Company｜ANZEN MOTOR CAR CO., LTD.

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Company Name	ANZEN MOTOR CAR CO.,LTD.
Address	Home office: 1-6-2, Motoakasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan 107-0051 Headquarters: 4-16-25, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan 108-0023 Tel: +81-3-5441-3411, Fax: +81-3-5441-8810 Branch office: Sapporo, Sendai, Kanto, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka Sales offices: Kushiro, Morioka, Koriyama, Mito, Utsunomiya, Niigata, Chiba, Yokohama, Kanazawa, Shizuoka, Okayama, Hiroshima, Takamatsu, Minamikyushu and Okinawa Regional office: Takasaki
International Sales Dept.	4-16-25, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0023 Tel: +81-3-5441-3412, Fax: +81-3-5441-8848
Foundation	May 3, 1918
Capital	Capital Number of shares for issue: 4 million, authorized capital: 200 million yen Number of issued shares: 2 million, paid-up capital: 100 million yen
President	Sohei Nakaya
Number of Employees	342 (as of January 16, 2017)
Description of Business	・Machine tools for automobile maintenance ・Equipment and systems for vehicle inspections ・Suspension maintenance equipment ・Machine tools for car-body maintenance ・Computer-based automobile maintenance management systems, environmental equipment ・Car wash, design and fabrication of special equipment ・Other labor-saving/streamlining equipment, and real estate rental

2018-

2018-

2019	ANZEN Motor car India was established.
2018	ANZEN Motor car celebrated the 100th anniversary.

2008-

2016	TC-2003 is released, a camera-based alignment system ("truckCam") for large vehicles.
2015	HLI-2015 is released, the industry's first full-automatic headlight tester with color image processing. ATL-215 is released, a tire lifter.
2014	ANZEN Motor Car Co., Ltd. established from the merger of Hiroshima ANZEN Co., Ltd. and Takamatsu ANZEN Co., Ltd.
2013	Celebrated the 95th anniversary of its foundation.
2009	ANZEN (Beijing) Imp & Exp Co., Ltd. was established.
2008	ANZEN Building (22 stories above the ground and one basement) began full operations. The company celebrated the 90th anniversary of its foundation. Hokkaido ANZEN Co., Ltd. Tohoku ANZEN Co., Ltd. Kanto ANZEN Co., Ltd. and Kyushu ANZEN Co., Ltd. merged to become branch offices of ANZEN Motor Car Co., Ltd.

1999-

2007	Kanto ANZEN Co., Ltd. set up the Takasaki regional office. The first-period construction work for the ANZEN Building was completed. The second plant in Numazu started operations.
2006	The company obtained ISO 9001 for the design and manufacturing of automotive inspection equipment.
2005	The company released ABS testers as combined testers for sideslips, brakes, and speedometers.
2004	Osaka ANZEN Co., Ltd. merged into ANZEN Motor Car Co., Ltd. and became a branch office of the parent. The company released the Line Master, a total line system for vehicle inspections.
2003	HLI-203 is released, the industry's first manual headlight tester based on image processing.
2002	The company released the TWPF series offering caterpillar-turning, twin-power lifts.
2001	The Beijing office of Nippon ANZEN Motor Car Co., Ltd. was set up. ANZEN Web, the website of ANZEN Motor Car, was launched.
2000	The Hiroshima and Takamatsu offices became separate corporate entities as Hiroshima Anzen Co., Ltd. and Takamatsu ANZEN Co., Ltd. Sanno Park Tower (44 stories above the ground and 3 basement) was completed. The company released the HLI-2000, a full-automatic headlight tester based on image processing.
1999	HLI-1000 is released, a full-automatic headlight tester based on image processing. It won a good design award at the same time. The Tohoku, Kanto, and Kyushu offices became separate corporate entities as Tohoku ANZEN Co., Ltd. Kanto ANZEN Co., Ltd. and Kyushu ANZEN Co., Ltd. The company signed an agent agreement with Butler in Italy, a tire changer supplier.

1989-

1998	The Hokkaido and Osaka offices became separate corporate entities as Hokkaido ANZEN Co., Ltd. and Osaka ANZEN Co., Ltd. The headquarters and Tokyo branch office relocated to Shibaura.
1996	ANZEN Property Co., Ltd. was established. The Kanto office was spun off from the Tokyo branch office as the Kanto branch office.
1995	"Maintec" is released, a car maintenance management system.
1990	Swat Shop Kanazawa started operations, a workshop specializing for alignments. The Minamikyushu business office was set up.
1989	The Chiba business office was set up. The company released the Auto-D1, a car maintenance management system.

1926-1988

1988	Matsumoto ANZEN Co., Ltd. was established. The company released the G-SWAT, an alignment tester for car maintenance workshops.
1987	The Anzen Numazu Center opened in Numazu city. A.A.I. (ANZEN of America, Inc.) was established. The company released the R-SWAT, an alignment tester for automotive manufacturers. The company released the AUTO-PRO, a car maintenance management system.
1986	The Tokyo business office was reorganized as the Tokyo branch office.
1980	The company developed rotary and sliding vehicle inspection systems.
1979	The Mito regional office (the present Mito business office) was set up. The company developed the SBT-302, the industry's first brake tester covering a variety of vehicles types from light cars to large-sized vehicles.
1977	The second ANZEN Building (13 stories above the ground and one basement) was completed next to the ANZEN Building.
1976	The Yokohama regional office (the present Yokohama business office) was set up.
1975	Sanno Real Estate Co., Ltd. was established.
1974	The Kushiro regional office (the present Kushiro business office) was set up. The company released the ZFA-HL, an automobile-exhaust measurement device.
1973	The Niigata business office was set up. The Shizuoka business office was set up.
1972	The Okinawa regional office (the present Okinawa business office) was set up. The Morioka regional office (the present Morioka business office) was set up. The ANZEN Building (11 stories above the ground and one basement) was completed. The Utsunomiya regional office (the present Utsunomiya business office) was set up.
1971	The Okayama regional office (the present Okayama business office) was set up. The company released the SSBT-30FL, Japan's first combined tester for brakes and speedometers.
1970	TWP-2500 is released, an ANZEN original two-column lift.
1969	The Koriyama regional office (the present Koriyama business office) was set up.
1968	The Saitama servicing workshop (the present Kanto branch office) was set up in Shiki City, Saitama Prefecture.
1967	The Kanazawa business office was set up.
1966	The Takamatsu business office was set up. The Sendai business office (the present Sendai branch office) was set up.
1965	The Matsumoto business office (the present Matsumoto ANZEN Co., Ltd.) was set up.
1961	The Hiroshima business office (the present Hiroshima ANZEN Co., Ltd.) was set up.
1960	The machine tool department was spun off from ANZEN Car Body Co., Ltd. and established as ANZEN Jiko Co., Ltd.
1959	The Fukuoka regional office (the present Fukuoka branch office) was set up. The company won the championship for the first time in the championship tournament of corporate ice hockey teams in Tokyo.
1958	The Sapporo business office (the present Sapporo branch office) was set up. The company released the SBT-300F, the industry's first brake tester for large vehicles.
1957	ANZEN Toyopet Co., Ltd. was established to sell domestic cars.
1955	ANZEN Motor Car Maintenance Co., Ltd. was established to was spun off maintenance department.
1954	HLI-1 is released, ANZEN's first headlight tester.
1950	The company released the model "Lucky", a motorbike.
1949	A car maintenance workshop was constructed in Motoakasaka.
1948	The company renewed an agent agreement with Chrysler Corporation in the United States to restart selling imported cars.
1947	The company signed agency agreements with 20 companies in the United States and Europe for full-scale operations in the automotive maintenance equipment bussiness.
1945	The headquarters and the Nagoya branch office buildings, Yoyogi factory, and the Fukagawa factory were destroyed by fire in wartime. The headquarters relocated to Tameike to restart operations in the postwar recovery period.
1941	The Yoyogi factory manufactured a portable power pump for refueling aircraft.
1938	The company made and sold the model Nikko, a purely domestic passenger car, which was later discontinued because of a national policy in wartime. Limited-partnership marketing organizations set up in many areas were merged and reorganized as branch and business offices. Besides the Osaka and Nagoya offices, the Yokohama, Aomori, Kanazawa, and Chiba offices were reorganized under the control of the headquarters.
1935	The Yoyogi factory manufactured and sold Japan's first automotive maintenance equipment as the Safety brand.
1934	The Shibaura factory was constructed in Shibaura (Tokyo) to manufacture truck and bus bodies.
1932	The company manufactured and sold the model "ANZEN-Go", a three-wheeler, which was the first original car from ANZEN.
1930	Kyoritsu Automobile Manufacturing was established in Tsurumi (Kanagawa Prefecture) to start operations as an assembly shop for all models of Chrysler. As sole agents of Alemite in the United States and several other companies, the company started importing and selling automotive maintenance equipment.
1928	Nagoya ANZEN Shokai (the present Nagoya branch office) was established in Aichi prefecture.
1927	As the sole agent in Japan for Dodge Brothers (the present Chrysler) to start selling Dodge-brand cars. Osaka ANZEN Shokai was established in Osaka prefecture.

1918-

1924	As the sole agent for Firestone in the United States, the company started selling tires.
1919	Based on a special arrangement with Rising Sun Oil Company (the present Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.), the company set up Japan's first gas stations (at six locations including Akasakamitsuke). The company also started selling gasoline tickets and began night operations. The company constructed a factory in Yoyogi to manufacture fire engines, maintenance equipment, and automotive parts.
1918	Tamotsu Nakaya returned from the United States to found the company with 200,000 yen in capital and to import and sell automobiles and their parts.