| July 1933 | 
            TAIYO IRON WORKS. for manufacturing spinning  
            machine parts established in Kunijima, Higashi Yodogawa-ku, Osaka | 
        
        
            | December 1945 | 
            Company trade name changed to TAIYO, LTD. | 
        
        
            | July 1951 | 
            Production of automatic machines started | 
        
        
            | October 1952 | 
            Production of hydraulic/pneumatic cylinders and related equipment started | 
        
        
            | June 1965 | 
            Head office moved to Kita Eguchi, Higashi Yodogawa-ku, Osaka | 
        
        
            | May 1968 | 
            Production of hydraulic jacks for elevators started | 
        
        
            | July 1970 | 
            Osaka Plant expanded to include new heavy machinery and machinery assembling plants | 
        
        
            | March 1972 | 
            Osaka plant was approved as the first "JIS-licensed hydraulic cylinder plant" in Japan | 
        
        
            | February 1976 | 
            Established TAIYO SERVICE CO., LTD. (changed the name to TAIYO TECHNO, LTD. in March, 1989) | 
        
        
            | December 1982 | 
            Nara Plant constructed | 
        
        
            | August 1983 | 
            Tsukuba plant constructed | 
        
        
            | September 1986 | 
            TAIYO AMERICA, INC. established in Chicago, U.S.A. | 
        
        
            | February 1990 | 
            Capital increased to 1 billion yen | 
        
        
            | August 1991 | 
            Yamaguchi plant constructed | 
        
        
            | March 1992 | 
            Testing and Analyzing Center established at Yamaguchi plant | 
        
        
            | April 1996 | 
            Yamaguchi Plant obtained ISO 9002 certification | 
        
        
            | December 1996 | 
            Capital increased to 1.5 billion yen | 
        
        
            | February 1999 | 
            Osaka Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification | 
        
        
            | April 2000 | 
            Nara Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification | 
        
        
            | July 2000 | 
            Established TAIYO TEC, LTD. (former Nara Plant) | 
        
        
            | September 2001 | 
            Tsukuba Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification | 
        
        
            | March 2002 | 
            Business alliance with Parker Hannifin Corporation startedCapital increased to 2,944,200,000 yen | 
        
        
            | April 2002 | 
            Mechatronics Group (Standard Equipment-group and Semiconductor-group) obtained ISO 9001 certification | 
        
        
            | November 2002 | 
            Yamaguchi Plant obtained ISO 9001 certification | 
        
        
            | February 2003 | 
            TAIYO PARKER FLUIDPOWER (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD established in Shanghai, China | 
        
        
            | October 2003 | 
            Mechatronics Group (System Device-group) obtained ISO 9001 certification | 
        
        
            | April 2004 | 
            Mechatronics Group obtained ISO 14001 certification | 
        
        
            | May 2005 | 
            Headquarters, Tsukuba Plant and Yamaguchi Plant  obtained ISO 14001 certification | 
        
        
            | July 2007 | 
            TAIYO, LTD. changed its (Japanese) trade name to Kabushikigaisya TAIYO | 
        
        
            | March 2008 | 
            TAIYO listed on the Second section of the Tokyo Stock ExcangeCapital increased to 3,153,450,000 yen | 
        
        
            | June 2011 | 
            Taiyo SYSTEM(Tianjin) co.,ltd. was established in Tianjin, China. | 
        
        
            | June 2012 | 
            TAIYO, LTD was delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchenge 
            after the TBO. 
            TAIYO TECHNO, LTD. obtained ISO 9001 certification |