For Tsuchiya,
it all began with paint.

The company was founded by Kounosuke Ohara in 1950 as a paint shop. He forged ties with America's DuPont, entered the automobile industry, and then established the foundations of a research and development system that could respond to high-level market needs.

December 1950

Started as Tsuchiya Yugen Kaisha at 1 Fujimi-cho, Naka-ku, Nagoya

August 1953

Established Tsuchiya(Tokyo) Co., Ltd. at Shiba-Daimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo

April 1955

Established Osaka sales branch at Osaka

April 1961

Established Fukuoka sales branch at Fukuoka

August 1963

Established Tokai Chemical Co., Ltd.

January 1964

Changed the organization from limited company to stock company

November 1970

Established Tsuchiya Schlegel Co., Ltd.
(Joint venture with Schlegel Corp. in USA)

June 1971

Established Tsuchiya Decal Industrial Co., Ltd.

March 1976

Engaged Professor Tomoo Sato (Tohoku University professor emeritus and Nagoya Institute of Technology professor emeritus) as senior advisor

January 1978

Established Mizushima Branch (Okayama)

August 1978

Completed Chiryu Laboratory

September 1979

Changed Tokai Chemical Co., Ltd. to Tsuchiya Chemical Co., Ltd.

October 1979

Established Yotsuya Branch (Tokyo)

September 1981

Established Tsuchiya(Fukuoka) Co., Ltd.

July 1982

Changed Tsuchiya Schlegel Co., Ltd. to Tsuchiya TSCO Co., Ltd.

December 1983

Established Tsuchiya Magnex Co., Ltd.

December 1985

Established Toyokawa Branch (Aichi)

August 1986

Established Joint venture TASUS Corp. in USA

July 1987

Established Tsuchiya Screen Co., Ltd.

April 1988

Established Kagoshima Branch (Kagoshima)

October 1988

Established Oyama Branch (Tochigi)

November 1988

Completed new Head Office building

August 1989

Established Atsugi Branch (Kanagawa)

September 1992

Established Kitakami Tsuchiya Decal Co., Ltd.

September 1992

Established Kitakami Branch (Iwate)

October 1993

Established Fukuoka Tsuchiya Decal Co., Ltd.

October 1993

Established Okagaki Branch (Fukuoka)

February 1995

Capitally participated in Craft Originators Inc.

November 1996

Established Tsuchiya Trading(HK) Ltd.

April 1997

Bestowed Prize of the Minister of the Japan Agency of Science & Technology to K.Ohara,Chairman

June 1998

Established Hokuriku Branch (Ishikawa)

June 1998

Established Craft Originators de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

March 1999

Capitally participated in YAC Co., Ltd.

April 2000

Established Sendai Branch (Kagoshima)

November 2000

Completed Tsuchiya Tokyo building

November 2000

Commemorated 50th Anniversary

July 2001

Established Tsuchiya (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

July 2002

Established Tsuchiya TSCO(Vietnam) Co., Ltd.

September 2003

Established Nakatsu Branch (Oita)

January 2004

Established TASUS Texas Corp.

May 2004

Established Tsuchiya (Tianjin) Automotive Components Co., Ltd.

September 2004

Established Tsuchiya (Guangzhou) Automotive Components Co., Ltd.

January 2006

Established Tsuchiya (Beijing) International Trading Co., Ltd.

May 2006

Completed Research & Development Center at Aichi

July 2006

Capitally participated in BBH-Stikama, spol. s.r.o in Czech,
and changed to BBH Tsuchiya s.r.o.

January 2007

Established Tsuchiya (Beijing) International Trading Co., Ltd., Shanghai branch

September 2007

Established Kumamoto Branch (Kumamoto)

June 2009

Established Tsuchiya (Thailand) Technical & Design Center

March 2010

Established Sendai Branch (Miyagi)

May 2011

Established PT. Tsuchiya Indonesia

February 2012

Established Tsuchiya (Beijing) International Trading Co., Ltd., Dalian Branch

June 2012

Name changed from YAC CO.,LTD. to TSUCHIYA YAC CO., LTD.

July 2012

Capitally participated in PT.NOJIMA PLASTIC INDONESIA

September 2012

Established TASUS ALABAMA CORPORATION

January 2013

Name changed from PT.NOJIMA PLASTIC INDONESIA
to PT.TSUCHIYA MANUFACTURING INDONESIA

March 2013

Name changed from CRAFT ORIGINATORS INC.to TASUS CANADA CORPORATION

November 2013

Established Utsunomiya Branch (Tochigi)

September 2014

Established Hiroshima Branch (Hiroshima)

November 2014

Established TSUCHIYA TRADING VIETNAM CO., LTD.

April 2018

Established Shizuoka Branch (Shizuoka)

August 2020

Completed new Head Office“TSUCHIYA ANNEX Ebuilding

January 2021

Established Tsuchiya (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd.