HISTORY
History
- 1944
- Nov
- Fuji Gas Boseki Co., Ltd. (now Fujibo Holdings Co., Ltd.) established Fuji Heiki Co., Ltd. (with a capital of ¥15 million) with a full investment. At that time, the Washizu Plant of Fuji Gas Boseki Co., Ltd. was converted into a weapons factory to manufacture firearms and ammunition for the Toyokawa Naval Arsenal.
- 1945
- Oct
- Renamed to Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd., and shifted the business to manufacturing, processing, repairing, and selling machinery and tools. (Shifted business to automotive parts in line with current trends, with labor saving for spinning machinery, as well as production and sales of knitting machines.)
- 1954
- Apr
- Started business with Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and started manufacturing automotive parts.
- 1965
- Mar
- Partnered with Ikeda Corporation for reclining seat devices.
- 1966
- Mar
- Listed on the 2nd Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- 1973
- Apr
- Started business with Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd. (Now Suzuki Motor Corporation)
- 1977
- Oct
- Established the Arai Plant in Arai Town, Hamana District, Shizuoka Prefecture, and commenced operations. (Now Arai Town, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
- 1985
- Jul
- The Nakatsu Plant was separated and Kyushu Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd. was established. (Now TF-METAL Kyushu Co., Ltd.)
- 1986
- Oct
- The Sinshiro Plant was separated and Higashi Mikawa Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd. was established. (Now TF-METAL Higashi Mikawa Co., Ltd.)
- 1989
- Aug
- Ryuyo Plant was established in Ryuyo Town, Iwata District, Shizuoka Prefecture, and began operations. (Now Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
- 1996
- Sep
- Changed the designation to the 1st Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
- Nov
- Established FA Co., Ltd. (Now TF-METAL Iwata Co., Ltd.)
- 2000
- Jul
- Established Fuji Kiko of U.S.A. Corporation (FKU). (Now TF-METAL Americas Corporation (TFA))
- 2001
- May
- Implemented business and capital alliance with Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. (Now JTEKT Corporation)
- 2003
- Mar
- Increased capital stock to 4.383 billion yen by allocating new shares to third parties.
- 2004
- Mar
- Established Fuji Autotech U.S. LLC (FAU) in the United States. (Now TF-METAL U.S.A. LLC (TFU))
- Dec
- Increased capital stock to 5.986 billion yen through public offering and allocating new shares to third parties.
- 2005
- Jan
- Established Fuji Autotech Guangzhou Co., Ltd. (FAG) in China. (Later TF-METAL GUANGZHOU CO., LTD. (TFG))
- 2011
- Mar
- Established Zhejiang Fu Chong Tai Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. (FACT) in China.
- 2012
- Sep
- Established Fujikiko TACHI-S Mexico, S.A. DE C.V. (FTMEX) in Mexico. (Now TF-METAL MEXICO S.A. DE C.V. (TFMEX))
- 2013
- Dec
- Established Fu Chong (Fuzhou) Automotive Parts Engineering Co., Ltd. (FCE) in China.
- 2014
- Sep
- Established a European office of the Seat Business Division in Germany.
- Nov
- Fuji Kiko celebrates the 70th anniversary of its founding.
- 2017
- Oct
- Started operation of TF-METAL Co., Ltd. with the succession of seat business split from Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd.
- 2017
- Oct
- Became wholly-owned subsidiary through acquisition of all shares by TACHI-S Co., Ltd.
- 2018
- Dec
- Closed our European office in Germany.
- 2019
- Jan
- Liquidated Fu Chong (Fuzhou) Automotive Parts Engineering Co., Ltd. (FCE)
- Dec
- Established TF-METAL Zhejiang Co., Ltd. (TFZ)
- 2022
- Jan
- Integrated Zhejiang TACHI-S Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. (SC) and Zhejiang Fu Chong Tai Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. (FACT) into TF-METAL Zhejiang Co., Ltd. (TFZ)
- 2023
- Mar
- Sold TF-METAL GUANGZHOU CO., LTD. (TFG) and transferred operations to TF-METAL Zhejiang Co., Ltd. (TFZ)
