History

1918

1946

1950

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1990

1996

2008

2009

2010

2012

2014

1918
Nobuo Ishizaki(First president)
Nobuo Ishizaki founded a shop
(Start of the glass wholesale business)
1945
Shop business collapsed due to atomic bomb
1946
Goro Ishizaki inherited the business
1950
Established Ishizaki Glass Honten Co., Ltd.
1963
Opened Ozu Plant for processing of automotive glass
1965
Changed company name to Ishizaki Honten Corporation due to business expansion
1970
Opened Fukuyama Sales Office
1973
Completed the Ishizaki Honten building
1982
Opened Hofu Tsuruhama Plant
Opened Hofu Sales Office
1986
Started production of automotive mirrors(Hofu)
Established PENSTONE INC.(USA)
1987
Established Saijo Ready Mixed Concrete Co., Ltd.
Opened Higashi-Hiroshima Sales Office
1988
Takayasu Shirai becomes president
1989
Opened Yano Office
1990
Opened Hofu Shintsukiji Plant
Opened Iwakuni Service Center
1991
Opened Hiroshima Plant Yano(Closed Ozu Plant)
Parallel establishment of Research and Development Center
Established Nishi-Nihon Modular Window Co., Ltd.
1994
Shinzo Ishizaki becomes president
1995
Opened Higashi-Hiroshima Service Center(integrated with Higashi-Hiroshima Sales Office)
1996
Merged headquarters Building Materials Division with Hiroshima Plant Yano
1997
Established Window System Co., Ltd.(Started pair multi-production)
1998
Completed the Ishizaki Honten building(80th anniversary)
2000
Provided capital investment for Shimane Sheet Glass Sales Co., Ltd.
2003
Opened NI AUTOWINDOW SYSTEMS INC.(USA)
2006
Merged with Shimane Sheet Glass Sales Co., Ltd.
2007
Opened Okayama Sales Office
2008
Closed Higashi-Hiroshima Service Center
Opened Toyohashi Office
2009
Established Krishna Ishizaki Auto Limited GURGAON PLANT(India)
2010
Opened Plant No.2, Toyohashi Office.
Established PENSTONE(THAILAND)CO., LTD.
Withdrew from NI AUTOWINDOW SYSTEMS INC.(USA).
2011
Opened Kanto Sales Office.
2012
Established FORWARD AUTO PARTS INC.(China).
2014
Established PT. PENSTONE AUTO INDONESIA(Indonesia).
2016
Established PENSTONE MEXICANA, S.A. de C.V.(Mexico).
2017
Closed PENSTONE INC.(USA).
2018
Merged with Window System Co., Ltd.
Opened Hofu Shintsukiji Mirror Plant
Established Krishna Ishizaki Auto Limited GUJARAT PLANT(India).
2020
Established PENSTONE USA, INC.(USA).
2021
Taijiro Ishizaki becomes president
2022
Established Ishizaki Holdings Corporation Established Penstone Corporation,
Ishizaki Honten Corporation, Ishizaki Co., Ltd.