Sanden Corporation (Formerly Sanden Holdings Corporation)
Company Profile
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https://www.sanden.co.jp/english/index.html
■Address
Business Overview
-A major manufacture of car air-conditioning systems and air-conditioning compressors, based in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It delivers HVAC units, compressors, and piping for climate-control systems.
-On March 1, 2021, as a way to improve its financial condition, it issued new stock shares through a third-party allocation. As a result, it announced that Hi-sense Home Appliances Group Co., Ltd. became the majority shareholder, which is a major appliance manufacturer based in China. The payment was finalized on May 31, 2021. After the allotment was completed, Hisense Japan Automotive Air Conditioning Systems Limited Liability Company, a special-purpose company to underwrite the stock, held 74.88% of the common shares.
Shareholders
-Moved to the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange | (As of Dec. 31, 2023) |
Name or Company Name | Investment Ratio (%) |
Hisense Japan Automotive Air-Conditioning Systems Limited Liability Company | 74.95 |
BBH (LUX) FOR FIDELITY FUNDS PACIFIC POOL (Standing proxy MUFG Bank, Ltd.) | 1.93 |
Sanden Customer Stock Ownership Plan | 1.37 |
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) | 1.17 |
Individual shareholders | 0.41 |
Sanden Employee Shareholding Association | 0.38 |
CLEARSTREAM BANKING S.A. (Standing proxy HSBC Bank Tokyo Branch Custody Department) | 0.38 |
SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | 0.28 |
Ushikubo Amada Scholarship Foundation | 0.22 |
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) | 0.21 |
Total | 81.30 |
Products
Automotive air conditioner systems
Compressors for automotive air conditioners
-Electric Compressors
-Variable Displacement Type Compressors
- Swash plate type
- Wabble plate type
-Fixed Displacement Type Compressors
- Wabble plate type
- Scroll type
-CO2 Compressors
HVAC units
Heat exchangers for engine
-Inter coolers
-Oil coolers
Heat exchangers for air-conditioning
-Evaporators
-Condensers
-Heater cores
Electric coolant heaters
Pipes for air conditioning
Heat pump system
History
July 1943 | The Company's predecessor, Sankyo Denki Co., Ltd. was established with paid-in capital of 198 thousand yen. |
Mar. 1948 | Started producing dynamo lamps for bicycles |
Mar. 1971 | Formed a technical tie-up with John E. Mitchel Co. of the U.S.A. and started producing compressors for automotive air conditioners. |
Nov. 1974 | Established Sankyo International (U.S.A.) Inc. in the U.S.A. (Currently Sanden International (U.S.A.) Inc.) |
Dec. 1977 | Established Sankyo International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. (Currently Sanden International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.) |
Oct. 1982 | Changed its company name to Sanden Co., Ltd. |
Aug. 1989 | Started operations at the No.2 plant of Sanden International (U.S.A.), Inc. in Wylie, Texas to manufacture compressors for automotive air conditioners. |
May 1994 | Signed a technical licensing-out agreement with Ford Motor Company (U.S.A.) on manufacturing technology for automotive air conditioner compressors. |
Apr. 1995 | Established Sanden Manufacturing Europe S.A. in France. |
Sep. 2000 | The Company and Shanghai Ek Chor General Machinery Co., Ltd. jointly established Sanden (Shanghai) Automotive Air-Conditioning Co., Ltd. in Shanghai as a manufacturing and sales base of automotive air conditioners in China. |
July 2001 | The Company and Behr of Germany jointly established Sanden-Behr Air-Conditioning Systems Co., Ltd. in Taito ward, Tokyo to develop and market automotive air conditioners. |
Oct. 2002 | Awarded Japan Quality Medal |
Feb. 2004 | Established a joint venture, Shanghai Sanden Behr Automotive Air Conditioning Co., Ltd., in China |
Apr. 2004 | Established Sanden Manufacturing Poland SP.ZO.O. in Poland. |
Jun. 2004 | Established a joint venture, Shenyang Sanden Automotive Air-Conditioning Co., Ltd., in China. |
Sep. 2004 | Sold 25% of the shares of its consolidated subsidiary, Sanden (Shanghai) Automotive Air-Conditioning Co., Ltd., to Shanghai Sanden Behr Automotive Air Conditioning Co., Ltd. |
Jan. 2005 | Acquired a distribution system equipment parts manufacture, Diawa Corporation (Isesaki, Gunma prefecture) and changed the corporate name to Sanwa Thermotech Co., Ltd. |
Oct. 2006 | Sanden International (U.S.A.), Inc. and Sanden International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. won the Deming Application Prize. |
Dec. 2007 | Established the Toyohashi Plant in Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture and started commercial production of parts for car air conditioners. |
Sep. 2008 | Established a consolidated subsidiary, Sanden (Suzhou) Precision Parts Co., Ltd., in China. |
Jun. 2010 | Established Chongqing Sanden Automotive Air-Conditioning Co., Ltd., a subsidiary, in China. |
Oct. 2011 | Awarded the Demming Prize (at Sanden Vikas (India) Ltd.) |
Dec. 2012 | Established Sanden Manufacturing Mexico S.A. de C.V., a consolidated subsidiary. |
Nov. 2013 | Invested in Chongqing Huaen Industrial Co., Ltd. in China. |
Jan. 2015 | Merged Chongqing Huaen Industrial Co., Ltd. into Sanden Chongqing Automotive Air Conditioning Co., Ltd. |
Apr. 2015 | Transitioned to a holding-company structure, adopting the name Sanden Holdings Corporation. |
Oct. 2015 | Added a new HVAC air-conditioning-system production line at Sanden Manufacturing Poland SP.Z.O.O. |
Feb. 2016 | Installed additional compressor production lines at Sanden Manufacturing Poland SP.Z.O.O. |
May 2016 | Relocated home office to Daibiru in Akihabara, Tokyo. |
Jan. 2017 | Merged the operations of five subsidiaries engaged in the automotive equipment business into Sanwa Co., Ltd.; and three subsidiaries engaged in logistics system into Sanwa Fabtech Co., Ltd. |
Apr. 2018 | Completed construction of the production plant at Huayu Sanden Heqing New Plant in Shanghai, China, which commenced commercial production of electrical-power compressors in August. |
Apr. 2019 | Absorbed some of the stock shares of subsidiaries that run the automotive-equipment business and logistics-system business, and the rights and obligations that they hold in management/administration, spinning them off into Sanden Automotive Components Corporation, Sanden Automotive Climate Systems Corporation, and Sanden Retail Systems Corporation. |
Jun. 2020 | Filed request for a turnaround Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to the Japanese Association of Turnaround Professionals. |
May. 2021 | Filed ADR procedures to reorganize business operations. Issued new shares in Kaishin Japan Automotive Air Conditioning Systems Company G.K. through a third-party allocation. |
Jan. 2022 | Changed name to Sanden Corporation after migrating to corporate structure. Merged and consolidated seven subsidiaries in Japan. Spun off one of the subsidiaries in Japan, which is continuing to operate under a simple merger as a business for the corporate group. |
Apr. 2022 | Moved from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market due to the TSE's reorganization. |
Sep. 2022 | Transferred all of the stock shared held in Sanden System Engineering Co., Ltd. (a consolidated subsidiary) to EXEO Digital Solutions Co., Ltd. |
Oct. 2023 | Moved to the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
Dec. 2023 | Launched production of electric compressors at Sanden International (USA), Inc. |
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