History
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Sep. | 1943 | Established “NARA INDUSTRIES” as a subsidiary company of SUMINOE TEXTILES and started manufacturing and selling. |
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Jul. | 1944 | Became “NARA Aircraft Industries” and manufactured wooden goods. | |
Oct. | 1945 | Became “SUMINOE FACTORY” | |
Furniture and seats of Railway manufacturing and selling. | |||
1947 | Started manufacturing seats of Coach in Kyoto plant of “Former- NIKKOKU INDUSTRIES” “Present- NISSAN SHATAI” |
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Feb. | 1954 | Became independent from “SUMINOE FACTORY” and Established “SUMINOE MOKKOU” in Sakae-city. OSAKA |
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1960 | Received order of Microbus seats from “NISSAN SHATAI” | ||
Nov. | 1961 | Opened Kyoto plant | |
Started manufacturing seats of Coach and Microbus | |||
1964 | Started manufacturing Nasu sinks | ||
Aug. | 1970 | Business with “IKEDA BUSSAN Co.Ltd.” | |
Dec. | Opened 2nd plant of Kyoto plant | ||
Started manufacturing seat of SUNNY VAN | |||
Nov. | 1972 | Invested 10% of stocks by Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd. | |
Jan. | 1977 | Started manufacturing seats of CARAVAN | |
Started manufacturing spare seats of CHAIR CAB | |||
Set up a welder machine for processed ceiling of SUNNY | |||
Jul. | 1983 | Opened a new head quarters plant in Kyotanabe-city | |
Aug. | Changed the name to “SUMINOE INDUSTRIES Co.Ltd.” | ||
Sep. | Started manufacturing seats of SUNNY SEDAN, simultaneous production and delivery. |
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Oct. | Invested 13% of stocks by Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd. | ||
Invested 8% of stocks by Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd. | |||
Jul. | 1987 | Started manufacturing head lining of DAIHATSU CHARADE | |
Sep. | Started manufacturing massage seats | ||
Apr. | 1988 | Started manufacturing carpets of SUNNY | |
Dec. | Started manufacturing seats of S-CARGO | ||
Developed swivel and reclining seats for West Japan Railway Co. | |||
Jan. | 1990 | Started manufacturing seats of VANETTE | |
Feb. | Started manufacturing spring up seats of YAMANOTE Line 205 For East Japan Railway Co. |
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Apr. | Started manufacturing seats of AVENIR | ||
Jul. | Enlarged a building for interior and railway assembly | ||
Sep. | Started manufacturing seats of AD VAN and AD WAGON | ||
Nov. | 1991 | Started manufacturing seats of vessels | |
Jan. | 1993 | Acquired management right of “Hirano Factory Co.” | |
Nov. | 1994 | Started manufacturing automatic spring up seats 8200 For “Hankyu Corporation” |
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May. | 1996 | Started manufacturing seats of WINGROAD | |
Nov. | Started manufacturing spring up spare seats for “Keihan Electric Railway Co.Ltd.” |
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1997 | Started manufacturing seats of Tokiwa Line E653 for East Japan Railway Co. |
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Dec. | 1998 | Started manufacturing seats of new rapid-train 223 For West Japan Railway Co. |
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Feb. | 1999 | Developed new seats of MICROBUS and CIVILIAN for model change | |
Nov. | Started manufacturing swivel reclining seats of “885 SHIROI-KAMOME” for Kyushu Railway Co. |
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Sep. | 2000 | Started manufacturing air conditioner goods of MICROBUS for Thermo King Co. |
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Oct. | Started manufacturing swivel reclining seats of “683 THUNDERBIRD” for West Japan Railway Co. |
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Dec. | ISO 9001:1994 certification acquired | ||
Apr. | 2001 | Opened ISEHARA office | |
Started manufacturing seats of golf cart for SANYO Electric Golf System Co.Ltd |
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Jan. | 2003 | ISO 14001 certification acquired | |
Mar. | Started manufacturing automatic swivel reclining seats of “KYUSHU SHINKANSEN 800” for Kyushu Railway Co. |
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Jul. | Manufactured automatic swivel and regular seats of “9300 Limited-Express” for Hankyu Co. |
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Sep. | Manufactured long and cross seats of “TSUKUBA EXP” for East Japan Railway Co. |
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Jan. | 2004 | ISEHARA office moved to Hiratsuka-city and became “SHOUNAN Plant” |
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Sep. | Started manufacturing CARAVAN-CHAIR CAB WELFARES | ||
Started manufacturing wooden swivel seat of “Renewal 8000 Limited-Express” for Shikoku Railway Co. |
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Started manufacturing “New generations long seats” for Tokyo Metro Co.Ltd, Tokyo Rapid-railway Co. and Tobu Railway Co. |
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May. | 2005 | Received orders from West Japan Railway Co. and East Japan Transport Technology Co.Ltd. for re-covering seats |
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Jul. | Started manufacturing seats of SERENA WELFARES For Autech Japan Inc. |
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Feb. | 2006 | Received orders from JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc. for re-covering and re-modeling seats of Beetle |
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Dec. | Received orders from RECARO Inc. For re-modeling of Jet Ferry special seats |
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Jan. | 2007 | Recieving orders from West JR Bus Company and JR Bus KANTO For re-modeling of Highway Bus | |
Feb. | Recieving for orders from Gotoh Industries Co.Ltd. for new seats of “381 YAKUMO” |
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Mar. | Started delivering spring up spare seats of N700 for West Japan Railway Co. and Tokai Railway Co. |
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Apr. | Started delivering swivel reclining seats of HOT 7000 for Chizu Express Co.Ltd. |
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Jan. | 2008 | Started delivering “30000” long-seat for Seibu Railway Co.Ltd | |
Apr. | Delivered “N3000” automatic swivel and long-seats for Keihan Electric Railway Co.Ltd. |
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Oct. | Delivered swivel reclining seats of Onyang Line for Korea Railroad Corporation |
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Mar. | 2009 | Delivered swivel reclining seats of “Nichinan Limited-Express” for Kyushu Railway Co. |
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Mar. | Delivered benches of 1st and 3rd base side for SEIBU DOME | ||
Apr. | Started manufacturing CUBE WELFARES | ||
Jun. | Started delivering anti-vibration beds of High Standard Ambulance | ||
Jul. | Delivered “Panda-Twins seat” of Limited-Express Kuroshio for West Japan Railway Co. |
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Sep. | Delivered spring-up seat for 3 person for NY Subway | ||
Sep. | Started manufacturing VANETTE WELFARES | ||
Nov. | Delivered long-seats of Touzai Line for Tokyo Metro Co.Ltd. | ||
Nov. | Completed KYUSHU Plant in Yukuhashi-city, FUKUOKA | ||