History

• 1941

  Founded by founder Shigeji Takauji for selling welding rods and secondary steel products. 　　

• 1947

  Established Shitaya Kinzoku Manufacturing (Capital: 200k Yen).

  

• 1953

  Dissolved Shitaya Kinzoku Manufacturing and Shitaya Kinzoku Co., Ltd. was established (Capital: 3 million yen).
  

  

• 1955

  Established the Osaka Sales Office.

  

• 1956

  Established "Shitaya-kai" with business partners and developed a nationwide wire rope sales network.

  

• 1963

  Began trade with People’s Republic of China as a designated trading company.

  

• 1967

  Became the Chair company of the Tokyo Wire Rope Commercial Association.
  Capital investment in Matsudo Kosan Corporation, the facility management company of Matsudo Bicycle Racetrack.

  

• 1968

  Increased capital to 9 million yen.
  Completion of the Kasumigaseki Building.
  Participated in the construction of skyscrapers in Hamamatsucho and Shinjuku, and supplied the construction materials.

  

• 1971

  Established "East Japan Wire Rope Center" through a business alliance with Nissho Iwai Corporation.

• 1972

  Completion of Tsushima Omega Tower.

  

• 1973

  Established a new distribution center in Kita-Matsudo, Chiba.
  Completion of the Kanmon Bridge.

  

• 1974

  Increased capital to 18 million yen.

• 1976

  Became the first chair company of the All Japan Wire Rope Commercial Association.
  Increased capital to 36 million yen.

  

• 1982

  Introduced the industry's first 2,000-ton press machine for wire rope processing.

• 1984

  Moved the head office to the former Mitsui Bank Ueno Branch building.
  Participated in the construction of the Honshu-Shikoku Bridge and fulfilled orders.

  

• 1986

  Became the first chair company of the National Galvanized Steel Strand Sales Cooperative.
  Sapporo Sales Office opened in Ishikari City, Hokkaido.

• 1987

  Supplied cable-stayed bridge cables for Shengli Bridge in Shandong Province, China, and was invited to the opening ceremony for technical guidance.

  

• 1989

  Completion of th Yokohama Bay Bridge.

  

• 1992

  Newly constructed and relocated Sapporo Sales Office to Sapporo City.

  

• 1993

  Opened Matsudo Product Center in Kita-Matsudo, Chiba.
  Completion of the Rainbow Bridge.

  

• 1995

  Separated wire rope processing department and became indepent as Shitaya Giko Co., Ltd. with capital 10 million yen.

• 1996

  Moved head office to Daiichi Shitaya Building.
  Completion of the M-Wave (speed skating site for the Nagano Olympics).
  

• 1998

  Established Kashiwa processing center in Chiba to reinforce processing department.
  Completion of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.
  Completed Hakucho Bridge in Muroran City, Hokkaido.

  

• 2000

  Introduced annealing machine at Kashiwa processing center.

• 2004

  Established Toko Wire Rope East Japan Ltd. with Tokyo Rope MFG Co., Ltd. as a joint venture.

• 2007

  Established Morioka Branch Office in Shiwa-gun, Iwate.
  Completion of the renovation of the JRA Tokyo Racecourse Stand.

  

• 2008

  Completion of the D-runway and taxiway, International terminal, Tokyo International Airport.

  

• 2012

  Relocated the Tohoku regional office from Morioka to Sendai.
  Completion of the Awa Shirasagi Bridge.
  Completion of the JP Tower.
  Completion of the Tokyo SkyTree.
  Completed restoration of Tokyo Station Marunouchi Station Building.

  

• 2014

  Merged business with Shitaya Giko Co., Ltd.

• 2017

  Moved the head office to Shitaya Building.

  

• 2019

  Newly established the Sendai Sales Office and Osaka Sales Office.
  Sold all shares and dissolved the capital relationship with Fasten Group Tokyo Co., Ltd.
  Completion of the Japan National Stadium.

  

• 2020