Apr. 1938

Osaka Oudou Co., Ltd. founded with starting capital of 100,000yen for production and sale of processed copper/brass products.

Sep. 1943

Company name changed to Osaka Light Alloy industry Co., Ltd.; commenced production of duralumin.

Oct. 1945

Company name changed to Shin Nippon Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Jan. 1947

Founded Osaka Oudou Co.,Ltd.as a subsidiary.

Jan. 1949

Company name changed to Nippon Shindo Co., Ltd.

May. 1949

Listed on Osaka Securities Exchange.

Jun. 1951

Became first copper/brass processing factory allowed to use JIS mark.

Apr. 1959

Founded Nisshin Jigane Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary.

Oct. 1961

Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Jul. 1966

Won Labor Minister’s Progress Award as excellent factory in safety management.

Sep. 1968

Won Director of Agency of industrial Science and Technology Award as excellent factory implementing industrial standardization.

Mar. 1975

Capital reached 880,000,000yen.

Jul. 1976

Launched wear resistant special high strength copper alloy bar HB series.

Apr. 1981

Launched dezincification resistant brass rod HC series.

Mar. 1985

Capital reached 1,305,000,000yen.

Apr. 1989

Commenced production of plating wires for connectors.

Apr. 1990

Commenced operation of horizontal continuous casting machine.

Dec.1996

Commenced mass production of reflow plating wires.

Apr. 2000

Launched dezincification resistant brass rod HC-50 and HC-60.

Jun. 2001

Received ISO 9001 certification.

Jun. 2001

Launched Lead-free brass rod HM-30.

Jul. 2006

Received ISO 14001 certification.

Jan. 2008

Capital reached 1,595,250,000yen.

May. 2011

Moved to new factory.

Mar. 2014

Business Alliance Agreement with SAN-ETSU Metal Co., Ltd.

Mar. 2015

To become a Consolidated Subsidiary of CK SAN-ETSU Co., Ltd.

Jul. 2015

Merger with Osaka Oudou Co., Ltd. and make it Osaka Oudou Company.

Apr. 2018

Launched dezincification resistant brass rod HC-80(reduce nickel’s use).

May. 2019

Launched lead-free low cadmium brass rod e-brass.

Dec. 2019

Launched Super Hero Bronze(HBS).

Apr. 2022

Shifting from the TSE Second Section Market to the TSE Standard Market.