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Jan. 1947 |
Kinzoku Shoji K.K. established as a trading company dealing chiefly in nonferrous metals (capital: 180,000 yen; head office, 1-9 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) |
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Aug. 1948 |
Gradual expansion of organization and products handled as business developed; established solid base as a trading company and changed name to Kinsho Trading Co., Ltd. |
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Nov. 1960 |
Merged with Mataichi Co., Ltd., fiber trading company in Osaka, and changed name to Kinsho Mataichi Corporation, increasing capital to 510 million yen |
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Oct. 1961 |
Listed on first sections of Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges |
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Oct. 1993 |
Merged with Kinsho Warehousing and Transportation Corporation and established the Logistics Division |
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Dec. 1994 |
Opened Higashi Ohgishima Logistics Center in the Higashi Ohgishima district of Kawasaki City (site area: 8,175 m2) |
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Apr. 1999 |
Company name changed to Kinsho Corporation |
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Nov. 2000 |
Obtained ISO14001 certification, the international standard for environmental management systems |
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Nov. 2001 |
Five-year Rehabilitaion Plan announced |
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Nov. 2004 |
Declared completion of the Five-year Rehabilitaiton Plan |
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Dec. 2004 |
Announced ”Strengthening the Earning Base: Three-year Management Plan” |
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Aug. 2006 |
Allocated new shares to Mitsubishi Corporation, becoming its subsidiary, increasing capital to 3,143,062,500 yen |
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Feb. 2007 |
"Three-year Growth Plan" announced |
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May. 2007 |
Took over a part of the business of a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation and became newly-born Kinsho Corporation |
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Mar. 2008 |
Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation |
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Apr. 2009 |
Company name changed to Mitsubishi Corporation Unimetals Ltd. (current name) |
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