Chronology

Established DENSO SUBROS THERMAL ENGINEERING CENTRE INDIA LIMITED [6th]

Democratization movements in Arab countries expanded from Tunisia

Established PT. TD Automotive Compressor Indonesia [27th]

Direct earthquake (magnitude 6.3) occurred under the South Island of New Zealand

Announced that the company would provide maximum support in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake [14th]

The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred

Announced the “DENSO Group earthquake emergency measures” [7th]

Established Yantai Chaoli Hi-Tech Auto Parts Co., Ltd. [20th]

Established DENSO MANUFACTURING (HANGZHOU) CO., LTD. [30th]

Established FUJITSU GENERAL DO BRASIL LTDA. (now DENSO TEN DO BRASIL LTDA.)

Held the first company-wide athletic meet in 24 years [13th]

Flooding damage due to heavy rainfall spread in Thailand

Massive earthquake (magnitude 7.2) occurred in eastern Turkey

Established Fujitsu Ten Technosepta USA (now DENSO TEN TECHNOSEPTA USA, Limited) [11th]

Prime Minister Noda announced policy of TPP negotiation participation

Established the India Technical Center within DIIN

New "eco-friendly car subsidy" started

Toyota Auto Body becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota

Reconstruction Agency established

Established 3D Incorporated [14th]

Complete digitalization of TV broadcasting completed

Announced the “DENSO Group global mid-term policy” [27th]

Established DENSO TEN (CHINA) LTD. [5th]

U.S. company Google started first test drives of self-driving cars on public roads in the U.S.

Tokyo Stock Exchange stock price hit new post-bubble low

Established Brasil Technical Center (Santa Bárbara)

The three companies Kanto Auto Works, Central Motor and Toyota Motor Tohoku merged and established Toyota Motor East Japan

Established Fujitsu Ten Minda India Pvt. Ltd. (now Denso Ten (Uno Minda) India Pvt. Ltd.)

Established UNO MINDA D-TEN INDIA PVT. LTD.

Established DENSO IWATE CORPORATION [22th]

Established YANTAI SHOUGANG TD AUTOMOTIVE COMPRESSOR [12th]

Nuclear Regulation Authority established

Established Atlas Hitec (Private) Limited [13th]

Xi Jinping elected at the First Session of the 18th Central Committee in China

Established PT Fujitsu Ten Manufacturing Indonesia (now PT DENSO TEN MANUFACTURING INDONESIA)

Established AIR SYSTEMS (THAILAND) CO., LTD.

Established DENSO AIR SYSTEMS TIANJIN CO.,LTD.

Announced the “DENSO Group 2020 Long-term Policy” [29th]

Bank of Japan introduced an inflation target of 2% and "indefinite monetary easing"

Held the first Global Conference [29th]

Established PT. FUJITSU TEN AVE INDONESIA (now PT. DENSO TEN AVE INDONESIA)

Park Geun-hye appointed as President of South Korea, the first female president

Established DENSO (CAMBODIA) CO., LTD. [8th]

Cumulative global sales of Toyota hybrid vehicles surpassed 5 million vehicles

Established DENSO POLAND sp.z o.o.

Opened PIT&GO stores in Cambodia and Myanmar

Tokyo selected as the host city for the 2020 Olympics

Established ASMO MYANMAR CO.LTD (now DENSO MYANMAR CO.,LTD.) [1st]

Three Japanese automobile companies developed self-driving vehicles and conducted demonstration tests on public roads

Established Pit & Go Automotive Service (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. [6th]

Opened China Technical Center (Shanghai)

Number of cars owned exceeded 80 million

Established HAMADEN MEXICO S.A. DE C.V.

Consumption tax raised to 8%

Completed the headquarter Monozukuri Building

Three Toyota Group companies (Denso, Toyota Tsusho, and Aisin Seiki) established the "PIT&GO" directly managed total car service store in Cambodia [29th]

Military coup occurred in Thailand

Established Liuzhou Chaoli Car Parts Manufacturing Co., Ltd. [26th]

Mt. Ontake erupted for the first time in seven years. The volcanic damage was the worst in the postwar era

Invested in DJ Cool Klima ve Sogutma Cihazlari San. Tic. A.S. [14th]

First performance comparison tests performed for automatic braking

Moody's downgraded its rating of Japanese government bonds by one rank from "Aa3" to “A1”

Announced DENSO Eco Vision 2025

U.S. and Cuba officially restored diplomatic relations for the first time in 54 years, since 1961

The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Paris terrorist attacks occurred

Won third consecutive victory in the All-Japan Women's Corporate Ekiden Championships [13th]

Established DENSO BLOSSOM Co. LTD [21th]

Ford announced withdrawal from the Japanese market

Established DENSO ADAS Engineering Services GmbH [15th]

Established Guangdong KINGTEC DENSO Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd.

Established AUBASS CO., LTD. [1st]

Kumamoto Prefecture earthquake occurred

G7 Ise-Shima Summit held

Referendum on leaving the EU held in the U.K. Leave got 51.9% and Remain got 48.1%, so Leave won

Conducted capital participation in NTT DATA MSE CORPORATION

Toyota made Daihatsu a wholly owned subsidiary

Formulated the Health Declaration [23th]

Established Toyota Tsusho DENSO Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. [4th]

Established DENSO WAVE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

Announced the "Crafting the Core" tagline

Cumulative global sales of Toyota hybrid electric vehicles surpassed 10 million vehicles

Trump inaugurated as President of the United States

Toyota and Suzuki announced business cooperation agreement in Development and Procurement divisions

Opened a European design base within DENSO AUTOMOTIVE Deutschland GmbH

FHI changed corporate name to Subaru Corporation

Torrential rain disaster occurred in northern Kyushu

Established NSITEXE, Inc (integrated on 2024.1.1)

Formulated the DENSO Group 2030 Long-term Policy and 2025 Long-term Plan [31th]

Established DENSO NEXT CO., LTD. [24th]

Conducted capital participation in DENSO PARLOR CORPORATION

Established the Professional Integration Team S.A.

Established SANKYO RADIATOR (CAMBODIA) CO.,LTD.

Conducted capital participation in Toshiba Information Systems (Japan) Corporation [15th]

Shogi player Yoshiharu Habu and Go player Yuta Iyama received the People's Honour Award

Cabinet approved enforcement ordinance (Cabinet Order) for the Law for Special Exception of the Imperial House Law concerning Abdication, etc. of Emperor

New species of cherry tree discovered for first time in about 100 years and named Kumano Cherry

Implemented business integration with ASMO Co., Ltd. [1st]

Established Global R&D Tokyo in Shinagawa

First ever U.S.-North Korea summit held

Opened the DENSO "TAKATANA Factory Tour" for parents and children to learn about the latest monozukuri [23th]

Merged three DENSO Group companies in South Korea into DENSO KOREA CORPORATION [2nd]

Established DENSO Sales South Africa (Pty) Limited

Established AgriD Inc. [1st]

Typhoon Jebi made landfall in Japan. Evacuation advisory issued for more than 1 million people

Toyota and SoftBank agreed a strategic alliance

Established NDIAS, Ltd. [3rd]

Established DENSO KOTEI AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS (WUHAN) CO., LTD [29th]

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) issued

Established Triceed-Agri Corporation [25th]

Made DENSO FA Yamagata Co., Ltd. a subsidiary

Established Reach Denso (Dalian) Electric System Co., Ltd. [15th]

Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) enacted

Established J-QuAd DYNAMICS Inc. [1st]

Ceremonies of the Abdication from the Throne

Established BluE Nexus Corporation [1st]

Started the "DENSO quality" restoration campaign (19.6.7 - 20.3.31) [7th]

Established OPExPARK Inc. [21th]

Invested in PiNTeam Holding GmbH

Established DENSO WAVE EUROPE GmbH

WHO declared pandemic of new coronavirus

Established MIRISE Technologies Corporation [1st]

State of Emergency Declaration expanded to all of Japan

Established the DENSO Hirose Plant (transfer of the electronic components business from Toyota Motor Corporation to Denso) [1st]

Completed the headquarters powertrain building

Established DENSO AgriTech Solutions, Inc. [1st]

Established an open innovation base in Pittsburgh (Acceleration of R&D in the field of automatic operation)

Record-breaking torrential rainfall occurred, mainly in Kyushu. 77 people died and 2 went missing in five prefectures of Kyushu

Established "Global R&D Tokyo-Haneda" at Haneda Innovation City [6th]

Established an open innovation base in Pittsburgh - Acceleration of R&D in the field of automatic operation -

Reborn21 Transformation Day [31th]

Completed the headquarters welfare building (Miraima)

Established DENSO FA SHANGHAI Co.,Ltd.

Invested in the Dutch horticultural facility operator, Certhon Group