1932 May |
The founder, Yoshijiro Honda founded Honda Neji Seisakusho for the business of precision screw machining. |
1945 Nov |
Approved as a designated factory of the Japanese Ministry of Communication for manufacturing the parts of switching systems |
1947 Jun |
Established Honda Tsushin Kogyo Co., Ltd. (with capital of 190,000 yen) at 1-1209 Himonya, Meguro-ku, Tokyo (Currently 6-18-12 Megurohoncho, Meguro-ku, Tokyo) |
1952 Feb |
Acquired Honda Works Limited Partnership Corporation |
1955 May |
Approved as a designated factory for all types of plugs/jacks of the Japanese Defense Agency Standards SSS. |
1959 Apr |
Opened Osaka Office in Osaka City, Osaka |
1965 Oct |
Established Oyama Factory at Oyama City, Tochigi |
1968 Apr |
Acquired Honda Electronics Co., Ltd. located in Misato-mura, Minami Azumi-gun, Nagano (Currently Azumino City, Nagano) and turned it into Matsumoto Factory (Currently Azumino Factory) |
1971 Nov |
Opened Matsumoto Office at Matsumoto Factory (Currently Azumino Factory) (October 2004: Closed upon business integration with the consolidated subsidiary Azusa Electronics Inc.) |
1972 Oct |
Established Azusa Electronics, Inc. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
1978 Dec |
Opened Nagoya Office in Nagoya City, Aichi |
1982 Oct |
Opened a distribution center at Hino City, Tokyo |
1983 Feb |
Established Honda Engineering Co., Ltd. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
1983 Oct |
Opened Oyama Office at Oyama City, Tochigi |
1984 Jun |
Established Honda Kousan Co., Ltd. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
1986 Jul |
Opened Kyushu Branch in Ogori City, Fukuoka |
1995 Mar |
Obtained ISO9002 (IECQ) certification for the international standard for quality assurance (Matsumoto Factory (Currently Azumino Factory)) |
1995 May |
Expansion of Matsumoto Factory (Currently Azumino Factory) to bolster production capacity |
1997 Feb |
Relocated Kyushu Branch, which was opened as Kyushu Office in Tosu City, Saga |
1998 Feb |
Obtained ISO9001 certification (Head Office and Oyama Factory) |
1999 Oct |
Registered shares for over-the-counter trading with the Japan Securities Dealers Association |
2001 Feb |
Extension and renewal of ISO 9001 (Head Office, Oyama Factory and Matsumoto Factory (Currently Azumino Factory)) |
2001 Feb |
Listed shares on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
2001 May |
Obtained ISO14001 certification for the international standard for environmental management (Head Office, Oyama Factory and Matsumoto Factory (Currently Azumino Factory)) |
2001 Jul |
Acquired all shares of an overseas distributor, Mhotronics, Inc. and changed its corporate name to Honda Connectors, Inc. (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
2001 Oct |
Established Honda Connectors Mfg. (HK) Limited (factory at Shenzhen, China) (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
2001 Dec |
Consolidated domestic production at Matsumoto Factory (Currently Azumino Factory) by reorganization of factories |
2003 Apr |
Made Honda Connectors (HK) Limited (sub-subsidiary) into a subsidiary (Currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
2005 Sep |
Made Honda Connectors Limited and Honda Connectors (S) Pte Ltd. (both sub-subsidiaries) into subsidiaries (Currently both consolidated subsidiaries) |
2006 Jan |
Honda Connectors Mfg. (HK) Limited relocated its factory at Shenzhen, China to a large-scale plant in the same city. |
2006 Nov |
Honda Connectors (HK) Limited established its Shanghai Representative Office. |
2007 Apr |
Established Taiwan Representative Office |
2008 Apr |
Capital tie-up with Matsushita Electric Works Co.,Ltd. (Currently named Panasonic Electric Works Co.,Ltd.) |
2010 Oct |
Azumino Honda Tsushin Kogyo Co., Ltd. was formed through merger of Azusa Electronics, Inc. and Honda Kousan Co., Ltd, both consolidated subsidiaries. |
2010 Dec |
Shenzhen manufacturing plant was transformed as a Chinese corporation, Honda Connectors MFG.(SZ) Ltd. |
2013 Dec |
Consolidated subsidiary, Honda Engineering Co., Ltd. was renamed HTK Engineering Co., Ltd. |
2014 Feb |
Corporate Head Office was relocated to Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo. |
2015 Apr |
Matsumoto Factory was renamed Azumino Factory |
2015 Sep |
Sales company established in Thailand. |
2016 Mar |
Listed shares on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
2021 May |
HTK announced a new management plan for the 100th anniversary of its founding. |
2022 Apr |
Moved to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. |
2022 Sep |
Integrated the business with MinebeaMitsumi Inc. through a tender offer. |