Company History

1950　April	Acquisition of Wire Hose Clamp Manufacturing Patent. (PAT)
1952　June	Establishment of public corporation
1966　July	Tokyo Sales Office was set up
1968　May	Osaka Sales Office was set up.
1972　January	Started import of TRIDON INC. clamps (exclusive distributor in Japan).
1979　September	Nagoya Sales Office was set up.
1979　September	A foreign resident office was set up in Vancouver, Canada.
1982　July	A building for merchandise and physical distribution was built at Chiryu Operation Office.
1982　November	Head office was moved to Nagoya Station, and a manufacturing facility was set up in Chiryu Operation Office.
1982　December	Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya Sales Offices were located.
1987　August	An office building of Canada local corporation (S.I.C/YUCA) was built.
1987　October	Started import of BREEZE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION clamps.
1991　June	New Chiryu Manufacturing Facility was built.
1995　February	Shiba Sawakyu Building was built.
1995　December	Osaka Sawakyu Building was built.
1997　June	Started import of MIKALOR, S.A. (exclusive distributor in Japan) products.
2000　January	Head office and Nagoya Sales Office were moved to the 40th floor of JR Central Towers
2000　February	Started import of CAILLAU SA products.
2000　October	50th anniversary occasion.
2004　January	Acquisition of ISO9001 certification
2005　January	Acquisition of ISO14001 certification
2006　June	Started import of TOMKINS-IDEAL CLAMPS CO.LTD. (exclusive distributor in Japan)
2007　April	Started import of ORBIT INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD products.
2008　January	SAWAKYU AUTOMOTIVE TRADING (SUZHOU) was established.
2019　August	Route One Warehouse was set up in Chiryu, Aichi.