History of Taiyo Ltd:
| July 1933 | TAIYO IRON WORKS. for manufacturing spinning machine parts established in Kunijima, Higashi Yodogawa-ku, Osaka |
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| December 1945 | Company trade name changed to TAIYO, LTD. |
| July 1951 | Production of automatic machines started |
| October 1952 | Production of hydraulic/pneumatic cylinders and related equipment started |
| June 1965 | Head office moved to Kita Eguchi, Higashi Yodogawa-ku, Osaka |
| May 1968 | Production of hydraulic jacks for elevators started |
| July 1970 | Osaka Plant expanded to include new heavy machinery and machinery assembling plants |
| March 1972 | Osaka plant was approved as the first "JIS-licensed hydraulic cylinder plant" in Japan |
| February 1976 | Established TAIYO SERVICE CO., LTD. (changed the name to TAIYO TECHNO, LTD. in March, 1989) |
| December 1982 | Nara Plant constructed |
| August 1983 | Tsukuba plant constructed |
| September 1986 | TAIYO AMERICA, INC. established in Chicago, U.S.A. |
| February 1990 | Capital increased to 1 billion yen |
| August 1991 | Yamaguchi plant constructed |
| March 1992 | Testing and Analyzing Center established at Yamaguchi plant |
| April 1996 | Yamaguchi Plant obtained ISO 9002 certification |
| December 1996 | Capital increased to 1.5 billion yen |
| February 1999 | Osaka Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification |
| April 2000 | Nara Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification |
| July 2000 | Established TAIYO TEC, LTD. (former Nara Plant) |
| September 2001 | Tsukuba Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification |
| March 2002 | Business alliance with Parker Hannifin Corporation startedCapital increased to 2,944,200,000 yen |
| April 2002 | Mechatronics Group (Standard Equipment-group and Semiconductor-group) obtained ISO 9001 certification |
| November 2002 | Yamaguchi Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification |
| February 2003 | TAIYO PARKER FLUIDPOWER (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD established in Shanghai, China |
| October 2003 | Mechatronics Group (System Device-group) obtained ISO 9001 certification |
| April 2004 | Mechatronics Group obtained ISO 14001 certification |
| May 2005 | Headquarters, Tsukuba Plant and Yamaguchi Plant obtained ISO 14001 certification |
| July 2007 | TAIYO, LTD. changed its (Japanese) trade name to Kabushikigaisya TAIYO |
| March 2008 | TAIYO listed on the Second section of the Tokyo Stock ExcangeCapital increased to 3,153,450,000 yen |
| June 2011 | Taiyo SYSTEM(Tianjin) co.,ltd. was established in Tianjin, China. |
| June 2012 | TAIYO, LTD was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchenge after the TBO. TAIYO TECHNO, LTD. obtained ISO 9001 certification. |