Nifco was founded in 1967 in order to manufacture and sell plastic fasteners for industrial purposes.
The current name NIFCO is the acronym of the original company name, "Nippon Industrial Fastener Corporation".
Plastic fasteners, which play the role of connecting, bundling, and tying, contribute greatly to labor saving and cost reduction in production processes, are eventually being installed in many automobiles with the development of the automotive industry.
Today, Nifco continues to deliver to manufacturers not only plastic fasteners but also various products that utilize the merits of plastic being rust-free, light, and easy-to-handle.

1967

February

Nippon Industrial Fastener Corporation(renamed to Nifco Inc. in December 1970) was co-founded by Nichiei Bussan Co., Ltd. (holding 60% stocks) and ITW (holding 40% stocks) with a starting capital of 48 million yen.

Nifco's first product, Plasti Rivet

1970

December

Renamed Nippon Industrial Fastener Corporation to Nifco Inc.

1972

February

Entered into a technical assistance contract with General Motors.

October

Entered into a technical assistance contract with Chrysler.

November

Entered into a technical assistance contract with Ford Motor Company.

From our PR film "Litte Giants" in 1975.

1977

October

Merged with Nichiei Bussan Co., Ltd. Company name changed to Nifco Inc. with a capital of 1 billion yen.

Nifco's booth in the 1978 Electronics Show

Nifco won the 10th Plastics Award in 1978.

1979

July

Nifco was listed in the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Increased capital to 1.18 billion yen.

1983

May

Co-founded Nifco Taiwan Corporation in Taiwan.

Nifco's first overseas venture, Nifco Taiwan Corporation

1984

March

Nifco was listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Head office established in Totsuka, Yokohama in 1984 (current head office is located in Yokosuka).

1985

January

Co-founded Korea Industrial Fastener Corporation (current Nifco Korea Inc.) in Korea.

August

Nifco was listed in the First Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.

Nifco's second overseas venture founded in South Korea.

1986

November

Co-founded ITW-Nifco Inc. with ITW in Ohio U.S.A.

Expanded into the U.S.A. with ITW-Nifco in 1986.

1987

July

Founded Nifco (HK) Ltd. in Hong Kong.

1988

June

Nifco was listed in the First Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.

November

Co-founded Union Nifco Co., Ltd. in Bangkok Thai.

1990

February

Co-founded JT Nifco Inc. (current Nifco-Yamagata Inc.) with Japan Tobacco Inc. in Yamagata Prefecture.

July

Acquired Elta Plastics Ltd. (current Nifco U.K. Ltd.) in England.

October

Co-founded Nifco (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (current Nifco Manufacturing (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.) in Malaysia.

Made first venture into Europe with Elta Plastics Ltd. in the U.K.

The Tokyo headquarters was established in the Minato ward of Tokyo in the Japan Times-Nifco Building in 1990. (current Tokyo headquarters is located in Mita Bellju Building.)

1991

March

Increased capital to 7.2 billion yen.

December

Co-founded Kyushu JT Nifco Inc. (current Nifco Kumamoto Inc.) with Japan Tobacco Inc. in Kumamoto Prefecture.

1996

March

Founded Shanghai Nifco Plastic Manufacturer Co., Ltd. in Shanghai China.

April

Founded Nifco U.S. Corporation (current Nifco America Corporation) in Ohio U.S.A.

July

Acquired stocks of Simmons Co., Ltd. and Simmons Bedding & Furniture (HK) Ltd., and made them subsidiaries.

The luxurious bed manufacturer “Simmons” is a Nifco Group company.

1997

December

Acquired stocks of the joint venture ITW-Nifco Inc. and merged it into Nifco U.S. Corporation (current Nifco America Corporation).

1998

July

Obtained the International Standard Certification for quality management systems "ISO 9001" at the Sagamihara Office (current Sagamihara Engineering Center), Nagoya Office (current Nagoya Plant), Utsunomiya Office, and Osaka Office simultaneously.

Nifco achieved the ISO 9001 certificate in 1998.

2001

November

Founded Tifco (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. in Dongguan City, Guangdong China.

2002

February

Founded Dongguan Nifco Co., Ltd. in Dongguan City, Guangdong China.

June

Acquired more stocks of the joint venture Nifco Taiwan Corporation in Taiwan and made it a subsidiary.

July

Founded Nifco Thailand Co., Ltd. in Chonburi Thailand.

Founded Tifco (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. in Donnguan, China.

2003

March

Delisted itself from the Osaka Securities Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange.

2004

November

Founded Beijing Nifco Co., Ltd. in Tongzhou District, Beijing China.

2005

January

Founded Kifco Vietnam Ltd. (current Nifco Vietnam Ltd.) in Vietnam.

March

Acquired additional stocks of affiliated companies JT Nifco Inc. and Kyushu JT Nifco Inc. and made them subsidiaries.

Advertisement in The Japan Times when Nifco exhibited its products in the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show

2006

February

Founded Nifco Poland Sp.z o.o in Swidnica Poland.

Nifco was presented with the Intellectual Property Achievement Award in 2006.

2007

March

Founded Nifco North America Inc. in Kentucky U.S.A.

June

Founded Nifco Deutschland GmbH in Germany.

2008

April

Renamed JT Nifco Inc. to Nifco Yamagata Inc., and Kyushu JT Nifco Inc. to Nifco Kumamoto Inc.

September

Acquired additional stocks in Union Nifco Co., Ltd. and made it our subsidiary.

October

Founded Nifco Korea USA in Alabama U.S.A.

2009

April

Nifco America Corporation absorbed Nifco North America Inc.

2010

January

Founded Nifco (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. in Tianjin China.

June

Founded Nifco India Private Ltd. in Gurgaon India.

July

Founded Nifco South India Manufacturing Private Ltd. in Chennai India.

November

Founded Nifco (Hubei) Co., Ltd. in Ezhou City, Hubei China.

December

Founded Nifco Korea Poland Sp.z o.o in Zory Poland.

Founded Nifco India Private Ltd. in Gurgaon, India.

2011

January

Founded Nifco (Jiang Su) Co., Ltd. in Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu China.

May

Founded PT. Nifco Indonesia in Indonesia.

June

Founded Nifco Yancheng Co., Ltd. in Yancheng City, Jiangsu China.

2012

July

Founded Nifco Central Mexico, S.de R.L.de C.V. in Mexico.

2013

March

Built the Nifco Technology Development Center (NTEC) in Yokosuka, Kanagawa.

Nifco Technology Development Center won the 27th New Office Award.

2015

January

Moved head office to Yosukuka, Kanagawa.

Moved the head office to Yokosuka from 2015.

2016

August

Constructed an explosion-proof tower and laboratory tower in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Area near the Yokosuka head office.
(Left: NTEC; Center: Explosion-proof building and laboratory building; Right: Head office)

©Shigeo Ogawa

2017

February

50th anniversary.

March

Turned Nifco-Yamagata Inc. and Nifco-Kumamoto Inc. into wholly-owned subsidiaries.

2018

April

51st year of business since our founding. We are determined to Surprise and delight customers like never before. As such, we have renewed our corporate philosophy, logo, and slogan.

August

Built the Nagoya Technology Development Building in Toyota, Aichi.

December

Founded Nifco-Kita Kanto Inc. in Tochigi Prefecture.

Image of new logo and slogan

The Nagoya Technology Development Building is one of two R&D sites in Japan; the other is NTEC in Yokosuka.

2022

April

Nifco transrated its listing segment to Tokyo Stock Exchange(TSE) the Prime Market.

December

Founded Nifco Europe GmbH in Germany.