Founded under the company name MATSUO AKIRA SHOTEN.
1949
July
Reorganized as MATSUO SHOTEN Co., Ltd. with a capital of 500,000 yen.
Main products include nonferrous metals and raw materials for coatings.
1950 - 1959
1954
February
Obtained exclusive distributorship for ALPASTE, which is provided by International Aluminum Limited. (Now Alcan Asia, Ltd.)
1955
April
Opened our Tokyo Office. (Current Tokyo Branch)
1957
February
Became a distributor for Sakai Chemical Industry, Co. Ltd. and commenced distribution of titanium oxide.
September
Toyo Aluminum K.K. started domestic production of ALPASTE. Became their distributor and continues the distribution of ALPASTE today.
October
Became a distributor of Nagoya Rubber Co., Ltd. (Now Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd) and entered the synthetic resin product market.
1960 - 1969
1961
April
Opened our Nagoya Office. (Current Nagoya Branch)
1964
September
Changed corporate name to MATSUO SANGYO Co., Ltd.
1968
January
Opened our Ohta Office. (Current Ohta Branch)
1969
September
Became the exclusive distributor in Japan of electrostatic powder coating machines supplied by ITW Gema AG (Switzerland).
1970 - 1989
1970
July
Established an office in Taiwan and trading business expended. (Closed in 1978)
1976
March
Began selling optical fibers as a distributor of Sumita Optical Glass Mfg Co., Ltd. (Now Sumita Optical Glass Inc.)
1984
April
Increased capital to \105 million with funding from the Osaka Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd.
1990 - 1999
1992
July
Opened our Singapore Branch.
1995
April
Entered the deposition industry by establishing a consortium with Ito Optical Industrial Co., Ltd.
1996
January
Our volumetric feeder (SFC system) was adopted by the US Big Three for their automobile coatings.
March
Delivered our Semiconductor Excitation Solid Green Lasers (100W) to the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (TOKAI Research Institute).
1998
March
Our powder coating volumetric feeder (SFC-Q System) received the "Machine Development Award for Medium-Sized and Small-to-Medium-Sized Businesses" from the Japan Society for the Promotion of the Machine Industry.
2000 - 2010
2000
July
Increased our capital to \310 million.
2002
January
Assigned our powder coating machine business to Asahi Sunac Corporation.
April
Received the "2001 Supplier of the Year" award from GM (General Motors).
