Chronology

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry established a support system for freon recovery equipment

Established DENSO ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL CO., LTD. [19th]

Established João de Deus & Filhos, S.A. (now João de Deus & Filhos, S.A.) [20th]

Established Magneti Marelli Climatización (now DENSO SISTEMAS TERMICOS do BRASIL LTDA.) [30th]

Established MAGNETI MARELLI THERMAL SYSTEMS POLAND Sp.z o.o (now DENSO THERMAL SYSTEMS POLSKA Sp.zo.o) [30th]

Established the DENSO E & TS Training Center (integrated on 2019.1.1) [2nd]

Established DENSO WELL CORP. (now DENSO SHARED SERVICE CORPORATION) [2nd]

Established ADVICS CO., LTD. [3rd]

Established DENSO MANUFACTURING CZECH s.r.o. (now DENSO MANUFACTURING CZECH s.r.o.) [12th]

Established DENSO YUSEN TRAVEL CORP. [3rd]

Established ACTIS MANUFACTURING, LTD. LLC. [18th]

Established DENSO SALARY CO., LTD. (now DENSO SHARED SERVICE CORPORATION) [3rd]

Established PT. Denso Sales Indoparts Utama [30th]

Established GAC CORPORATION DE MEXICO (now DENSO Air Systems De Mexico S.A. de C.V.)

Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. changed its name to Toyota Industries Corporation

9/11 terrorist attacks occurred in the U.S.

Established DENSO I-SEM Corporation (integrated on 2020.10.1) [2nd]

Established DENSO MANUFACTURING VIETNAM CO., LTD. [4th]

Established Abashiri Test Center

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport outlined strategy to promote low-emission vehicles, to increase the number to 10 million over the next 10 years

GM Japan joined JAMA

Established Denso International Italia S.r.l.

Established Taizhou Dyne Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd. (now Anhui Dyne Automotive Air Conditioning Co., Ltd.) [28th]

Established SIAM DENSO MANUFACTURING CO.,LTD. [8th]

Established SOHWA CORPORATION (now Sohwa & Sophia Technologies)

Established Toyodabo Filtration System (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (now Toyota Boshoku Filtration System (Thailand) Co., Ltd.) [15th]

Established Ohsawa Co., Ltd. (now DENSO SOLUTION CORPORATION) [1st]

USTR's report on trade barriers called for opening of Japanese market

Established DENSO SQUARE CO., LTD. (now DENSO SHARED SERVICE CORPORATION) [1st]

Ratification of Kyoto Protocol approved

Japan Business Federation established in integration of Federation of Economic Organizations and Japan Federation of Employers' Associations

Established Denso Create Shanghai Inc. (now DENSO SHANGHAI SMART MOBILITY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.) [27th]

Established DENSO OTOMOTIV PARCALARI SANAYI A.S. (now DENSO OTOMOTIV PARCALARI SANAYI A.S.) [11th]

Revised Road Transport Vehicle Act enacted, including with stricter regulations for the automobile recall system

Act on Recycling of End-of-Life Automobiles (Automobile Recycling Law) promulgated

Greenhouse gas reduction law passed in California, U.S.

Established DENSO TEN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) Limited [30th]

First Japan-U.S.-Europe automotive industry summit held in Paris

Established DENSO International (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (now DENSO SALES (THAILAND) CO., LTD.) [5th]

Established LIPLASTEC s.r.o.

Established Anden Thailand Co., Ltd. (now Denso Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd.)

Japan Business Federation announced future vision "Envisioning A Vibrant, Attractive Nation in the Twenty-First Century"

Established DENSO (CHINA) INVESTMENT CO.,LTD. [24th]

Iraq War began

Established DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, Inc.

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epidemic, centered in Asia

Established Advanced Driver Information Technology Corporation [22th]

Established Chongqing Chaoli Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. [8th]

Four government ministries and agency held first meeting of Eco-Drive Promotion Liaison Committee

Established the Risk Management Meeting

Established GUANGZHOU DENSO CO.,LTD. [12th]

Opened research office at DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC. (Detroit, Los Lab)

Cars with ETC on-board equipment set-up exceeded 1 million vehicles

Established DENSO FACILITIES CORP. [1st]

Established DENSO MANUFACTURING ARKANSAS, INC. [1st]

Mazda and Isuzu agreed on OEM supply of Isuzu light trucks

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport started creating a system to rate the accessibility of vehicles, etc., to the disabled and elderly

Established Fujitsu Ten Trading Tianjin Ltd. (now DENSO TEN TRADING (TIANJIN) Limited) [12th]

Established the Business Ethics Hotline [1st]

Established SHANGHAI DENSO FUEL INJECTION CO.,LTD. [9th]

Established TIANJIN FAWER DENSO AIR-CONDITIONER CO.,LTD. [31th]

Conducted capital participation in UNEX Corporation

Established Fujitsu Ten Research & Development (Tianjin) Ltd. (now DENSO TEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (TIANJIN) Limited) [21th]

Established Siam KYOSAN DENSO Co., Ltd.

Japanese government dispatched the Self-Defense Forces to Iraq

Established FUJITSU TEN ELECTRONICS (WUXI) LTD. (now DENSO TEN ELECTRONICS (WUXI) LTD.) [2nd]

Revised Worker Dispatching Act enforced

Established DENSO CZECH s.r.o. [13th]

Announced DENSO Vision 2015 [21th]

Established DENSO Automotive Ohio, Inc.

Ten countries of Central and Eastern Europe, etc., joined the EU and a 25-member system was established

Established TIANJIN TOYOTA BOSHOKU AUTOMOTIVE PARTS CO.,LTD. [7th]

Established DENSO SISTEMAS TERMICOS ESPANA, S.A. (now DENSO SISTEMAS TERMICOS ESPANA, S.A.) [19th]

Established DENSO (GUANGZHOU NANSHA) CO.,LTD. [21th]

JAMA and MLIT abolished the voluntary 280 horsepower regulation

Established TD Automotive Compressor Georgia, LLC [22th]

Established J-Works Parts Sales (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (now DENSO AUTO PARTS SALES (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.)

Toyoda Boshoku Corporation, Araco Corporation (interior decoration business) and Takanichi Co., Ltd. merged and renamed Toyota Boshoku Corporation

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry issued guidelines on the protection of personal information

Established PT. DENSO SALES INDONESIA [21th]

Sumatra earthquake occurred in western Indonesia

Opened biotope at Takatana Plant Admin. Office

Established SYSTEX PRODUCTS ARKANSAS COMPANY

Announced DENSO Spirit

Established CSR Promotion Center

Invested in TBMECA Poland Sp.z o.o (now TOYOTA BOSHOKU LEGNICA SP.Z O.O.) [17th]

Act on Recycling of End-of-Life Automobiles enforced

Established DENSO (TIANJIN) THERMAL PRODUCTS CO.,LTD. [25th]

The Kyoto Protocol setting numerical targets for green house effect gas emissions reduction enacted

Central Japan International Airport "Centrair" opened

Established Wuxi DENSO Hanshin Automotive Products Co., Ltd. (now WUXI DENSO AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS CO.,LTD.) [7th]

Expo 2005 Aichi, Japan (Aichi Expo) held

Established Aachen Engineering Center (R&D base) in Germany [1st]

Act on the Protection of Personal Information enforced

Established TOYOTA BOSHOKU FOSHAN CO.,LTD. [21th]

Limited guarantee of deposits by financial institutions allowed

Invested in Smiths Manufacturing (Pty) Limited [1st]

Opened the Aachen Engineering Center (DNDE-AEC) in Germany

Established TD AUTOMOTIVE COMPRESSOR KUNSHAN, CO.,LTD. [7th]

Established DENSO Kitakyushu Plant General Administration (now DENSO Kyushu Co., Ltd.) [31th]

FHI and GM capital alliance dissolved

Announced DENSO Eco Vision 2015

Established DENSO TECHNO PHILIPPINES, INC.

Completed the headquarters Reliability Center

JTEKT Corporation established

Established TIANJIN POONG SUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD. (now DENSO (TIANJIN) BODY PARTS CO.,LTD.) [23th]

Established DENSO REINSURANCE AMERICA, INC. [20th]

Established a Technical Center in Shanghai [30th]

Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Tomen Corporation merged

Announced DENSO Group Declaration of Corporate Behavior

Announced the 2010 Long-Term Plan [27th]

Japan-Malaysia EPA enacted

Opened Moscow Office [29th]

Established TOUCHCARE CO., LTD. [10th]

Established DENSO SALES CANADA, INC. [1st]

Established DENSO INTERNATIONAL ASIA PTE. LTD. (now DENSO INTERNATIONAL ASIA (THAILAND) CO., LTD.) [23th]

Issued the first edition of "The reasonable state of plants" (distributed exclusively to related persons)

Established DENSO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION (now DENSO HOKKAIDO CORP.) [27th]

Established FUJITSU TEN KOREA LIMITED

Mitsubishi and two other companies established new company to develop and produce lithium-ion batteries for automobiles

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced the Next Generation Vehicle and Fuel Initiative

Established DENSO (Changzhou) Fuel Injection System Co., Ltd. [1st]

Niigata Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake occurred

Established DENSO East Japan Corporation (now DENSO FUKUSHIMA CORP.) [1st]

Announced first consolidated loss [25th]

Formulated the "Philosophy of efficient factory activity"

Opened ASEAN Technical Center (Bangkok)

Major earthquake occurred in Sichuan, China

Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake occurred

G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit held

Lehman Brothers collapsed

Established DENSO POWERTRAIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (now DENSO POWERTRAIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.) [28th]

Established HAMADEN VIETNAM CO.,LTD.

Structural Reform Discussion Day [20th]

Established TDmobile Corporation [1st]

Eco-friendly car tax reductions began

Announced the DENSO Group structural reform policy [28th]

U.S. company Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

U.S. company GM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Established DENSO SALES RUS L.L.C.

Massive earthquake (magnitude 8.8) occurred in Chile, South America

Established DENSO COMMUNICATIONS CORP. (now DENSO SOLUTION CORPORATION) [1st]

Established DENSO THERMAL SYSTEMS MOROCCO S.A.R.L (now DENSO THERMAL SYSTEMS MOROCCO S.A.R.L) [24th]

Established Nanjing Voaasco Auto Parts Co., Ltd. [26th]

Established DENSO AIR SYSTEMS MICHIGAN, INC.

Introduced the “Certified Professional system” [1st]

Established DENSO Sales Middle East and North Africa [2nd]

Japan and India agreed to conclude an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

Announced the new action plan “2015 Environmental Action Plan” [9th]

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting held in Yokohama

Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16) held in Mexico

Established the Global DENSO ANZEN standard