Company History
1989

• SHT Corporation is established by founder Yoshimori Hitoshi in Kita-ku, Osaka
• Start manufacturing antenna coils for televisions and VCR recorders at a factory in Cavite, Philippines

1994

• YOSHITA factory is established in Manila, Philippines
  Start manufacturing electrical steel cores

1995

• Start manufacturing current transformers

1996

• Start manufacturing amorphous cores

1997

• Develop thin high voltage transformer using amorphous coil (winner of Industry Chairman Award)
  Used in heated outerwear produced by a major sportswear maker for athletes at the 1998 Nagano Olympics

1998

• Complete transition from OEM for other companies to business based on original SHT branded products

1999

• Develop side gap cores for choke coils (patented globally)

2002

• Develop bank winding manufacturing method (patented globally)
• Start manufacturing choke coils with a side gap core and bank Wound core

2003

• SHT acquires ISO 14001 certification
• Start reactor production

2004

• Start producing sensor cores for hybrid vehicles manufactured by a major automobile manufacturer

2006

• Complete new headquarters building in Rinku, Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture
  Move headquarters operations from Kita-ku, Osaka
  YOSHITA factory in Philippines receives ISO 9001 certification

2008

• Open Hyogo factory (SHT Hyogo)
  Begin manufacturing sensor cores

2011

• Move headquarters from Rinku, Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture to Nishi-ku, Osaka City
  Convert Rinku facility to a distribution center, which starts operating as SHT Logistics

2014

• Begin manufacturing D side gap choke coils
  Receive Outstanding New Product Award in the 26th Outstanding Technology contest of The Resona Foundation For Small And Medium Enterprise Promotion

2016

• SHT and SHT Hyogo receive ISO 9001 certification
• SHT Hyogo receives ISO 14001 certification

2018

• Invest in T.I.T. Electronics (Thailand), which begins producing sensor cores

2020

• Open Mie factory (SHT Mie)
• Begin manufacturing current transformers and sensor cores
• Hyogo factory (SHT Hyogo) receives IATF 16949 certification

2021

• Mie factory (SHT Mie) receives ISO 9001 certification

2022

• To accelerate production innovation, management of SHT Mie and SHT Hyogo’s activities is unified through an integrated system run by SHT Mie.
• The GMK transformer is developed and mass-produced as the first GEO MACK brand model.

2023

• To strengthen governance, the Group’s internal structure is reorganized and the company’s name is changed.
  Writing of name is changed from Japanese characters to the English alphabet.
  SHT Mie's name is changed to SHT Products.
• Production of GMK transformers begins.
• SHT Products’ Mie Factory is certified under IATF 16949.