Brief History

1932
Uno Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was established in Hiroshima.
1953
Uno Manufacturing commissioned by Mazda Motor Corp. to produce automotive body components.
1958
Hiroshima Press Kogyo Co., Ltd. was established in Fuchu, Hiroshima.
1959
Hiroshima Press Kogyo started production of stamping dies and press machines for in-house use.
1975
Hiroshima Press Kogyo's Head Office was moved from Fuchu to Nukushina, Hiroshima.
1982
Hiroshima Press Kogyo received order of automated assembly lines for doors and hoods from Saab.
1985
Yumex Corporation was established to develop and produce exhaust systems as a partnership between Hiroshima Press Kogyo, Mazda, and Calsonic Kansei Corp.
1987
Silla Engineering Co., Ltd. was established. (Korea)
1988
Tesco Engineering Inc.(current day HIROTEC AMERICA,Inc.) was established. (U.S.A.)
1989
The company changed its name to HIROTEC Corporation.
HIROTEC acquired majority ownership of Ueno Technica Co., Ltd. (Kiryu, Gunma)
1992
HIROTEC earned first place for two consecutive years in the Die Change Challenge Competition sponsored by the magazine titled "Automotive Industry".
1993
HIROTEC Tooling Co., Ltd. was established.
1998
Aventec, S.A. de C.V.(current day HIROTEC MEXICO, S.A. de C.V.) was established.
2001
HIROTEC received Supplier of the Year from GM.
HIROTEC received World Excellence Gold Award from Ford.
2004
HIROTEC AUSTRALIA Pty. Ltd. was established.
2005
HIROTEC's Head Office & Plant were moved to Saeki-ku Ishiuchiminami, Hiroshima.
HIROTEC INDIA Pvt. Ltd. was established.
2006
Liuzhou HIROTEC Wuling Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd. was established. (China)
Nanjing HIROTEC, Co., Ltd. was established. (China)
2007
Changchun HIROTEC Co., Ltd. was established. (China)
2009
Miwa Engineering Co., Ltd. was established.
2010
HIROTEC Corporation acquired full ownership of Yumex Corporation.
2011
HIROTEC EUROPE GmbH was established. (Germany)
2012
HIROTEC Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was established.
HIROTEC Tooling de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. was established.
2018
HIROTEC Manufacturing America, LLC was established. (U.S.A.)
2019
HIROTEC Mark Exhaust Systems Pvt. Ltd. was established. (India)
HIROTEC Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH was established. (Germany)