| 1850 |
Yonekichi Yamada started metal ornament processing business. |
| 1907 |
Ginzou Yamada started metal pressing business. |
| September 1930 |
Yamada Manufacturing Factory Limited Partnership was established in Tokyo, and started manufacturing flashlights. |
| November 1945 |
Trade name was revised to Yamada Press Industry Limited Partnership, and started delivering flashlights to Toshiba. |
| June 1961 |
Trade name was revised to Yamada Electric Ind. Co., Ltd. |
| April 1972 |
Established YAMADA Hong Kong. First overseas production site outside Japan. |
| July 1976 |
Established YAMADA Taiwan. |
| October 1989 |
Established Shenzhen Yamada Electric Co., Ltd., in Shenzhen, China. |
| October 1990 |
Shenzhen Yamada started operation. |
| June 1998 |
Closed YAMADA Taiwan and transferred its production capacity to Shenzhen Yamada. |
| July 2001 |
Established Yamada Unitec Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong, and started operation at its Shenzhen factory. |
| May 2007 |
Established YDK Hong Kong Limited, and started motor production at its Shenzhen factory. |
| December 2008 |
Established Yamada Precision Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen, China, to function as manufacturing factory for China domestic market. |
| April 2011 |
Purchased fishing gear business from Panasonic, and started “Hapyson” sales department in Osaka. |
| June 2011 |
50th year since its establishment of Yamada Electric. |
| November 2011 |
Converted Yamada Unitec Shenzhen factory to Yamada Unitec (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. |
| November 2011 |
Established YAMADA-VISTAMEX in Guanajuato, Mexico. First production site outside Greater China to function as manufacturing factory for North America. |
| July 2012 |
Established YAMADA BRASIL in Manaus, Brazil, to function as manufacturing factory for South America. |
| July 2017 |
Established YAMADA WENTWORTH in Lodz, Poland, to function as manufacturing factory for EU. |
| October 2019 |
30th year since the foundation of Shenzhen Yamada. |
| June 2021 |
Established Suzhou Yamada Electro-Mechanical Co., Ltd., in Suzhou, China. |
| October 2021 |
Established YAMADA ELECTRIC VIETNAM in Binh Duong, Vietnam. |
| December 2021 |
Yamada Electric Ind. Co., Ltd. opened new corporate headquarters. |
