HOME > Company Milestones 1946 Oct. Yoshikawa Shoten established by Yoshikawa Masamitsu in Unagidani, Minami-ku, Osaka City 1953 Company name changed Yoshikawa plastic Co., Ltd. 1963 May. Kanagawa Factory completed 1968 Nov. Osaka Factory new building completed 1971 Sep. Nara Factory completed 1973 Jun. Shizuoka Factory completed 1975 Apr. Osaka Kyobashi Sales Office opened 1976 Aug. Tohoku Factory completed Oct. Tokyo sales office opened 1983 Aug. Mold Factory completed 1989 Apr. Company name changed to Yoshikawa Kasei Co., Ltd. 1992 Nov. 1992 Nov. Lucky Mold (Hong Kong) Ltd. established 1993 Feb. Lucky Mold (Shenzhen) Ltd. established 1994 May. Mah-Sing Yoshikawa Components Manufacturing Sdn.Bhd.established in Malaysia 1995 Oct. Technical Center opened 1998 Sep. YPC (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. established 2000 Jul. No. 2 Factory completed in Longhua, Shenzhen 2002 Apr. Medical Division started operations 2003 Apr. Optoelectronics Division started operations 2004 Apr. Shift from regional organization to business sector structure Jun. Development Center opened (opto and nanotech) Sep. New factory completed in Tianjin City 2005 Feb. Fifty-fifth anniversary 2006 Apr. South East Asia region head office commenced operations at the Malaysia Shah Alam plant Apr. YPC Precision (Thailand) Co., Ltd. founded in Thailand Oct. Osaka factory new premises commenced operations 2007 Jul. Oita factory commenced operations Sep. New factory completed in Dongguan City Nov. New factory completed in Wellgrow City 2010 Feb. New factory completed in Rojana City and Jakarta City