Company History

Hashimoto Forming

1917

Hashimoto Ironworks founded

1925

Hashimoto Iron Works Co., Ltd. incorporated

1930

Produced material for bicycle gears

1932

Produced Front Window Frame for Ford Motor Company

1967

Name change to Hashimoto Forming Industries Co., Ltd.

1968

Tatebayashi Plant operational

1975

Fukushima Plant operational

1977

Kyushu Saigawa Plant operational

1985

Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange

1989

HASHIMOTO LIMITED
(now FALTEC EUROPE LIMITED) incorporated in the U.K.

ALTIA

1937

Nissan Jidosha Hanbai (Automobile Sales) Co., Ltd. (predecessor of ALTIA Co., Ltd.) founded

1957

“NISSALCO” trademark registered

1973

“Super Combi Tester” developed

1975

Won business on the “Ken & Mary” Skyline

1985

“CAI (computerized vehicle inspection system” developed Exceptional sales for “genuine Aero Parts”

1991

Company name changed to NISSAN ALTIA Co., Ltd.

2002

ALTIA AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCT INC.
(now FALTEC AMERICA INC.) incorporated in the USA

FALTEC

2004

FALTEC incorporated

2007

Altia Hashimoto Co., Ltd. absorbed Orion Techno Co., Ltd. to form ALTIA Co., Ltd.     
FALTEC Co., Ltd. delisted

2009

FOSHAN FALTEC AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Co., Ltd. incorporated in Guangdong Province, China

2010

FALTEC (THAILAND) CO., LTD.
incorporated in Hubei Province, China

2012

HUBEI FALTEC AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Co.,Ltd.
incorporated in Hubei Province, China

2013

Shares listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange

2014

Tokyo Stock Exchange listing transferred to first division

2018

Kyushu Kanda2 Plant launched
Kitakyushu Faltec Co., Ltd. incorporated