History
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Other| 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” | |
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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 | |
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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 | ||
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Started manufacturing seat of SUNNY VAN | ||
| Nov. | 1972 | Invested 10% of stocks by Nissan Shatai Co., Ltd. | |
| Jan. | 1977 | |
Started manufacturing seats of CARAVAN |
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Started manufacturing spare seats of CHAIR CAB | ||
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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.” | ||
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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 | |
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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” |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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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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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 | |
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Started manufacturing VANETTE WELFARES | |
| Nov. | |
Delivered long-seats of Touzai Line for Tokyo Metro Co.Ltd. | |
| Nov. | |
Completed KYUSHU Plant in Yukuhashi-city, FUKUOKA | |
