1931 |
Established in Yokohama
*Daisaku Hayashi is the founder who used to serve as the New York branch manager of “Suzukishoten" which was a major general trading company and had recorded the top annual sales in Japanese general trading companies in the Taisho period. |
1934 |
Changed name to Gunze Silk Corporation |
1939 |
Relocated head office to Kobe |
1942 |
Changed name to Gunze Trading Co., Ltd. |
1945 |
Commenced trading in other types of textiles |
1949 |
Established branch office in Osaka |
1952 |
Relocated head office to Chuo-ku, Tokyo |
1955 |
Established subsidiary in New York, USA |
1956 |
Expanded business into the industrial products field |
1961 |
Designated an approved trading partner by the Chinese government |
1970 |
Established subsidiary in Dusseldorf, Germany and Hong Kong |
1971 |
Changed name to Gunze Sangyo, Inc. |
1973 |
Stock listed on 2nd Section of Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges Established subsidiary in Sao Paulo, Brasil |
1978 |
Stock listing upgraded to 1st Section of |
1994 |
Relocated head office to Kudan-shita, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
1998 |
Established holding company in New York, USA |
1999 |
Established subsidiary in Shanghai, China |
2001 |
Changed name to GSI Creos Corporation |
2003 |
Established subsidiary in Shenzhen, China |
2005 |
Established subsidiary in Seoul, Korea |
2013 |
Established subsidiary in Jakarta, Indonesia |
2014 |
Established subsidiary in Bangkok, Thailand |
2021 |
Established subsidiary mainly developing semiconductor business in Shanghai, China |
2022 |
Due to the reorganization of the market classification of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Shifted to Prime Market |
Corporate Purpose established |
Relocated head office to Minato-ku, Tokyo |
2023 |
Established subsidiary in Mumbai, India |
2023 |
Established subsidiary in Hanoi, Vietnam |
The present |