History

In 1941, Yazaki Group founder Sadami Yazaki established Yazaki Electric Wire Industries Co., Ltd.
Our business, which began with the manufacture and sale of wire harnesses for automobiles, has expanded beyond automobile parts and electric wires to instrumentation equipment, gas equipment, air-conditioning and solar-heat equipment, as well as agriculture and We are actively developing nursing care and recycling businesses.

1920~

1924

On May 27, future founder Sadami Yazaki travels from Nakasu Village, Suwa District, Nagano Prefecture (currently Nakasu, Suwa City) to Tokyo, where he is hired by Trading Company "Morita Shokai" in Nihombashi.

1929

Founder Sadami Yazaki establishes Mitsuya Electric Wire and begins selling automotive electric wire (hereinafter wire harnesses).

1938

Yazaki Densen Eigyo-bu joint-stock company is established.

1939

Ogu Factory opens in Tokyo and begins manufacturing general electric wire and wire harnesses.

1940~

1941

Yazaki Electric Wire Industries Co., Ltd. is established and absorbs Yazaki Electric Wire Sales.

1943

Washizu Factory (currently Washizu Branch Factory of Makinohara Factory) opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

1947

Head office opens in Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato Ward, Tokyo.

1948

Shimada Factory opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

1949

Sale of Japan's first vinyl electric wire for automobile begins.

1950

The automobile meter division of Toyo Tokei separates and reestablishes as Nihon Jidosha Keiki K.K. in Tokyo, and the manufacturing of meters for automobiles begins.

1951

Numazu Factory opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Branch offices are opened in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sendai and Fukuoka.

1955

Sale of the industry’s first PVC Insulated Cable begins.

1957

Japan’s first rotary "Thomas" furnace is installed in Numazu Factory.

1958

Sale of Japan’s first "Parking Meter" begins.

1959

Yazaki Parts Co., Ltd. is established.

Nihon Jidosha Keiki K.K. changes its name to Yazaki Meter Co., Ltd

Tenryu Factory opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

1960~

1960

Gotemba Factory opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Sale of Japan’s first tachograph begins.

Electric wires for devices and other products obtain Japan’s first UL certification for electric wires.

1961

Susono Factory (later Kisegawa Factory and currently Susono Factory) opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Production of wooden drums and vinyl tape and recycling scrap wire begins.

Yazaki Gijuku is launched.

1962

Established Tai Yazaki Electric Wire Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand (first overseas base)

Ohama Factory opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

1963

Hamana Factory opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Yazaki Electric Wire Industries Co., Ltd. changes its name to Yazaki Corporation, and company’s manufacturing division is spun off as Yazaki Electric Wire Co., Ltd.

Sale of Japan’s first LP Gas Meter begins.

Referred student scheme for Tamagawa University begins (~1981).

1964

Established US office in Los Angeles, USA

Yazaki Resources Co., Ltd. is established.

Fuji High School, a correspondence education program, is launched with Tamagawa Academy (~1973).

1965

Opened Australian office

Opened US office in Chicago, USA

Yazaki Industrial Machine Co., Ltd. is established.

1966

Established America Yazaki Corporation in Chicago, USA

Opened European representative office in Basel, Switzerland.

A correspondence education program is launched with the Sanno Institute of Management.

1967

Established Yazaki Oerlikon Corporation as a joint venture in Switzerland

Haibara Factory (currently Monozukuri Center) opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Sale of taxi meters begins.

1968

Numazu Center opens (aggregation of management functions) in Shizuoka Prefecture.

A correspondence education program is launched with Naniwa Women’s Junior College (~1974).

1970

Sale of "Aroace" Absorption Chiller-heater begins.

1971

Fuji Factory opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Sale of "Arokko" LP Gas Alarm begins.

1973

Established Yazaki Torres Industry Co., Ltd. in Manila, Philippines

Niimi Factory opens in Okayama Prefecture.

Tochigi Factory opens in Tochigi Prefecture.

1974

Founder Sadami Yazaki passes away at the age of 64. Yasuhiko Yazaki assumes the presidency.

Yazaki Experimental Solar House, a facility equipped with the world’s first solar-powered air-conditioning and hot-water system, is completed at Hamana Factory.

"Arofriend 8" electronic taximeter is released.

1976

Head Office moves to Mita, Minato Ward, Tokyo.

Sale of "Yuwaita" Solar Water Heater begins.

1977

"Blue Panel" solar heat collector and "Hot Water Fired Aroace" is released.

First Domestic Summer Camp.

1978

May 27 is established as Official Founding Day.

Hamamatsu Factory opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

1979

Production of automotive junction block begins.

1980~

1980

Ryuyo Factory opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Sale of "YAZAC" Operation Management System begins.

1982

Established "Mexico Automotive Parts" in Mexico

Yazaki Technical Center (currently Research & Technology Center) is established in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Yazaki Memorial Foundation for Science and Technology is established.

Referred student scheme for Toyota Technological Institute begins.

1983

Sale of "Achichi" Solar Water Heating System begins.

1984

Production of low voltage wire for automobiles with compressed conductor with thin insulation (CAVS) begins.

1985

Yazaki Electronic Technology Center opens in Haibara, Shizuoka Prefecture (now: Makinohara).

First Overseas Summer Camp.

1986

Established "Yazaki Sartano Portugal Automotive Electrical Parts" in Portugal

Established "Yazaki Allied New Zealand" in New Zealand

Osaka Factory (currently Daito Factory) opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Sale of series of products that protects against damage by static electricity and electromagnetic interference begins.

Sale of Comprehensive LP Gas Safety System begins.

1987

Established VDO Yazaki Limited in Canada

Sale of Japan’s first taxi receipt issuing device, the "Taxi Multi Printer," begins.

Production of "Combination Meter" that employs completely trans-illuminated analog-electronic face begins.

Production of “Non-Halogen Flame-Retardant Cable for Automobiles” begins.

1988

Established Yazaki Gothenburg Representative Office in Sweden

Established Tianjin Tianmei Auto Parts Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, China.

Established "EDS Cologne Engineering" in Cologne, West Germany (currently Germany)

Established Yazaki Monel in Spain

First Summer Camp in Japan.

1989

Established "EDS Manufacturing Indonesia" in Indonesia

Established Yazaki EDS Engineering, Inc. in Chicago, USA

1990

Overseas study program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) starts (~2005).

1991

Opened Yazaki Turin Branch in Italy

Established "Yazaki Australia Vitele Factory" in Western Samoa (currently Samoa)

Yasuhiko Yazaki becomes Chairman (concurrently serving as President).

1992

Established "UK Yazaki Belgium Branch" in Oflabbeek, Belgium

Yazaki Employee Pension Fund System starts.

1993

First F.I.A. Adventure School Program.

1994

Established Yazaki Devnar Slovakia in Privisa, Slovakia (first base in Eastern Europe)

First Yazaki International QCC Presentation Meet is held.

1995

Established base in Singapore

Established "Yazakisa/Yazaki/Sabanchi Automotive Cable Assembly Manufacturing and Sales" in Turkey

Established "Yazaki EDS Vietnam" in Vietnam

Established "Yazaki Seamel" in Colombia (first base in South America)

Production of world’s first "Analog Virtual Image Display" begins.

1996

"Agribusiness" is launched.

"Yazaki Fuji Training Center" opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

1997

Established Tata Yazaki Autocomp Limited in India

Established Yazaki Brazil in Sao Paulo, Brazil

"Yazaki Global Environment Charter" is enacted.

1998

"Y-CITY" is opened in Shizuoka Prefecture, centralizing head office functions.

Sale of "Ecology Cables" begins.

1999

Opened Yazaki Europe Eindhoven Branch in the Netherlands

Opened Yazaki Europe Paris Branch in France

Opened Yazaki Europe Zagreb Branch in Croatia

Sale of the industry’s first Digital Tachograph, the "DTG1," begins.

Sale of "Lead-Free Vinyl Tape" and "Ecology Tape" begins.

Sale of the "ETC-YT1" on-board ETC device begins.

2000~

2000

Established "Yazaki Morocco" in Morocco

Hotozawa Factory (currently Hotozawa Branch Factory of Susono Factory) opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

2001

Established Yazaki Nicaragua in Nicaragua

Established Yazaki Wiring Technology Lithuania in Lithuania

Established Yazaki Wiring Technology Czech in Czech

2002

Established "Yazaki Ukraine" in Ukraine

Yasuhiko Yazaki becomes Chairman and Shinji Yazaki takes over as the new President.

2003

Established Yazaki Romania in Romania

Yazaki introduces the industry’s first lead-free vinyl electric wire and cables.

2004

Environment and recycling business is launched.

Sale of Load Indicator begins.

2005

Established Yazaki Uruguay in Uruguay

2006

Established "Arnecom El Salvador Variable Capital" in El Salvador

Established Yazaki Bulgaria in Bulgaria

Capital participation in Hest Harness in South Africa

Yazaki Nursing Care Center, "Kami Fusen", is established within Y-CITY.

Food recycling business is launched.

Sale of "YAZAC-eye" Driving Recorder begins.

Yazaki participates for the first time in a forest volunteers’ cooperative forestation project in Yusuhara Town, Takaoka District, Kochi Prefecture.

2008

A wood pellet factory operated by Yusuhara Pellet Co., Ltd., a quasi-public corporation sponsored by Yazaki, is opened in Yusuhara Town, Takaoka District, Kochi Prefecture.

Sale of the world’s first Wood Pellet Fueled Absorption Chiller-Heater begins.

2009

Capital participation in Hest Harness in South Africa

Sale of the industry’s first Ultrasonic LP Gas Meter, the "U-smart" begins.

2010

"Eco Cute Solar Heat" jointly developed with TEPCO and DENSO released.

Sale of "Yawaraka" wire and cable series for 600V begins.

Sale of "F Earth" VVF wire with ground cable begins.

2011

Established Yazaki Automotive Products Poland S.A. in Poland

2012

Established Yazaki Cambodia Products Co., Ltd. in Cambodia

Established Yazaki Volga in Russia

Established Yazaki Systems Technologies France Novo Mesto Branch in Slovenia

Yazaki Energy System Corporation is established.

"Monozukuri Center" opens in Shizuoka Prefecture.

Sale of the industry’s first Portable LP Gas Generator System begins.

2013

Established "Yazaki Paraguay" in Paraguay

2014

Sale of Standard AC Charger for Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles begins.

Yazaki, Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Tsusho Corporation jointly develop the world's first "Car to Car recycling technology" for the copper contained in wire harnesses.

2015

Sale of the Hybrid Digital Tachograph begins.

2016

Established "Yazaki Serbia" in Serbia

"East Japan Logistics Center" opens in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture.

"Arofriend 27" digital tachograph integrated taxi meter is released.

"IoT Telematics" starts in ASEAN region.

2018

Establishment of the Yazaki Kizuna Foundation.

2020~

2019

Established "Myanmar Yazaki Thilawa" in Myanmar

2021

Yasuhiko Yazaki becomes Honorary Chairman.

2022

Factory established in Guatemala

President Shinji Yazaki passes away at the age of 75.
Riku Yazaki assumes the presidency.

2023

Head Office moves to Konan, Minato Ward, Tokyo.

1960~

1962

Established Tai Yazaki Electric Wire Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand (first overseas base)

1964

Established US office in Los Angeles, USA

1965

Opened Australian office

Opened US office in Chicago, USA

1966

Established America Yazaki Corporation in Chicago, USA

Opened European representative office in Basel, Switzerland.

1967

Established Yazaki Oerlikon Corporation as a joint venture in Switzerland

1973

Established Yazaki Torres Industry Co., Ltd. in Manila, Philippines

1980年~

1982

Established "Mexico Automotive Parts" in Mexico

1986

Established "Yazaki Sartano Portugal Automotive Electrical Parts" in Portugal

Established "Yazaki Allied New Zealand" in New Zealand

1987

Established VDO Yazaki Limited in Canada

1988

Established Yazaki Gothenburg Representative Office in Sweden

Established Tianjin Tianmei Auto Parts Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, China.

Established "EDS Cologne Engineering" in Cologne, West Germany (currently Germany)

Established Yazaki Monel in Spain

1989

Established "EDS Manufacturing Indonesia" in Indonesia

Established Yazaki EDS Engineering, Inc. in Chicago, USA

1991

Opened Yazaki Turin Branch in Italy

Established "Yazaki Australia Vitele Factory" in Western Samoa (currently Samoa)

1992

Established "UK Yazaki Belgium Branch" in Oflabbeek, Belgium

1994

Established Yazaki Devnar Slovakia in Privisa, Slovakia (first base in Eastern Europe)

1995

Established base in Singapore

Established "Yazakisa/Yazaki/Sabanchi Automotive Cable Assembly Manufacturing and Sales" in Turkey

Established "Yazaki EDS Vietnam" in Vietnam

Established "Yazaki Seamel" in Colombia (first base in South America)

1997

Established Tata Yazaki Autocomp Limited in India

Established Yazaki Brazil in Sao Paulo, Brazil

1999

Opened Yazaki Europe Eindhoven Branch in the Netherlands

Opened Yazaki Europe Paris Branch in France

Opened Yazaki Europe Zagreb Branch in Croatia

2000年~

2000年

Established "Yazaki Morocco" in Morocco

2001

Established Yazaki Nicaragua in Nicaragua

Established Yazaki Wiring Technology Lithuania in Lithuania

Established Yazaki Wiring Technology Czech in Czech

2002

Established "Yazaki Ukraine" in Ukraine

2003

Established Yazaki Romania in Romania

2005

Established Yazaki Uruguay in Uruguay

2006

Established "Arnecom El Salvador Variable Capital" in El Salvador

Established Yazaki Bulgaria in Bulgaria

Capital participation in Hest Harness in South Africa

2009

Capital participation in Hest Harness in South Africa

2011

Established Yazaki Automotive Products Poland S.A. in Poland

2012

Established Yazaki Cambodia Products Co., Ltd. in Cambodia

Established Yazaki Volga in Russia

Established Yazaki Systems Technologies France Novo Mesto Branch in Slovenia

2013

Established "Yazaki Paraguay" in Paraguay

2016

Established "Yazaki Serbia" in Serbia

2019

Established "Myanmar Yazaki Thilawa" in Myanmar

2020年~

2022

Factory established in Guatemala