Chronology

Aichi Sharyo Co., Ltd. founded in Mizuho-ku, Nagoya-shi,
Aichi Prefecture, Japan, with 2.5 milion yen capital.
Developed A-type derrick.

Developed ladder vehicle.

Developed B5 digger derrick.

Developed first aerial platform.

Began mass production of AS-B4 aerial work platform.

Opened the Ageo Plant.

Opened the Urawa Service Plant.

Established Aichi Sharyo Industries Co., Ltd.

Opened a subsidiary, Hokuetsu Aichi Co., Ltd., to serve as the company’s sales presence in the Hokuriku region.

Opened subsidiaries Kyushu Aichi Co., Ltd., Chugoku Aichi Co., Ltd., and Hokkaido Aichi Co., Ltd., to serve as the company’s sales presences in the Kyushu, Chugoku, and Hokkaido regions.
Opened Isesaki Plant.

Opened a work method development center at Ageo Plant.
Began holding regular sector-specific exhibition fairs targeting discrete industries. Held the first study session on power distribution line construction.

Stock listed on the second section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.

Opened subsidiaries Tohoku Aichi Co., Ltd., and Shikoku Aichi Co., Ltd., to serve as the company’s sales presences in the Tohoku and Shikoku regions.

Opened the Used Vehicle Center.

Opened the Niiharu Plant in Gumma Prefecture.

Stock listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Stock listed on the first sections of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Nagoya Stock Exchange.

Developed a prototype manipulator for power distribution line construction.

Opened AICHI TECHNOPLAZA in Niiharu-mura, Gumma Prefecture.

Opened a technical training center (now called Aichi Training Center.)

Corporate name changed to AICHI CORPORATION.

Established Hangzhou AICHI Engineering Vehicles Co., Ltd. in China as a joint venture.

Developed a prototype of the full electric aerial work platform SH105EV.

Introduced a two year warranty on selected machines including the SH145, the first company to do so in the construction machinery industry.
Introduced the RL050 railroad line maintenance machine.

Developed an “over-the-fence” telescopic work vehicle (SF44A) and a heavy-load aerial work platform (TZ15A).
Ageo and Niiharu Plants obtained ISO 9001 certification.

Merged Tohoku Aichi Co., Ltd., and Hokkaido Aichi Co., Ltd., into Kita-Nihon Aichi Co., Ltd., and merged Chugoku Aichi Co., Ltd., and Shikoku Aichi Co., Ltd., to create Chushikoku Aichi Co., Ltd.
Established Aichi Training Center Co., Ltd.
ASTEC Co., Ltd., changed its main business line to used vehicles sales.

Released the Max Reach Series.
Collaborated with the French company Manitou.
Invested in the aerial platform rental company RENTEC Co., Ltd., and incorporated it into the Aichi Group.

Released the Multi Arm Wrecker Series. Concluded business and capital tie-up with TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION.
Opened new Hangzhou AICHI plant.

Kita-Nihon Aichi Co., Ltd., Hokuetsu Aichi Co., Ltd., Chushikoku Aichi Co., Ltd., and Kyushu Aichi Co., Ltd., absorbed into AICHI CORPORATION.
Became a subsidiary of TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION.

Merged with ASTEC Co., Ltd.
Niiharu Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification.
Moved head office to Ageo-shi, Saitama Prefecture.

Total unit sales reached 150,000.
Head office and Ageo Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification.

Established AICHI Europe B.V. in the Netherlands.
Established a subsidiary, Zhejiang AICHI Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd., in China.

Absorbed Aichi Sharyo Industries Co., Ltd., and RENTEC Co., Ltd., through merger.

Total unit sales reached 200,000.
To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we held a “customer thank-you party” and a “supplier thank-you party”.

Tokyo Branch Ageo C.S.C. opening.

Opening of a parts factory (Plant 105) for integrated materials processing, manufacture, and coating of booms and steel plate parts on the site of the Niiharu Plant.
Change of branch names from Tokyo Branch to Kanto Branch, from Nagoya Branch to Chubu Branch, and from Osaka Branch to Kansai Branch.

Established AICHI NZ LIMITED as an overseas subsidiary in New Zealand / Established AICHI AUS PTY LTD as overseas subsidiary in Australia.