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. Kumanosuke 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) | Hirokazu 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) | Hirokazu Ueda appointed as Chairman and Representative Director Daisuke Ueda appointed as President and CEO |