| April 1930 |
Mr. Inokichi Kato, who was our first president, founded the spring factory in 1 Sakai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo. |
| November 1946 |
Incorporated as KATO SPRING WORKS CO., LTD. and founded the head factory in Sekimachi, Nerima-ku, Tokyo. |
| December 1963 |
Moved the head factory to 1-1-3 Tabata, Kita-ku. (new factory: 2,224m2) |
| May 1964 |
Listed on Second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| May 1971 |
Established KATO SPRING OF CALIFORNIA,INC. (the present Advanex Americas,Inc.) |
| November 1976 |
Established the head factory in Kashiwazaki, Niigata. |
| January 1978 |
Established KATO SPRING (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (the present Advanex (Singapore) Pte.Ltd.) |
| March 1986 |
Established a new factory in Onomachi, Fukushima. (Closed in 6/2009) |
| September 1988 |
Established KATO PRECISION (U.K.) LIMITED |
| October 1993 |
Purchased SENIOR ENTEX LTD and changes its name to KATO-ENTEX LIMITED |
| August 1994 |
Established KATO PRECISION (HONG KONG) LIMITED (the present Advanex (Hong Kong) Ltd.) |
| July 1996 |
Moved the Headquarter to 6-1-1 Tabata, Kita-ku, Tokyo. |
| July 1996 |
Established Strawberry Corporation |
| January 1998 |
Established KATO SPRING (THAILAND) LTD. (the present Advanex (Thailand) Ltd.) |
| January 2001 |
Established KATO SPRING (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD. (the present Advanex (Shanghai) Inc.) |
| July 2001 |
Changed the corporate name to ADVANEX INC. |
| October 2001 |
Strawberry Corporation was listed on JASDAQ. (Delisted in 10/2011) |
| December 2002 |
Established ADVANEX PRECISION COMPONENTS (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD. (the present Advanex (Dongguan) Inc.) |
| January 2003 |
Established ADVANEX PRECISION COMPONENTS (DALIAN) CO., LTD. (the present Advanex (Dalian) Inc.) |
| March 2004 |
Listed on first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| June, 2006 |
Established KATO SPRING (VIETNAM) LTD. (the present Advanex (Vietnam) Ltd.) |
| October 2007 |
Acquired Daiichi Kasei Holdings Co., Ltd. (100%) |
| October 2008 |
Established a new factory in Nakatsu, Oita. |
| May 2009 |
Established a new factory in Minamitsugaru, Aomori. |
| October 2010 |
KATO PRECISION (U.K.) LIMITED and KATO-ENTEX LIMITED merged and changed to Advanex Europe Ltd. |
| February 2012 |
Strawberry Corporation changed its name to Advanex Motion Design Inc. |
| January 2013 |
The establishment of a subsidiary in Changzhou |
| April 2014 |
Funabashi Electronics Co.,Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Advanex Inc. |
| Mar 2015 |
Advanex Inc. transferred 100% of its stock in Daiichi Kasei Holdings Co., Ltd., to Abico Group of Taiwan |
| Mar 2015 |
Established factories in Chiba and Miyagi |
| Jan 2016 |
Established a new factory in Saitama |
| Feb 2016 |
Established Advanex Deutschland GmbH. |
| Oct 2016 |
Acquired Electronic Stamping Corporation’s Business |
| Dec 2016 |
Acquired PT. Yamakou Indonesia.(100%) |
| Sep 2017 |
Established Advanex (India) Private Limited. |
| Nov 2017 |
Established Advanex Czech Republic s.r.o. |
| Oct 2018 |
Established Advanex de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. |
