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1946 Form a private firm "Hanwa Shokai"
1947 Establish "HANWA CO., LTD"
1948 Open Tokyo office (present Tokyo Head Quarter)
1949 Join "Japan Iron and Steel Federation"
1952 Open Nagoya office(present Nagoya Branch)
1953 Start trading with People's Republic of China
1957 Establish Hanwa scholarship foundation
1959 Supply steel material for TOGU-GOSHO, Crown Prince's Palace
1960 First published NEN-RIN, company news leter
1961 Open "FUNABASHI warehouse(Tokyo)"(present Hanwa Logistics Tokyo Funabashi Center)
1963 Listed on the second section of the Osaka Stock Exchange
1964 Open Hong Kong office(present Head Quarters of Hanwa Co.(Hong Kong)Ltd.)
1965 Open New York office(present Head Quarters of Hanwa American Corp.)
  Open Bombay office(present Mumbai office)
1967 Join JETRO
1968 Open Seattle office(present Seattle Branch of Hanwa American Corp.)
  Establish Hanwa American Corporation
1970 Listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1971 Open Singapore office (present Hanwa Singapore (Pte.)Ltd.)
  Establish Hanwa Co.,(Hong Kong)Ltd.
  Listed on both the first section of Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchange
1972 Open Teheran office
  Open Bangkok office (present Hanwa Thailand Co., Ltd.)
  Completion of new premise of Tokyo branch
  Open Bogota office
  Establish Hanwa Singapore (Pte.) Ltd.
1973 Open Jakarta office
  Completion of Nagoya Steel Center(present Hanwa Logistics Nagoya Co., Ltd.)
  Chiyoda Co., Ltd. join Hanwa group
  S.K.Engineering Co., Ltd. join Hanwa group
1975 Open London office(present London Branch)
  Open Kuwait office
  Open "Nankou Steel Center(Osaka)"(Present Hanwa Logistics Osaka Co., Ltd.)
1976 Open Kuala Lumpur office(present Hanwa (Malaysia) SDN.BHD.)
  Hanwa American Corp. open Houston branch
  Establish Hanwa Thailand Co., Ltd.
1977 Launched company-wide online system
  Establish Hanwa employee's pension fund
  Open Riyadh office
1978 Open Las Palmas office
  Open Taipei office(present Head Quarters of Taiwan Hanwa Kogyo Co., Ltd.)
  Start direct trading with People's Republic of China
1980 Join Nippon Steel Corporation's "TOOKA-KAI", dealers' association
1982 Open Jeddah office
1983 Establish C.P.U. Corp.
1984 Open Beijin office
1985 Open Shanghai office(present Head Quarters of Hanwa Trading (Shanghai)Co., Ltd.)
1986 Nishinihon Generator Mfg.Co., Ltd. join Hanwa group
1987 Toryu Cement Corporation jointly established by Hanwa and Toryu Japan
1988 Open "Keiyou Steel Center(Tokyo)"(present Hanwa Logistics Tokyo Co., Ltd.)
1990 Capital participation to Shenzhen NS Steel Center Co., Ltd., China
1991 Establish Hanwa (Malaysia) SDN.BHD.
1992 Establish Taiwan Hanwa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
1994 Establish Hanwa Logistics Center Co., Ltd.
  Open Vancouver office(present Hanwa Canada Corporation)
1995 Capital participation to Dongguan Tetsuwa Metals Co., Ltd., China
  Open TOHOKU branch
  Open KYUSHU branch
  Establish Hanwa Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
  Establish Hanwa (Korea) Co., Ltd.
  Capital participation to Chang-Fu Stainless Steel Center(Suzhou)Co., Ltd., China
1996 Taiwan Hanwa Kogyo Co., Ltd. open Kaohsiung office
  Hanwa Co.,(Hong Kong)Ltd. open Dongguan office
  Establish Halos Co., Ltd.
1997 Capital participation to Furukawa UNIC (Thailand)Co., Ltd.
  Establish Hanwa Alpha Business Co., Ltd.
1998 Hanwa Logistic Center Co., Ltd. open Sendai warehouse(present Hanwa Logistics Tokyo Sendai Center)
1999 Hanwa American Corp. open California office(Present Los Angeles branch)
  Capital participation to PCM Processing (Thailand) Ltd.
  Capital participation to Sohbi Kohgei (Phils.),Inc.
  Santo Steel Co., Ltd. join Hanwa group
  Hanwa Co.,(Hong Kong)Ltd. open Zhongshan office
2000 ISO14001 certified (Tokyo & Osaka HQ, Nagoya Branch Office, Tohoku and Kyushu Branch Offices)
  Launching own E-commerce,"hanwa-steel.com"
  Open Dalian office
  Open Qingdao office
  Establish Hanwa Canada Corporation
  Open Fuzhou office
2001 Rebuild Hanwa Logistics Center Co., Ltd to Hanwa Logistics Tokyo Co., Ltd., Hanwa Logistics Osaka Co., Ltd. and Hanwa Logistics Nagoya Co., Ltd.
  Open Chongqing office
2002 Establish Hanwa Steel Services Ltd.
  Hanwa Co.,(Hong Kong)Ltd. establish Guangzhou Hanwa Trading Co., Ltd.
  Establish PT. Hanwa Indonesia
2003 Launching own E-commerce,"hanwa-lumber.com"
2004 Open Wuhan office
Establish Hanwa Steel Service (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Hanwa Steel Service certified ISO9001 ver. 2000
2005 Open Wien office (Vienna office)
Open Ho Chi Minh office
Participate Chrome business in South Africa
Start operation Hanwa Steel Service (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Establish Hanwa Steel Service (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.
Open Mumbai office (present Hanwa India Private Ltd.)
2006 Open Hokkaido Branch
Open Dubai office (present Hanwa Middle East FZE)
Hokkaido Branch ISO 14001 Certified
2007 Open Niigata Branch
Open Hiroshima Branch (present Chugoku Branch)
Niigata & Hiroshima Branches Certified ISO 14001
Open Damman office
2008 Open Hanwa India Private Ltd. Mumbai office, New Delhi office
Establish Hanwa Europe B.V.
Open Hanoi office
Establish PT.Hanwa Steel Service (Indonesia)
2009 Open Johannesburg office
Open Kitakanto Branch
2010 Tokyo Head office moved
Open Okinawa Branch

   
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