October, 2011

Transferred into a holding company based on the incorporation-type company split method specified in the Holding Company Act. The newly established “SAN-ETSU METALS Co., Ltd.” succeeded the partial rights and duties related to brass rod, wire and precision part business.

December, 2011

The sales of dezincing resistant brass rod with no need of annealing (Z00) started.

June,2013

Inherited the manufacturing equipment for reflow tin plated copper wire and special copper alloy wire from Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

  

Inherited the plated wire business from Hitachi Cable Precision Co., Ltd. to our Hitachi Works

November,2013

Takaoka Works certified for ISO/TS16949

December, 2014

Hitachi Works was shifted to Takaoka Works.
Hitachi Works was closed.

January, 2015

Taiwan San-Etsu Co., Ltd. was established.

December, 2017

Updated ISO / TS 16949 to IATF 16949 at Takaoka Works.

< Former SAN-ETSU METALS Co., Ltd. >

December,1937

Sakane Copper and Brass Co., Ltd. was established in Edogawa, Tokyo

December,1943

Changed the name to Kanto Tsushin Metals Co., Ltd.

June,1945

Moved to Takaoka-city, Toyama-prefecture due to war-damages

May,1947

Changed the name to San-Etsu Metals Industry Co., Ltd.

September,1951

Became a JIS permitted plant

September,1984

Merged with Hokuriku Kinzoku Co., Ltd. (current Tonami Works) and changed the name to SAN-ETSU METALS Co., Ltd.

December,1988

San-Etsu Seiko Co., Ltd. was established and made a full-scale made into forging and machining field

December,1993

Went public on Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange

December,1994

Dalian San-Etsu Precision Parts Co., Ltd. was established in Dalian, China

February,1995

Operation started with the 3,350-ton indirect extruder

December,1998

Certified for ISO9002

April,2000

The brass Wire business of Sumitomo Metal Mining co., Ltd. transferred to SAN-ETSU METALS

November 

Launched the new alloy “super lead free brass rod (development code BZ3)” into market

February,2002

Established “Dalian Bonded Area San-Etsu Metals Co., Ltd.” in Dalian Bonded Zone to import and sell brass rod

October 

Absorbed San-Etsu Seiko Co., Ltd. and changed the name to Precision Works

April,2004

Certified for ISO9001 at company-wide level

January,2005

Established San-Etsu Metals (Shanghi) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China to import and sell brass rod

April 

Certified for ISO14001 at company-wide level

December 

Dalian San-Etsu Precision Parts Co., Ltd. in China certified for ISO9001

October,2007

Inherited all business of Shin Nitto Kinzoku Co., Ltd.

April,2010

SAN-ETSU METALS (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established

May,2011

A new Precision Works completed