| 1923Apr. |
Established the company and start of manufacturing and marketing of lock, buildings' hardware and cylinder locks. |
| 1933Dec. |
Start of production of automobile cylinder lock & key sets for Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. |
| 1938Apr. |
Renamed to Kokusan Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
| 1944Apr. |
Construction of Yamanashi Plant in Kofu, Yamanashi. |
| 1947Aug. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of padlocks. |
| 1961Apr. |
Conclusion of agreement with Greenwald Industries Inc., U.S.A. regarding the export of washing machine parts and Tubular locks. |
| 1963Nov. |
Construction of Gumma Plant in Tatebayashi, Gumma. |
| 1964Jan. |
Conclusion of technical tie‒up with Flexible Inc.,U.S.A., and start of production and marketing of coin‒operated lockers. |
| 1982May |
New construction of Yokohama Plant in Kanazawaku, Yokohama, for exclusive production of automobile lock & key sets. |
| 1984May |
Started manufacturing and marketing of keyless entrance door locks. |
| 1985Apr. |
Moved the Yamanashi Plant to Kosaicho Nakakomagun, Yamanashi. |
| 1986Dec. |
Established Gumma Alpha Co., Ltd. |
| 1987Oct. |
Established ALPHA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (ALTEC) in Michigan, U.S.A. |
| 1990May |
Moved Head Office from Kamata Ohta‒ku, Tokyo to Kawasaki, Kanagawa. |
| Dec. |
Changed name of the Company from Kokusan Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. to ALPHA Corporation. |
| 1991Oct. |
Awarded the Good Design Award from MITI for Free Box (Deposit Box). |
| 1992Feb. |
Established Alpha Enterprise Co., Ltd. |
| May |
Started manufacturing and marketing of Delivery Box, and awarded the Good Design Award from MITI for the product. |
| 1993Aug. |
Moved Head Office from Kawasaki, Kanagawa to Yokohama, Kanagawa. |
| 1995Apr. |
Span off Kyushu Plant and established Kyushu Alpha Co., Ltd. |
| 1997Feb. |
Established ALPHA INDUSTRY (Thailand) CO.,LTD. in Prachin Buri, Thailand. |
| 2000Apr. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of replacement locks for housing (FB Lock), which are superior in picking resistance. |
| 2002Feb. |
Intelligent Key System for automobile is adopted on the new Nissan March model. |
| Apr. |
Established ALPHA HI‒LEX, S.A. DE C.V. in Queretaro, Mexico. |
| 2004Apr. |
Listed shares on the 2nd section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Oct. |
Established ALPHA (GUANGZHOU) AUTOMOTIVE PARTS CO.,LTD. in Guangdong, China. |
| 2005Mar. |
Transfers from the 2nd section to the 1st section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| Jul. |
Alpha Locker System Co., Ltd. established by integrating the Locker System Business. |
| 2007Apr. |
Constructed new plant of ALPHA HILEX S.A. DE C.V. in El Marques City, Queretaro State, Mexico. |
| Oct. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of finger vein authentication type FreeBox. |
| 2009Oct. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of Custom Padlock that responds to customers' needs. |
| 2010Apr. |
lnaugurated Management by Principle, with constitution of "ALPHA WAY." |
| 2011Mar. |
Established Alpha Security Instruments (India) Private Limited in Tamil Nadu, India. |
| Oct. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of new FreeBox "FBS series." (The first full model change in 20 years) |
| Nov. |
Established Alpha Industry Jalisco, S.A. de C.V. in Jalisco Mexico. |
| 2012Apr. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of "Smart Control Key," electrical entrance lock featuring Good Product with Reasonable Price, jointly developed with YKK AP Inc. |
| Jul. |
Established PT. ALPHA AUTOMOTIVE INDONESIA in West Java, Indonesia. |
| Nov. |
Established ALPHA (XIANGYANG) AUTOMOTIVE PARTS CO., LTD. in Hubei, China. |
| 2013Mar. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of "AEL Series" lockers, exclusively designed for IC cards issued by railway companies. |
| Jun. |
Established ALPHA KOREA Co,. Ltd. in Chungcheongbuk‒do, Korea. |
| Nov. |
Changed the name of ALPHA HI‒LEX, S.A. DE C.V. to ALPHA INDUSTRY QUERETARO, S.A. DE C.V. |
| Dec. |
Established ALPHA HOUSING HARDWARE (THAILAND) CO., LTD. in Ayutthaya, Thailand. |
| 2014Jan. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of ed Lock PLUS in commemoration of the 90‒year anniversary of establishment of the company. |
| Jul. |
Back door sensor of infrared type awarded NISSAN Global Innovation Prize. |
| Dec. |
Established photovoltaic power plant in Yamanashi |
| 2015Apr. |
Established Bangkok office of ALPHA HOUSING HARDWARE (THAILAND) in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Oct. |
Established ALPHA (SHANGHAI) LOCK CO., LTD. in Shanghai, China. |
| Merger Gumma ALPHA Co., Ltd. |
| 2016Sep. |
Acquired equities of ASSA ABLOY's Car Access Security Business. |
| Nov. |
ALPHA INDUSTRY (THAILAND) CO., LTD. obtained Ford Q1. |
| Dec. |
Established photovoltaic power plant in Gumma |
| 2017Apr. |
Non-electrostatic coating equipment was installed at ALPHA INDUSTRY (THAILAND) CO., LTD. |
| 2018Apr. |
95-year anniversary of establishment of the company. |
| May. |
The second molding plant of ALPHA (GUANGZHOU) AUTOMOTIVE PARTS CO., LTD. Has started operation. |
| Jun. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of delivery box “ed-CUBE" for detached and rental housing. |
| Jun. |
Developed QR code authentication locker for hotels. |
| Oct. |
Acquired equities of Société de Peinture de Pièces Plastiques SAS and SPPP Slovakia s.r.o. |
| 2019Feb. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of new terminal Locker “AIS Series.” |
| Apr. |
Chinese subsidiary acquired majority stake in ALPHA ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE PARTS CO.,LTD. |
| Oct. |
Established photovoltaic power plant in ALPHA HOUSING HARDWARE (THAILAND) CO., LTD. |
| 2020Jun. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of e-PPH |
| Nov. |
Started manufacturing and marketing of BOPIS Locker “STL Series” |
| 2021Jul. |
Established photovoltaic power plant in ALPHA ADVANCED AUTOMOTIVE PARTS CO., LTD. |
| 2022Apr. |
Shifted from the 1st Section of Market to the Standard Market, due to a review in the market classification of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 2023Mar. |
Established Alpha France SAS in France to handle European business development activities (strategic planning, sales/marketing, technical support, etc.) |
