Yuasa Battery Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • 1913 – Founder Shichizaemon Yuasa begins research into metal electrolysis
  • 1915 – Yuasa Battery Manufacturing established within the Yuasa Iron Works in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture; production starts on storage batteries
  • 1918 – Yuasa Storage Battery Co., Ltd. Established
  • 1919 – New plant completed in Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture
  • 1920 – Production starts on automotive batteries. Tudor plating for stationary batteries completed
  • 1924 – Research into dry batteries started. Production and sales start the following year
  • 1930 – Battery installed for the first domestic electric bus (model YKN)
  • 1935 – Production of glass mercury rectifiers begins
  • 1939 – New plant for Takatsuki Dry Battery completed
  • 1941 – New plant completed for Odawara Storage Battery. Production of alkaline batteries begins
  • 1949 – Yuasa Dry Battery splits off to become an independent company, based on restructuring plan
  • 1954 – Yuasa Storage Battery Co., Ltd. and Yuasa Dry Battery Co., Ltd. merge to form Yuasa Battery Co,, Ltd.
  • 1963 – Yuasa Battery (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established
  • 1965 – Yuasa Battery, Inc (U.S.A,) established (Yuasa Battery Inc. at present)
  • 1966 – Dry and charged battery goes on sale in Japan for the first time
  • 1966 – Yuasa Battery Taiwan Co., Ltd. established
  • 1972 – High performance YUMICRON batteries made with the ultra-thin YUMICRON separator go on sale
  • 1973 – Kyoto Osadano plant completed
  • 1975 – Yuasa Battery (Indonesia) established (PT. Yuasa Battery Indonesia at present)
  • 1981 – Yuasa Battery (U.K.) Ltd. established
  • 1988 – Century Yuasa Batteries Pty. Ltd. established in Australia
  • 1992 – Cl introduced; company name changed from Yuasa Battery Co., Ltd.” to “Yuasa Corporation”
  • 1993 – Tianjin Yuasa Batteries Co., Ltd. established, the first motorcycle battery manufacturing and sales affiliate in China
  • 1996 – Guangdong Yuasa Sunny Batteries established, the first industrial battery manufacturing and sales affiliate in China (Yuasa Battery (Guangdong) Co., Ltd, at present)
  • 1997 – Yuasa-Delta Technology Inc. established, the first overseas capital participation in Ni-MH battery business (Yuasa (Tianjin) Technology Ltd. as a manufacturing and sales affiliate at present)
  • 1998 – Ultra-thin lithium-ion polymer secondary battery launched
  • 2002 – Yuasa Battery (Shuntfe) Co., Ltd, established the first automotive battery manufacturing and sales affiliate in China
  • 2002 – Membrane business company Yuasa Membrane Systems Co., Ltd. established
  • 2002 – Management company in Europe: Yuasa Battery Europe Ltd. established
  • 2004 – Yuasa Corporation merges with Japan Storage Battery Co., Ltd. GS Yuasa Corporation established