| Technology and Products Highlights | Business Development Highlights | |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Manufacturing of extruders (for wire coating) started. | |
| 1963 | Production of inflation film manufacturing devices started. | |
| 1965 | Chiba Works established. Plastics Machinery division inaugurated. | |
| 1966 | The first laminator completed. The technical tie-up with Netstal in Switzerland. |
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| 1967 | Neomat, the first injection blow molding machine in Japan completed. | |
| 1969 | Neomat, the first mass-production injection molding machine completed. | |
| 1970 | Technical tie-up with Bechuum of West Germany for blow molding machines. | |
| 1972 | The first sandwich injection molding machine completed. | |
| 1977 | Technology Center opened. | |
| 1980 | SHI Plastics Machinery Inc. of America established. | |
| 1981 | SHI Plastics Machinery (S)Pte. Ltd. established. | |
| 1983 | The special machines for discs introduced to the market. | |
| 1989 | SHI Plastics Machinery (Thailand)Ltd. established. |
| Technology and Products Highlights | Business Development Highlights | |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Electronic injection molding machine SE Series introduced to the market. | SHI Plastics Machinery (Taiwan)Inc established. SHI Plastics Machinery,Ltd. established. |
| 1992 | SHI Plastics Machinery (Europe)B.V.. established. | |
| 1993 | PET Series introduced to the market. | SHI Plastics Machinery (Malaysia)Sdn.Bhd established. SHI Plastics Machinery (Hong Kong)Ltd. established. |
| 1995 | SGM Series introduced to the market. | PT SHI Plastics Machinery (Indonesia) established. SHI Plastics Machinery (New SPM)Ltd established. |
| 1997 | Techinical assistance given to DGP Windsor, India. ISO 9001 certification acquired for injection molding machines. |
SHI Plastics Machinery (Phlis)Inc established. |
| 1998 | SHC Series introduced to the market. SE-S Series introduced to the market. |
SPM-MFG (American manufacturing company) established. |
| 1999 | Chiba Works acquired ISO 14001 certification. | |
| 2000 | Production control and managements system "iii-System" introduced to the market. | SHI Plastics Machinery (Korea)Co.,Ltd established. SHI Plastics Machinery (Shang Hai)Ltd established. SHI Modern Machinery Ltd (Present Sumitomo Heavy Industries,Ltd) established. |
| Technology and Products Highlights | Business Development Highlights | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | SE-D Series introduced to the market. Glass molding machine "NANO-Press" introduced to the market. |
SHI Plastics Machinery de Mexico.S.A.DE.C.V.established. |
| 2002 | SE-HY Series introduced to the market. | Service office in Czech and Poland established. |
| 2003 | SED-CI Series introduced to the market. | Dalian in China office established. |
| 2004 | Output and sale of 40,000th injection molding machine achived. | |
| 2005 | SE7M introduced to the market. SE-DU Series introduced to the market. SE-HD Series introduced to the market. SE-HS Series introduced to the market. |
SHI Plastics Machinery (Vietnam) Ltd. established Su Zhou in China office established. |
| 2006 | Established a local corporation in Dongguan, China | |
| 2008 | Full electric two-material molding machine SEHS-CI is now on sale. Large-sized full electric ejection molding machine CL7000 is now on sale. Small-sized full electric ejection molding machine SE-DUZ series is now on sale. |
Acquired the stocks of Demag Ergotech (Germany) and Van Dorn Demag (US) |
| 2009 | Sumitomo (SHI) Demag GmbH has started the sale of the IntElect smart series (with European specification motor). | Established a base in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam |
| 2010 | Established a local corporation in India |
| Technology and Products Highlights | Business Development Highlights | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | New ejection molding machine SE-EV series are now on sale. | |
| 2012 | The SE-EV series has won the "Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award" as the excellent energy-saving instrument. | |
| 2013 | Established a base in Leon, Mexico | |
| 2015 | All-electric Small-sized Molding Machine SE-EV-A debuts. | |
| 2016 | All-electric Small-sized Molding Machine SE-EV-A debuts. |