Business History
| 1920（Taisho 9） | Ueda Plating Factory Founded |
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| 1956（Showa 31） | Renamed Ueda Plating Works and established a limited company with capital of 500,000 yen in Higashiyama, Kyoto. Kumonosuke Ueda appointed president and CEO |
| 1963（Showa 38） | Katsuji Ueda appointed President and Representative Director Shirakawa Factory established in Sanjo, Kyoto |
| 1967（Showa 42） | New Gojo Factory established in Saiin, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City |
| 1969（Showa 44） | New factory established in Nogata City, Fukuoka Prefecture |
| 1971（Showa 46） | The Nakahata Factory was spun off as Ueda Plating Co., Ltd. (currently Asuka Corporation). Established Yamazaki Seikin Co., Ltd. in Kichijoin, Minami-ku, Kyoto, as a factory specializing in electronic components. |
| 1973（Showa 48） | Started silver plating of semiconductor lead frames |
| 1974（Showa 49） | Independently developed tin plating and partial silver plating |
| 1975（Showa 50） | Started silver plating of semiconductor lead frame parts |
| 1978（Showa 53） | Yuichi Ueda appointed President and Representative Director |
| 1982（Showa 57） | Completion of the Yamanouchi Factory in Yamanouchi, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, and start of operations as a factory specializing in IC plating. |
| 1986（Showa 61） | Organizational change, company name changed to Ueda Plating Co., Ltd. |
| 1988（Showa 63） | Capital increase to 25 million yen Introduction of connector hoop gold plating equipment at Gojo Plant |
| 1989（Heisei 1） | Established UEDA PLATING MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. in Malaysia |
| 1992（Heisei 4） | New Hokuriku Factory to be Built in Noto Core Industrial Park, Ishikawa Prefecture |
| 1996（Heisei 8) | Yamanouchi Factory ISO 9002 Certification |
| 1997（Heisei 9） | UEDA PLATING MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. ISO 9002 certified |
| 1998（Heisei 10） | Gojo Factory ISO 9002 Certification Hokuriku Factory ISO 9002 Certification Designated as a model factory for small and medium-sized enterprises in Kyoto Prefecture |
| 2004（Heisei 16） | Integrated ISO 9001 quality system across three factories |
| 2004（Heisei 16） | Environmental System KES Step 2 Certification Acquisition |
| 2004（Heisei 16） | Technical Development Center established adjacent to Gojo Factory |
| 2006（Heisei 18） | UEDA PLATING MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. New construction of Plant No. 3 |
| 2008（Heisei 20） | Capital increase to 74.45 million yen |
| 2009年（Heisei 21） | Organizational change: Gojo Factory and Yamanouchi Factory merged, and factory name changed to Kyoto Factory. |
| 2010（Heisei 22） | Introduction of Ag plating equipment for LED substrates |
| 2011（Heisei 23） | Installation of a second Ag plating device for LED substrates |
| 2012（Heisei 24） | Introduction of partial Au plating equipment |
| 2013（Heisei 25） | Comprehensive review of the entire company organization |
| 2015（Heisei 27） | Kanto Sales Office Opens |
| 2017（Heisei 29） | New office building completed north of main factory |
| 2018（Heisei 30） | Introduction of Al material mass production line |
| 2018（Heisei 30） | Introduction of automatic plating line for automotive power module parts |
| 2021（Reiwa 3） | Introduction of automatic plating line for flexible substrates |
| 2022（Reiwa 4） | Hokuriku Factory: Construction of a new third factory and introduction of two automatic plating lines for automotive applications |
| 2023（Reiwa 5） | Introduction of new personnel system |
| 2024（Reiwa 6） | Yuichi Ueda appointed as Chairman and Representative Director Daisuke Ueda appointed as President and CEO |