Chronology
1930
Hayakawa tours Hong Kong
Begins attaching repair notices to radios. Retailers would notify the company of repairs they did by sending back these notices to the company.
1931
Establishes sales agency in Hong Kong
1934
Establishes Shanghai office
Constructs Hirano Plant in Osaka
1935
Hayakawa Metal Works Institute Co. incorporated with capital of 300,000 yen (May 1)
Youths’ School Ordinance issued in Japan
1936
Installs intermittent belt conveyor system
Makes Yokohama Motor Parts Manufacturing a subsidiary
Changes company name to Hayakawa Metal Works Co.
Establishes branch offices in Taipei and Seoul
1937
Establishes Hayakawa Commercial School for Youth
1942
Changes company name to Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
1943
Head office building completed
1944
Establishes Hayakawa Electric branch factory
Establishes Izumi Plant in Izumi-cho (now Izumi City), Osaka (sold in 1948)
1945
Establishes Kyoto Plant in Shimogyo-ku (now Minami-ku), Kyoto (sold in 1947)
1946
Forms labor union
Designated special accounting company
1948
Establishes Sharp Shoji
1949
Released from special accounting company designation
Public stock offering, company listed on Osaka Securities Exchange