyo |
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| April, 1961 |
Takeover of Naigai Steel Co. |
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| June, 1962 |
Increased company capital to 315,000,000 JPY. |
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| June, 1964 |
Granted Contractor's License by Cabinet. |
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| June, 1967 |
Shibamoto Building (Headquarters building) is completed |
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| April, 1970 |
New Nippon Steel Corp. is formed, and delegates Shibamoto & Co., Ltd. as designated trading house |
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| December, 1971 |
Minato Building is completed for rental office space |
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| 1972 |
Shibamoto America, Inc. is established as an American subsidiary |
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| November, 1972 |
Funabori Golf Driving Range opens |
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| October 1981 |
Funabori No. 1 Building (Daiei Supermarket) is completed |
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| 1989 |
Shibamoto joins three other companies to form Daido Amistar (S) Pte Ltd, offering special steel products to customers in Singapore |
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| 1990 |
SAS Foods is established as American subsidiary specializing in importing Japanese foods |
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| 1991 |
Capital Participant in Ford Motor Group; Shibamoto & Co., Ltd. purchases 50% of joint venture with Ford Motor Group established in 1970
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| March 1994 |
Renovation of Shibamoto Bldg. |
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| 1996 |
Twin-Path(r) Sling distributor agreement is signed with SlingMax USA for domestic manufacturing and sales of Twin-Path(r) Slings and other SlingMax lifting products |
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| 2000 |
Shibamoto Twin-Path(r) Team is designated as International Top Master Fabricator |
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| 2001 |
New Holland HFT, Japan Inc. becomes the leading importer and retailer of farm machinery in the Japan market. Anuual sales in excess of 21.5 billion yen. |
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| December, 2005 |
Qingdao Bandamatic Packaging Machinery Co. is founded |
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| August, 2006 |
Twin-Path Sling(r) Urayasu Factory is completed, expanding production space by 190% |
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| February, 2010 |
Operating capital is reduced to 100,000,000 JPY |
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| July, 2012 |
Relocates headquarters to begin rebuilding of Shibamoto Bldg. |
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| April 2014 |
New Shibamoto Bldg. (headquarters building) is completed |
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