{"id":38,"date":"2018-04-10T12:23:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T03:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoei-t.co.jp\/public\/en\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2026-02-09T09:48:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T00:48:41","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.shoei-t.co.jp\/en\/company\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Company History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"historyList historyList--older\">\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"1982-03\">March 1982<\/time><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Established SHOEI CO., LTD. in Isesaki-shi, Gunma<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"1988-09\">September 1988<\/time><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Started manufacturing of LCD panels<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"1988-09\">April 1992<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Established Azuma Factory in Isesaki-shi, Gunma<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Opened Tokyo Sales Office (now Sales Division) in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"historyList\">\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2001-03\">March 2001<\/time><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Installed mass production line for in-line production of resistive glass and glass touch panels<br \/>\n<!--\n\n\n<figure><img src=\"[networkUrl]\/images\/img_history_01.jpg\" alt=\"Installed mass production line for in-line production of resistive glass and glass touch panels\"><\/figure>\n\n\n--><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2002-10\">October 2002<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Relocated Head Office to Azuma Factory<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2003-03\">March 2003<\/time><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Started mass production and shipping of SHOEI touch panels for automotive use<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2003-04\">April 2003<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Obtained ISO9001 Quality Management System certification<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2005-03\">March 2005<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Started shipments of mobile phone touch panels<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2005-10\">October 2005<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Registered as a Sony Green Partner<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Established SHOEI Hachisu CO., LTD. (renamed to HAS CO., LTD. in July 2014, merged with UNIS CO., LTD. in January 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2005-12\">December 2005<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Obtained ISO14001 Environmental Management System certification<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2007-04\">April 2007<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Acquired Hachisu Factory in Isesaki-shi, Gunma<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2008-10\">October 2008<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Started production at Sanwa Factory<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2008-11\">November 2008<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Relocated Head Office to Sanwa Factory\n\n\n<figure><img src=\"[networkUrl]\/images\/img_history_02.jpg\" alt=\"Relocated Head Office to Sanwa Factory\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2010-03\">March 2010<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Relocated Sales Department (now Sales Division) to Kojimachi 4-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"historyList historyList--newer\">\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2011-11\">November 2011<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Established ANOVA CORPORATION in Kamikita-gun, Aomori<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2012-03\">March 2012<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Stopped production at Azuma Factory to consolidate production sites at Sanwa Factory<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2012-06\">June 2012<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Obtained ISO\/TS16949 Quality Management System certification<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2013-02\">February 2013<\/time><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Started mass production and shipments of capacitive touch panels for automotive use<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2013-04\">April 2013<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Invested in Brain CO., LTD. (renamed to UNIS CO., LTD. in January 2016; located in Hino-shi, Tokyo)<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2014-07\">July 2014<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Established S.I.T CO., LTD. in Chuo-ku, Tokyo<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2015-05\">May 2015<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">SHOEI U.S.A., Inc. operations started\n\n\n<figure><img src=\"[networkUrl]\/images\/img_history_04.jpg\" alt=\"SHOEI U.S.A., Inc. operations started\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2016-05\">May 2016<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">SHOEI Electronic Component GmbH operations started\n\n\n<figure><img src=\"[networkUrl]\/images\/img_history_05.jpg\" alt=\"SHOEI Electronic Component GmbH operations started\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2016-08\">August 2016<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Acquired Isesaki Factory in Isesaki-shi, Gunma\n\n\n<figure><img src=\"[networkUrl]\/images\/img_history_06.jpg\" alt=\"Established SKY CO., LTD. in Isesaki-shi, Gunma\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Established SKY CO., LTD. in Isesaki-shi, Gunma<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2017-02\">February 2017<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Invested in Nihon Vacuum Science Laboratory Inc. in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2017-07\">July 2017<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Transferred hardware business of UNIS CO., LTD. to SHOEI CO., LTD.<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2017-08\">August 2017<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Stopped production at Hachisu Factory to consolidate production sites at Sanwa Factory<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2019-08\">August 2019<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Opened Osaka Sales Department (Chuo-ku,Osaka-City)  in August 2019<\/dd>\n\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n\n\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n \t\n\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2019-08\">2019\u5e748\u6708<\/time><\/dt>\n\n\n \t\n\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Isesaki Factory A-Pro building completed(Toyazukamachi,Isesaki-shi,Gunma \uff09\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Isesaki Factory A-Pro building\n\n\n<figure><img src=\"[networkUrl]\/images\/img_history_08.jpg\" alt=\"Isesaki Factory A-Pro building\n\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Isesaki Factory overview\n\n\n<figure><img src=\"[networkUrl]\/images\/img_history_07.jpg\" alt=\"Isesaki Factory overview\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n--><br \/>\n<!--\n \t\n\n<li>Isesaki Factory overview<\/li>\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2020-05\">May 2020<\/time><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Started mass production and shipping of cold mirrors for Head-Up Display<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2023-07\">July 2023<\/time><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"historyList__content\">Established RHYTHM SHOEI CO., LTD. in Isesaki-shi, Gunma<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"historyList__item\">\n<dt class=\"historyList__title\"><time datetime=\"2026-02\">Febrary 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