History

Based on our business policy of “Heart-to-Heart Bonds,” we strive to contribute to the advancement of industry. We do this by creating new value as an integrator between the needs of customers and the products of suppliers, and by being a solutions developer that uses its wealth of expertise and capabilities to engineer products that bring customers satisfaction and peace of mind.

1804		Founder Yorozuya Buhei founded a company for brass metalworking (brass and copper smelting) in the Nagahoribashi area of Osaka.
1937		Reorganized company as Sakane Metals Inc. with capital from Sumitomo Electric Wire & Cable Works (now called Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.) and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.(now called NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION).
1946	August	On August 1 the company was established as Sakane Metals in the Minami-ku (now called the Chuo-ku) of Osaka, as a wholesaler of electric wire and cable, super-hard alloy products, copper and brass products, nonferrous metals, and raw metals.
1947	June	Added screws to the company’s product lineups. Later on added aluminum products, stainless steel products, industrial diamond products, chemical products, and others.
1948	March	Opened branch office in Tokyo (now called Tokyo Office) to handle business in Kanto region. This was followed by the establishment of sales offices all over Japan.
1954	April	Received funding from Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (in 1959, the company’s copper division split off and became Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd. (now called UACJ Corporation)).
1967	December	Moved Head Office to Naniwa-ku, Osaka.
1977	November	Established Singapore Screw Private Ltd. (now called TECHNO ASSOCIE SINGAPORE PTE.LTD.).
1979	April	Established Sakane and Company Ltd. (U.S.A) (now called T.A. AMERlCA CORPORATION).
	June	Established Naniwa Logistics Service Co., Ltd. (now called TOBUTSU TECHNO Corporation).
1980	August	Changed company name to TOYO BUSSAN CO., LTD.
1988	November	Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.
1989	October	Established TOBUTSU MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. (now called MALAYSIAN PREClSION MANUFACTURING SDN. BHD.).
1993	October	Opened Taipei branch (now called TECHNO ASSOCIE TAIWAN CO., LTD.).
1994	July	Established Hong Kong branch (now called TECHNO ASSOCIE HONG KONG CO., LTD.).
1996	August	The 50th anniversary of the company's founding.
1999	May	Established TOBUTSU DE MEXICO S.A. DE C.V. (now called TECHNO ASSOCIE DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.).
	July	Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
	September	Opened Shanghai Office (now called TECHNO ASSOCIE SHANGHAI CO., LTD.).
	November	Invested in TAIYO SANGYO CO., LTD.
2000	December	Established TOBUTSU THAILAND CO., LTD. (now called TECHNO ASSOCIE (THAILAND) CO., LTD.).
2001	February	Obtained ISO 9002, ISO 14001 certification.
2002	December	Established F&T KUNSHAN TECHNO CO., LTD.
2003	March	Obtained ISO 9001 certification.
	August	Established TOBUTSU TRADING (DALIAN F.T.Z) CO., LTD. (now called TECHNO ASSOCIE (DALIAN F.T.Z.) CO., LTD.).
2004	November	Established TOBUTSU TRADING (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD. (now called TECHNO ASSOCIE (GUANGZHOU) CO., LTD.).
2005	March	Established TOBUTSU CZECH s.r.o. (now called TECHNO ASSOCIE CZECH s.r.o.).
2006	February	Techno Associe Singapore Pte. Ltd. opened a branch in HO CHI MINH (now called TECHNO ASSOCIE VIETNAM CO., LTD.).
	July	Established NETTFORM TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
	August	Changed company name to TECHNO ASSOCIE CO., LTD.
2008	August	Established ACCURATE METAL MACHINING CO., LTD. in Zhejiang, China.
2009	January	Invested in FUNAKOSHI Rubber Manufacturing Co., Ltd.(now called SILICONE TECHNO CO., LTD.) (company became wholly-owned subsidiary in March 2010).
	February	Moved Head Office to current location: 3-3-17 Tosabori Nishi-ku, Osaka.
2010	October	Newly set up Chemical Products Business Department.
2011	January	Newly set up Fastener Products Business Department.
	July	Reorganized the regionally divided sales organization and the Sales Business Department into five business units: Telecommunication, Automotive Products, Electronics & Appliance, Housing & Construction Products, and Industrial Machinery & Solution.
2012	December	Techno Associe Singapore Pte. Ltd. opened a branch in Indonesia (now called PT. TECHNO ASSOCIE INDONESIA).
2013	August	Established TA AUTOMOTIVE PARTS (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
2014	April	Established PT. TECHNO ASSOCIE INDONESIA.
2015	October	Newly set up Broad-Area Sales.
2016	April	Reorganized the five business units: Telecommunication, Automotive Products, Electronics & Appliance, Housing & Construction Products, and Industrial Machinery & Solution into sales units. Newly set up Marketing & Sales Promotion Division and Development and Promotion Division.
2017	April	Integrated Industrial Machinery & Solution Sales Unit and Broad-Area Sales Division, and made it Broad-Area Sales Division.
2018	April	Integrated our sales functions into three units: Electronics Products Sales Unit, Automotive Products Sales Unit and Area Sales Unit. Newly set up Sales Promoting Department that conducts activities by product. Combined Chemical Products Business Department and Fastener Products Business Department as a promotion division under the Sales Promoting Department.
2019	January	TSUKASA INDUSTRY Co., Ltd. was made a wholly-owned subsidiary.
	September	Became a consolidated subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
2020	April	The Development and Promotion Division was incorporated into the Product Technology ＆ Innovation Unit, and place three sections under the Product Technology ＆ Innovation Unit : Fastener Products Department, Processed Products Department, Development and Promotion Department.
	May	Established TECHNO ASSOCIE EUROPE GmbH. (Germany)
	September	Reorganized the Corporate Planning Department and the Marketing & Sales Promotion Division into the Global Planning Division.
2022	April	Transferred from the "Second Section" to the "Standard Market" in accordance with the Market Restructuring of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2023	April	Delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market.
	May	Became a consolidated subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.