History

October 1948	Started business processing and selling synthetic resin
October 1948	Commenced business with Yoshihara Plant of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. for delivery of synthetic resin products
May 1950	Received order for the manufacture of steering wheels from Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and started delivery in September of the same year
August 1958	Established Tokyo Sales Office in Minato-ku, Tokyo (This function currently performed at both Atsugi and Tochigi)
July 1960	Opened a factory in Aoshima, Yoshiwara City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and moved the head office and factory there from Imaizumi, Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture. (The head office division split in September, 1973, moving to Aoshima, Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture and the Fuji factory moved to Kitayama, Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture in July of 2001.)
June 1968	Commenced business with Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
September 1969	Opened Isesaki Plant (1st plant) in Yattajimamachi, Isesaki City, Gunma
March 1973	Opened Isesaki Plant (2nd plant) in Naganumamachi, Isesaki City, Gunma
February 1977	Opened the Kyushu factory in Shin’yoshitomi Village (now Kōge town) in Chikujo District, Fukuoka Prefecture.
July 1980	Opened Isesaki Plant (3rd plant) in Naganumamachi, Isesaki City, Gunma
February 1984	Established Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing Inc. (hereafter referred to as Neaton Auto Products) as a wholly-owned subsidiary in Ohio, U.S.A..
July 1989	Opened the Fujinomiya factory (merged with the Fuji factory in October, 2009, changing its name to become the current Fuji factory (District 2)) in Yamamiya, Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
December 1990	Registered stock of corporation with Japan Securities Dealers Association
August 1991	Established Nihon Plast Indonesia in Bekasi, West Java, Republic of Indonesia
November 1991	Opened the technical center on the premises of the Fujinomiya factory (now the Fuji factory (District 2)).
March 1994	Established wholly owned subsidiary Nihon Plast Mexicana in El Marques, Queretaro, Mexico
January 1997	Closed Tokyo Sales Office and established Atsugi Sales Office and Tochigi Sales Office
September 1998	Concluded a business collaboration agreement with Kansei Co., Ltd. (changed its name to the Marelli Corporation in October, 2019)
May 1999	Established NP Service Co., Ltd. In Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture (moved to Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture in March 2005)
June 1999	Fuji Plant and Fujinomiya Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification
April 2000	Established Neaton Rome Inc. as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Neaton Auto Products in Georgia, U.S.A.
September 2000	Kyushu Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification
December 2000	Fujinomiya Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification
July 2001	Relocated Fuji Plant (1st plant) to Kitayama, Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Name of Fujinomiya Plant changed to Fuji Plant (2nd plant)
August 2001	Obtained QS 9000 certification (Isesaki Plant and Kyushu Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification)
January 2002	Kyushu Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification
August 2002	Isesaki Plant and Kyushu Plant obtained QS 9000 certification
September 2002	Commenced business with SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
December 2002	Fuji Plant (1st plant) and Isesaki Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification
February 2003	Established Nihon Plast (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. in Zhongshan, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China.
March 2004	Issued 1 million new shares for allocation to third parties and increased capital to 2 billion yen
November 2004	Established Nihon Plast (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Rayong, Thailand.
December 2004	Withdrew registration from Japan Securities Dealers Association and registered corporate stock with JASDAQ Securities Exchange, Inc.
July 2005	Issued 4 million new shares for allocation to third parties and increased capital to 3.2 billion yen
January 2006	Established Technical Center 2 in Yamamiya, Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka
April 2007	Established subsidiary Nihon Magnesio in Queretaro, Mexico through investment by Nihon Plast Mexicana and Neaton Auto Products Manufacturing
March 2008	Stock listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
July 2008	Fuji Plant and Isesaki Plant and Kyushu Plant obtained ISO/TS16949 certification
August 2008	Established wholly owned subsidiary Nihon Plast (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. in Wuhan City, Hubei, China
December 2009	Main office moved to Technical Center in Yamamiya, Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka
November 2010	Established subsidiary Neaton Auto Mexicana in Queretaro, Mexico through investment by Nihon Plast Mexicana and Neaton Auto Products
November 2013	Established Zhongshan Technical Center in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
December 2017	Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
March 2018	Established subsidiary Nihon Plast Mexicana de Temascalcingo in state of Mexico, Mexico through investment by Nihon Plast Mexicana and Nihon Magnesio
July 2018	Fuji Plant and Isesaki Plant and Kyushu Plant obtained IATF16949 certification
March 2019	Established wholly owned subsidiary Nihon Plast Vietnam Co., Ltd. in Vinh Phuc province, Viet Nam
April 2022	Moved from the first market section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the standard market due to a restructuring of the market divisions on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

CONTENTS

Message from the President

Management Philosophy

Corporate Profile and Organization Chart

Board of Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers

Group Companies