Yanagawa's history
| 1952 S27 | Founded in Fuchu, Tokyo with a capital of ￥500,000 |
| 1960 S35 | Suzuka Factory opened |
| 1963 S38 | Automotive parts machining operation started |
| 1965 S40 | Sayama Factory opened (Operation at Fuchu Factory transferred to Sayama) |
| 1966 S41 | R&D division organized at Head Office |
| 1967 S42 | Nishi Tokyo Factory and Kameyama Factory opened |
| 1973 S48 | Asama Giken Co., Ltd. founded |
| 1974 S49 | Kyushu Yanagawa Seiki Co., Ltd. founded |
| 1977 S52 | Die cast facilities at Kameyama Factory completed |
| 1982 S57 | Manual transmission production for Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Sayama Factory started at Yanagawa Sayama Factory Additional building at Sayama Factory completed |
| 1983 S58 | Continuous heat treatment furnace completed at Sayama Factory Die cast facilities completed at Sayama Factory Tokyo Factory opened (Nishi Tama Gun, Tokyo) |
| 1984 S59 | Capital increased to ￥485 million |
| 1985 S60 | One-millionth transmission unit assembled |
| 1986 S61 | Additional building at Suzuka Factory completed |
| 1987 S62 | Tochigi Branch Office opened Manual transmission production for Honda Motor Co., Ltd. Suzuka Factory started at Kameyama Factory |
| 1988 S63 | Knuckle assembly production for Honda Motor Co., Ltd. at Sayama and Suzuka Factory started YSK Corporation founded in Ohio, U.S.A. Recognition for the energy management by the Minister of International Trade and Industry |
| 1990 H2 | Technical collaboration agreement concluded with BDI of Thailand Production of automatic transmission component for Honda Accord model started at Sayama Factory |
| 1991 H3 | Technical collaboration agreement concluded with PCL of U.K. |
| 1992 H4 | Thai Yanagawa Co., Ltd. founded |
| 1993 H5 | Hamamatsu Branch Office opened |
| 1995 H7 | Joint development with Honda R & D Co., Ltd. started for transmission to be mounted on Formula racing cars Additional building completed at Kamayama Factory Technical Center opened Die production and die casting facilities completed at Thai Yanagawa Co., Ltd. |
| 1997 H9 | Sayama, Kameyama and Suzuka Factories certified under ISO9002 Squeeze cast production of engine components for Mercedez Benz started Nakamura Tanzo Co., Ltd., Hayakawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. and Nakatan Thai Industry Co., Ltd. merged in Yanagawa Group |
| 1998 H10 | Capital increased to \676 million (March) |
| 1999 H11 | Technical Center certified under ISO9001 Sayama, Kameyama and Suzuka Factories certified under ISO14001 |
| 2001 H13 | Technical Center relocated from Nishi Tama Gun, Tokyo to Haga Industrial Park in Haga Gun, Tochigi |
| 2002 H14 | Five-millionth manual transmission unit assembled Mass production of 4-pinion differential started |
| 2005 H17 | Additional building for die cast production completed at Kameyama Factory |
| 2006 H18 | Nakamura Tanzo Co., Ltd., Hayakawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. and Nakatan Thai Industry Co., Ltd. renamed to Yanagawa Techno Forge Co., Ltd., Yanagawa Machine Tech Co., Ltd. and Yanagawa Techno Forge (Thailand) Co., Ltd respectively. |
| 2008 H20 | Additional building completed at Kameyama Factory for production of aluminum components |
| 2011 H23 | Additional building completed at Thai Yanagawa Co., Ltd. |
| 2012 H24 | Production of aluminum components for EV cars started at Sayama Factory |
| 2012 H24 | Business with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Meidensha Corporation of aluminum components started |
| 2014 H26 | Thai Yanagawa Co., Ltd. Prachinburi Factory opened |
| 2015 H27 | Business with SUBARU CORPORATION of aluminum components started |
| 2016 H28 | Business with TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION of aluminum components started |
| 2016 H28 | Business with AISIN AW CO., LTD. of aluminum components started |
| 2017 H29 | Recognition for TOYOTA award (Japan Foundry Engineering Society) |
| 2018 H30 | Recognition for Oyamada Memorial award (Japan Institute of Light Metals) |
| 2020 R2 | The technical center was closed down and a joint development system with Kyushu Yanagawa Seiki Co., Ltd. started. |
| 2022 R4 | Absorbed Yanagawa Technoforge Co., Ltd. and Yanagawa Machine Tech Co., Ltd. and renamed it YTF Division and Kiryu Factory. Established a new development base at the Kameyama Factory. |
