YANMAR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

YANMAR established. Establish the Yamaoka motor factory in Nishinomachi (present Chayamachi) Kitano Kitaku, Osaka city, to sell and repair gas generators.

YANMAR Construction Equipment established.

Start manufacturing hand dorsers.

Start selling "YNB300", the first wheel type mini excavator in the market with a YANMAR diesel engine.

Start operating Chikugo factory. Start manufacturing excavator loaders.

Start manufacturing mini excavators.

Establish an implement division in the land sales department of YANMAR Diesel Co.,Ltd.

Display mini excavators, hand dorsers and generators at the exhibition for manufacturing equipment (Tokyo).

Start manufacturing the world’s first tracked carrier, YFW500D.

Establish a development department.

Start manufacturing wheel loaders at Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg.Co.,Ltd.

Change the firm name to Seirei Industry Co,.Ltd. Complete the factory at Chikugo.

Break annual sales of 10 billion yen.

Exceed compact construction machines overseas (Ship 150units to Taiwan).

Break annual sales of 20 billion yen.

Establish YANMAR Diesel Co.,Ltd. Construction equipment department (Unite Sales, development, and export department).

Open a YANMAR construction equipment national convention.

Establish a sales company "YANMAR Kyushu Construction Equipment Co.,Ltd." and "YANMAR Tohoku Construction Equipment Co.,Ltd."

Show 8models and 11units of compact excavators at "Bauma fair", Germany.

Introduce Cathodic Electrodeposition for the first time in the construction equipment industry in order to increase the quality of painting.

Establish a sales company "YANMAR Nishi Nihon Construction Equipment Co.,Ltd."

Establish a manufacturing, sales base "Amman YANMAR" in France with Amman of Switzerland.

Break manufacturing 100000 units of construction equipment. Complete machine factory.

Break annual sales of 35 billion yen.

Obtain ISO9001, an international standard regarding quality assurance.

Ship 20000 units of mini excavators overseas.

Start manufacturing at Amman YANMAR.

Be able to operate without an operator for a long stretch of time by assembling a machining center FMS.

ViO series break 10000 sales units in 3 years.

Obtain ISO14001, an international standard regarding environment control system.

The ViO series receives a silver medal at the biggest construction equipment exhibition in the UK.

Combine sales companies to 7 total sales companies (construction equipment, marine vessel, and air conditioning).

Establish a construction equipment sales department in YANMAR America.

Consign the factory logistics to Seirei Total Service Co.,Ltd by establishing a Kyushu sales office.

Establish "YANMAR ViO Co.,Ltd.", an online business firm for used construction equipment.

Complete a new factory in AMMAN YANMAR (France) which is 3 times bigger than the former factory.

The construction equipment received a merit award at Pro/AWARD2002.

By YEP (YANMAR Evolution Plan), start transferring the manufacturing models to the Fukuoka factory as a construction equipment specialized factory.

Transfer the manufacture of loaders from Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg.Co.,Ltd.

Transfer the Agrica series to Seirei factory.

Transfer crawler tractors (CT280,340) to YANMAR Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing.

Establish YANMAR Construction Equipment Sales Co.,Ltd.

Establish YANMAR Construction Equipment Co.,Ltd. By inheriting the construction equipment manufacturing department from Seirei industry Co.,Ltd.

Divide the construction equipment department from YANMAR Co.,Ltd to YANMAR Construction Equipment.

Show machines in BAUMA CHINA, an exhibition in China.

Start sales at YANMAR Shanghai (China).

An igniting ceremony for new painting equipment at the Fukuoka factory, YANMAR Construction Equipment.

Show the first YANMAR booth at EXCON7, an exhibition in India.

Show machines in BIG FIVE2007, an exhibition in Dubai.

Introduce a large sized machining machine (2units for booms and arms, 1unit for the turning frame), YANMAR Construction Equipment.

100% subsidize AMMAN YANMAR.
Establish YANMAR Construction Equipment Europe (YCEE) in France.

Merger YANMAR Construction Equipment Sales Co.,Ltd to YANMAR Construction Equipment Co., Ltd in order to combine manufacturing, sales, and development.

Start sales at YANMAR South America (Brazil).

100 years from establishment, 10 years from founding of YANMAR Construction Equipment Co.,Ltd.

Start sales at YANMAR SP (Thailand).

Establish YANMAR compact Germany in Germany.

Completes Acquisition of North American compact equipment Manufacturer ASV Holdings.
ASV's dealer network will join Yanmar's global construction equipment operations.