| May 1938 |
Established Fuji Denro Kogyo Corp. Begins production of electric furnaces, copper suboxide rectifiers, etc. |
| December 1944 |
Delivered selenium rectifiers to the Ministry of Communications. |
| April 1945 |
Newly established Mamada Plant in Mamada-cho, Tochigi Prefecture (currently Oyama City). |
| December 1952 |
Changed company name to Origin Electric Co., Ltd. |
| June 1955 |
A patent license agreement is signed with RIKEN concerning spot welding machines and manufacturing begins. |
| December 1956 |
Began offering stocks outside of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| August 1957 |
Shimura Plant is established in Hasunemachi, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. Production of synthetic resin paints begins. |
| April 1960 |
Constructed the main building at the main plant. |
| August 1961 |
The Mamada Plant is expanded and begins production of miniature bearings. |
| October 1961 |
Began offering stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Second Section. |
| March 1965 |
Established the Osaka sales office in Higashi Ward (now Chuo Ward), Osaka. |
| August 1969 |
Began offering stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section. |
| February 1970 |
Established subsidiary Hokkaido Origin Co., Ltd. (now a consolidated company). |
| July 1972 |
Established the Mizuho plant (paint manufacture) at Mizuho-machi, Nishi-tama-gun, Tokyo. Closed the Shimura plant. |
| December 1973 |
Signed an agreement with Electrostatic Printing Corporation of America to introduce manufacturing technology regarding the electrostatic printing process and devices, and began manufacture. |
| November 1977 |
Licensed by the Governor of Tokyo to engage in machinery and equipment installation. |
| April 1987 |
Established an Osaka branch office in Kita Ward, Osaka, and closed the Osaka sales office. |
| June 1988 |
Established subsidiary Yuki Origin Co., Ltd. (consolidated and merged into Origin's subsidiary Saitama Origin Co., Ltd.). |
| August 1990 |
Signed an agreement with Advanced Power Technology (now Microsemi Corporation) in the U.S.A. to introduce technology regarding the manufacture of semiconductor chips. |
| January 1996 |
Opened a Nagoya sales office in Nakamura Ward, Nagoya. |
| July 1996 |
Opened a branch in Taipei, Taiwan (named Origin Co., Ltd. Taipei Branch). |
| January 1998 |
Established subsidiary Saitama Origin Co., Ltd. (now a consolidated company). |
| December 1998 |
Signed an agreement with Warner Advanced Media Operations (U.S.A.) regarding the introduction of DVD manufacturing technology. |
| March 2000 |
Origin Miki (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Bangkok, Thailand as a joint venture with Miki Sangyo Co. |
| June 2000 |
Established subsidiary Origin Electric America Co., Ltd. in Torrance, California, U.S.A. |
| August 2001 |
Opened a branch in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (named Origin Co., Ltd. Hong Kong Branch). |
| November 2001 |
Established subsidiary Shanghai Origin Donbon Paints Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China (now a consolidated company). |
| February 2004 |
Opened Taipei branch Zhong Li Sales Office in Zhongli District, Taoyuan City in Taiwan. |
| April 2004 |
Established subsidiary Origin Precision Machine (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China(now a consolidated company). |
| November 2004 |
Established subsidiary Origin Paints (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. in Tianjin, China (now a consolidated company). |
| January 2007 |
Established subsidiary Origin Donbon Paints (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. in Dongguan, China (now a consolidated company). |
| January 2008 |
Affiliated company Origin Miki (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (name changed to Origin Eason Paint Co., Ltd.) became a subsidiary through additional investment (now a consolidated company). |
| July 2009 |
Consolidated company Saitama Origin Co., Ltd. merged with consolidated company Yuki Origin Co., Ltd. |
| August 2009 |
Kowloon sales office opened in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Hong Kong branch was closed. |
| September 2009 |
Opened a branch in Taoyuan City, Taiwan (named Origin Co., Ltd. Taiwan Branch), and closed the Taipei branch and Taipei branch Zhong Li Sales Office. |
| January 2010 |
Consolidated company Shanghai Origin Donbon Paints Co., Ltd. relocates its plant to Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China. |
| January 2011 |
Subsidiary Origin Precision Machine (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China relocates its plant to the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone in Shanghai. |
| June 2011 |
Acquired all shares of Toho Kaken Manufacturing Inc. to make it a subsidiary (now a consolidated company). |
| November 2012 |
Established subsidiary Origin Korea Co., Ltd. in Seoul, Korea. |
| August 2015 |
Established the Saitama-Shintoshin Head Office in Chuo-ku, Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken. |
| August 2015 |
Completed the acquisition of shares of PT. Origin Durachem Indonesia to make it a subsidiary. |
| September 2015 |
Established the Yoshimi Factory in Yoshimi-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama-ken. |
| November 2015 |
Head office established in Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture and head office relocated. |
| July 2017 |
Established subsidiary Origin Manufactures Hong Kong Limited in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. |
| January 2019 |
Affiliated company Origin Electric Shoji Co., Ltd. became a subsidiary through additional investment (now a consolidated company). |
| April 2019 |
Changed company name to Origin Co., Ltd. |
| September 2019 |
U.S. branch office opened in Torrance, California, U.S.A. |
| April 2020 |
Kowloon Sales Office is renamed Hong Kong Branch. |
| July 2020 |
Nagoya Branch moves from Nakamura-ku, Nagoya City to Nishi-ku, Nagoya City. |
| March 2021 |
Head office Saitama-shintoshin office was relocated to the head office business site and integrated. |
| August 2023 |
Established the Asaka R&D Center in Asaka-shi, Saitama-ken. |
| August 2023 |
Established the Kumamoto Design Room in Uki-shi, Kumamoto-ken. |
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