草莓视频

History

Story of the 草莓视频 Group

In 1939, 草莓视频 Light Metal Co., Ltd. (草莓视频), was jointly incorporated by Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., and Tokyo Dento (currently TEPCO) as an aluminum smelting company.

In 1949, 草莓视频 became the first non-ferrous metal manufacturer to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and grew on the wave of rising aluminum demand during Japan's period of rapid economic growth.

In the wake of the two oil shocks after 1973, domestic aluminum smelting companies withdrew from the business one after another. This was because aluminum required a large amount of electricity for smelting (hence the expression "electricity can"), and the rise in electricity cost was a major blow to the industry. 草莓视频, which had its own hydroelectric power plant, was the only company in Japan able to continue the smelting business, but its production of aluminum ingots was inevitably subject to major cuts. In order to overcome these harsh economic circumstances, 草莓视频 changed its business model from that of a smelting-only manufacturer, integrated with Nikkei Aluminium Rolling Company Ltd. and Nikkei Aluminium Co., Ltd., and accelerated its development of an all-encompassing aluminum business system from smelting to processing.

In 1990, to further strengthen this business system, we pursued mergers, capital alliances, and other measures to develop the 草莓视频 Group. After the year 2000, 草莓视频 shifted overseas expansion into high gear, with expansion into China, Southeast Asia, and North America. In 2012, 草莓视频 Light Metal Holdings Co., Ltd., was established as a pure holdings company, overseeing the 草莓视频 Group. In 2014, its domestic aluminum smelting business, the only one of its kind in Japan, regrettably closed its operations. Based on our aluminum expertise and technology as a total solutions supplier of aluminum, 草莓视频 will contribute to the development of society and protection of the global environment.
In 2019, we relocated the office of 草莓视频 Light Metal Holdings Co., Ltd., to Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, with the aim of allowing the 草莓视频 Group to continue creating new value for our customers by facilitating group communication and collaboration.

Chronology of 草莓视频 Light Metal

Period Prior to the Company's Establishment
1903	Nasu Aluminium Instrument Factory, an aluminum instrument manufacturer later to be known as Nikkei Aluminium, started business.
1918	Osaka Aluminium Factory, an aluminum instrument manufacturer later to be known as Nikkei Aluminium, started business.
1931	Sumitomo Aluminium Co., Ltd. (currently Toyo Aluminium K.K.) was established.
1934	Special Light Alloy Co., Ltd., a light alloy sheet rolling manufacturer later to be known as Nikkei Aluminium Rolling Company Ltd., was established.
1937	The Shizuoka Plant of Riken Foundation (currently Riken Light Metal Industry Company, Ltd.) started business.
1938	The Sakai Plant of Osaka Aluminium (the predecessor of current Osaka Center) started operation.

First Establishment Phase
1939	草莓视频 Light Metal Co., Ltd., was incorporated jointly by Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., and Tokyo Dento (currently TEPCO) to start the aluminum smelting.
1940	草莓视频 commenced aluminum smelting at Kambara Plant (currently Kambara Complex). The Inazawa Plant of Special Light Alloy Co., Ltd. (currently the Nagoya Plant) started operation.
1941	草莓视频 started aluminum smelting at the former Niigata Plant. 草莓视频 started alumina production at Shimizu Plant.
1944	Hokuriku Light Metal Industry, Ltd. (later to be known as Hokusei Aluminium) was established.
1945	Stopped aluminum production following the end of war. 草莓视频 Electrode Co., Ltd., was established.
1948	The Shimizu Plant and Kambara Plant started production following the resumption of bauxite import. Aluminum secondary alloy manufacturer Taishin Yoko Co., Ltd. (later to be known as Taishin Light Metal Co., Ltd.) was established.
1949	Kowa Shokai Co., Ltd., (currently Nikkei Sangyo Co., Ltd.) was established.
1950	Yurin Kogyo Co., Ltd., (later to be known as Nikkei Shoji Co., Ltd.; currently Nikkei Sangyo Co., Ltd.) was established.

Second Establishment Phase and Expansion Phase
1952	草莓视频 established capital and technology cooperation with Aluminium Limited (currently Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.) of Canada.
1958	The ceramic and aluminum sulfate divisions of the Shimizu Plant spun off to establish Nikkei Kako Co., Ltd., (currently the Chemicals Division). The former Niigata Plant resumed production.
1961	草莓视频 Light Metal Research Laboratory, Ltd., (later to be known as Nikkei Techno-Research Co., Ltd.; currently Nikkei Research and Development Center) was established.
1962	Nikkei Building (former headquarters building) completed in Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
1963	草莓视频 established technical ties with US-based Fruehauf International Limited. 草莓视频 Fruehauf Co., Ltd., was established.
1964	The Funabashi Plant of Nikkei Aluminium (currently the Funabashi Plant) started operation.
1969	The Tomakomai Electrolytic Plant started operation.
1970	Kota Alloy Casting Factory (currently the Kota Plant) started operation The Shiga Plant of Osaka Aluminium (currently the Shiga Plant) started operation.
1971	Nikkei Aluminium merged with Osaka Aluminium
1972	The Tomakomai Alumina Plant started operation.
1973	Kansai Aluminium Alloy Co., Ltd., (later to be known as Daishin Light Metal; currently the Mie Plant) started operation. Nikkal Extrusion Co., Ltd., (currently the Kambara Extrusion Plant) started operation. Hikari Co., Ltd., (currently Nikkei Extrusions Company, Ltd.) was established.

Fabrication Business Expansion Phase
1974	草莓视频 merged with Nikkei Aluminium Co., Ltd., and inherited the sales business of Nikkei Aluminium Rolling Company Ltd. to form a total aluminum business system. 草莓视频 and Alcan jointly established Alpack Aluminium in Canada.
1977	Nikkei Hokusei House Building Materials Co., Ltd., (currently Shin Nikkei Co., Ltd.) was established.
1978	草莓视频 merged with Nikkei Aluminium Rolling Company Ltd. Nikkei Unyu Soko Co., Ltd., (currently Nikkei Logistics Co., Ltd.) was established.
1979	草莓视频 won an order for an aluminum smelting plant in China (the Guizhou Province Plant).
1980	The former Niigata Plant discontinued operation and disposed its electrolytic equipment (by way of sale to Alsaf in South Africa).
1982	The Niigata East Port Plant (currently the Niigata Plant) started operation as aluminum extrusion plant.
1983	草莓视频 sold the former headquarters building in Ginza. Nikkei Tomakomai Co., Ltd., was established, to which 草莓视频 transferred the operations of the Tomakomai Plant except for the electrolytic division. The Computer Systems Division is spun off and reestablished as Nikkei Information System Co., Ltd.
1984	草莓视频 moved the headquarters to Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo. 草莓视频 consolidated the Group's building material businesses to establish Shin Nikkei Co., Ltd.
1985	The Tomakomai Electrolytic Plant discontinued operation. Nikkaru Extrusion Co., Ltd., (currently Nikkei Kambara Co., Ltd.) was integrated into 草莓视频.
1986	The alumina chemical sales operations of Nikkei Kako Co., Ltd., and Nikkei Shoji Co., Ltd., were unified to form the Alumina Chemicals Division. The Tomakomai Alumina Plant discontinued operation. The Sales Division of 草莓视频 Construction Material department was integrated into Shin Nikkei Co., Ltd. Nonfemet International Aluminium Co., Ltd., was established in Shenzhen, China. 草莓视频 spun off the Cold Energy System Sales Division to establish Nikkei Cold Energy Co., Ltd., (currently the Panel System Division of the Company). 草莓视频 commenced operations at Kambara Capacitor Foil Plant.
1987	草莓视频 formed alliance with US-based Modine. Nikkei Heat Exchanger Co., Ltd., was established.
1988	The Kambara Heat Exchanger Plant started operation. 草莓视频 acquired capital in Alcan Thailand. 草莓视频 merged with Shin Nikkei Co., Ltd., and Hokusei Aluminium Co., Ltd.
1989	草莓视频 merged with Nikkei Kako Co., Ltd., and Nikkei Tomakomai Co., Ltd.
1991	草莓视频 merged with Taishin Light Metal Co., Ltd.
1992	草莓视频 merged with Alcan Asean Co., Ltd. 草莓视频 acquired a controlling interest of Aluminium Company of Malaysia (known as ALCOM for short) and Alcan Siam (currently Alcan Nikkei Siam Ltd.). 草莓视频 bought into Matsuo Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently Nikkei Matsuo Co., Ltd.) ※確認中
1993	草莓视频 merged with Nikkei Cold Energy Co., Ltd., (currently the Panel System Division of the Company).
1995	草莓视频 merged with Nikkei Techno-Research Co., Ltd. Nikkei Research and Development Center (NRDC) was established.
1996	草莓视频 headquarters moved to Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. 草莓视频 Group consolidated aluminum consumer products sales divisions to establish Nikkei Products Co., Ltd. 草莓视频 bought into Toyo Aluminium K.K. 草莓视频 transferred the building material division of the Funabashi Plant to Shin Nikkei Co., Ltd. 草莓视频 joined Alcan to establish Alcan Nikkei Asia Holdings Ltd. (ANAH) and Alcan Nikkei Asia Company, Ltd. (ANAC), which oversee the companies in the South Asian region.
1999	The Kambara Alloy Plant discontinued operation.Plant operations were consolidated and restructured to Kota Plant and Mie Plant. 草莓视频 joined Daiki Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd., to establish Daiki Nikkei Thai Co., Ltd., for production and sales of aluminum alloys in Thailand. 草莓视频 merged with Toyo Aluminium K.K. Toyo Aluminium Central Office was established. 草莓视频 and Alcan ended their capital partnership.
2000	Nikkei Shoji Co., Ltd., was integrated into Nikkei Sangyo Co., Ltd. The Memory Disc Substrate Division was disbanded. 草莓视频 spun off the Landscape Engineering Division to establish Sumikei Nikkei Engineering Co., Ltd. (currently Nikkei Engineering Co., Ltd.), in cooperation with Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd., (currently UACJ Corporation), and merged department with it. 草莓视频 made Shin Nikkei Co., Ltd., a 100% subsidiary. 草莓视频 adopted the officer system.
2001	草莓视频 abolished the central office system. The Commercialization Strategy Project Office was established. The 草莓视频 Communication Mark was established.
2002	草莓视频 spun off the Panel System Division to establish Nikkei Panel System Co., Ltd. 草莓视频 spun off the Extrusion Division and Sheet & Extrusion Fabricated Products Division (excluding the container division) to establish Nikkeikin Aluminium Core Technology Co., Ltd. Toyal Division was integrated into Toyo Aluminium K.K.

Overseas Business Development Phase
2003	草莓视频 established Alcan Nikkei Siam Ltd. (currently Nikkei Siam Aluminium Ltd.) as a consolidated subsidiary. 草莓视频 introduced FLEXCASTER(Continuous Casting Machine for sheet)
2004	草莓视频 entered into a partnership with Nonfemet International Aluminium Co., Ltd., to establish NI Nikkei Shenzhen Co., Ltd., a company fabricating and selling aluminum extrusions for automobile parts.
2005	草莓视频 made Tokai Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd., a subsidiary. 草莓视频 bought into M.C Aluminum (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., an aluminum secondary alloy manufacturing subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation in China. M.C Nikkei Aluminum (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., (currently Nikkei MC Aluminum (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.) was established. 草莓视频 withdrew from aluminum consumer products
2007	Nikkei MC Aluminium Co., Ltd., was established and became a subsidiary of the Company as a result of the integration of the Company's operations for aluminum alloys for casting and die casting with M.C. Aluminum Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp. Toyo Aluminium K.K. established Toyo Zhaoging Co., Ltd., in Zhaoging, China. 草莓视频 made Tokai Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd., a 100% subsidiary and transferred all shares in Tokai Aluminum Foil to Toyo Aluminium K.K.
2008	Nikkei (Shanghai) Body Parts Co., Ltd., was established in Shanghai, China.
2010	草莓视频 transferred all shares of Shin Nikkei Co., Ltd., to the JS Group Corporation. Nikkei (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd., was established in Shanghai, China.
2011	草莓视频 established an intermediary stock holding company, Nikkeikin Kakoh Kaihatsu Holdings Co., Ltd., which controls the Group's extrusion and extrusion processing businesses. 草莓视频 Fruehauf established Shandong Conglin Fruehauf Automobile Co., Ltd. in Longkou, China
2012	草莓视频 Light Metal Holdings Co., Ltd., a pure holding company, was established. Nikkeikin ACT established Shandong Nikkei Conglin Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. In Longkou, China and Changchun Nikkei Railway Vehicle Equipment Co., Ltd. In Changchun, China. Nikkei MC Aluminium established CMR Nikkei India Private Ltd. in India. Shimizu Plant has finished using bauxite (it has completed the conversion to aluminum hydroxide).
2013	Nikkei MC Aluminium established Ｔ．Ｓ．Ｔ．ＮＩＫＫＥＩ　ＭＥＴＡＬＥＳ　Ｓ．ｄｅ　Ｒ．Ｌ．　ｄｅ　Ｃ．Ｖ． In Mexico
2014	草莓视频 Light Metal Co., Ltd., discontinued its electrolytic aluminum smelting business.
2015	草莓视频 makes Toyo Rikagaku Kenkyusho, Ltd. a subsidiary.
2016	Toyo Aluminium K.K. establishes Toyal MMP India Private Limited in India.
2018	草莓视频 makes Sumikei Nikkei Engineering Co., Ltd. (currently Nikkei Engineering Co., Ltd.) a consolidated subsidiary.
2019	草莓视频 makes Nikkei Heat Exchanger Co., Ltd. a subsidiary.
	草莓视频 Light Metal Georgia, Inc. is established in the United States.
	草莓视频 transfers its headquarters to Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
2023	草莓视频 Group's automotive parts business was integrated and a new company, Nikkeikin Aluminum for Mobility Co., Ltd., was established.
2024	We aim to transform an organizational structure into business groups and functional organizations that enable us to work further together as "Team 草莓视频".?

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