History Chart of Business Development

Group History

Detailed Chronology

1900 to the 1940s

October 1909

Toyohashi Gas Co., Ltd. Established

May 1910

Hamamatsu Gas Co., Ltd. Established

September 1943

CHUBU GAS CO., LTD. established (Born from the merger of Toyohashi Gas and Hamamatsu Gas)

The 1960s

October 1961

Chubu Liquid Gas Co., Ltd. established (currently GASTEC SERVICE, INC.)

April 1963

Chubu Setsubi-kogyo Co., Ltd. established (currently Chubu Engineering Corporation)

July 1963

CHUBU GAS CO., LTD. listed in the second section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange

September 1963

Chubu Propane Stand Co, Ltd. established (currently Chubu Propane Stand Ltd.)

September 1964

Management participation in Shinkyo Industries Inc. (currently SALA CARS JAPAN Co., Ltd.)

March 1965

Chubu Gas Realtors Co., Ltd. Established

September 1966

Hamamatsu Propane Stand Co., Ltd. established (currently Hamamatsu Propane Stand Ltd.)

June 1967

Management participation in Jinno Construction Co., Ltd.

November 1969

Chubu Housing Co., Ltd. established (currently SALA HOUSE CO., LTD.)

The 1970s

May 1972

Jinno Oil Center Co., Ltd. Established

January 1974

Chubu Home Service Station Co., Ltd. established (currently Chubu Home Service Co., Ltd.)

April 1975

Chubu Credit Sales Co., Ltd. established (currently SALA Financial Service Co., Ltd.)

September 1976

Iwata Gas Service Co., Ltd. established (currently SALA Gas Iwata Co., Ltd.)

March 1977

Gas Building SALA Toyohashi completed

October 1977

Chubu Engineering Service Co., Ltd. Established

November 1977

Management participation in Chusetsu Construction Co., Ltd.

The 1980s

March 1981

Chubu Ryoko Concrete Industries Co., Ltd. Established

April 1981

Gas Building SALA Hamamatsu completed

December 1983

Management participation in Shinkyo Giken Co., Ltd

October 1984

Techno Systems Inc. established

December 1985

GASTEC SERVICE INC. listed on the second section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange

April 1986

SALA Sports Co., Ltd. Established

October 1986

Management participation in Chubu Reinetsu Co., Ltd. (currently Saibu Gas Living Inc.)

March 1987

SALAcity Hamamatsu opened

April 1987

Management participation in Livestock Kono Co., Ltd. (currently ASCO Co. Ltd.)

April 1987

Management participation in Daiwa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

March 1988

GASTEC SERVICE INC. listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

May 1988

Toshin Industries Co., Ltd. established (currently G-Works Co., Ltd.)

November 1988

GASTEC SERVICE INC. moved to the first section of the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchange

The 1990s

May 1991

Chubu Engineering Corporation listed in the second section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange

December 1992

SRP Co., Ltd. Established

June 1994

Chubu BS Ltd. established (currently Chubu Building Services Co., Ltd.)

September 1994

LIVING SALA CORP. established

October 1996

Management participation in Seien Concrete Industries Co., Ltd.

April 1997

Mikawawan Gas Terminal Co., Ltd. Established

December 1998

SALA HOUSE SUPPORT Co. ltd. Established

April 1999

Management participation in SEIWA SECURITY SERVICE CO., LTD.

The 2000s

April 2000

Chubu Sanyo System Co., Ltd. Established

November 2001

Management participation in Nikko co., ltd.

April 2002

GASTEC SERVICE INC. and Chubu Engineering Corporation were delisted to establish a holdings company

May 2002

SALA Corporation established
(Listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange as a holding company affiliated with companies such as Gastec Service, Inc., Chubu Engineering Corporation, and SALA CARS JAPAN Co., Ltd.)

June 2002

Gas Living Chubu Co., Ltd. Established

September 2002

Management participation in Tokiwa Doro Co., Ltd.

December 2002

Gas Living Nambu Co., Ltd. Established

December 2003

SALA Business Solutions Inc. established

December 2003

SALA Logistics Inc. established

September 2004

Changed the group name to the "SALA Group"

December 2005

SALA HOUSE CO., LTD listed in the second section of the Nagoya and Tokyo Stock Exchange

August 2008

COCOLA FRONT completed in front of the JR Toyohashi Station

September 2008

HOTEL ARC RICHE TOYOHASHI opened

July 2009

GOOD LIFE SALA KANTO, INC. established

July 2009

Management participation in KANTOH Co., Ltd.

October 2009

The SALA Group celebrated its 100th anniversary

The 2010s

April 2014

SALA Water Co., Ltd established

January 2015

SALA e ENERGY CO., LTD. Established

November 2015

Gas Living Hamamatsu Hokubu Co., Ltd. Established

June 2016

SALA e POWER Co., Ltd. Established

July 2016

Transition towards a new system in which SALA Corporation will become the holdings company (with CHUBU GAS CO., LTD. and SALA HOUSE CO., LTD as wholly owned companies)

October 2017

Management participation in taiyo-co.Inc.

December 2017

SALA Hotels and Restaurants Co., Ltd. Established

December 2017

Sala Lifestyle Innovation Co., Ltd. Established

June 2019

Management participation in Miyashita Koumuten Co., Ltd.

July 2019

Higashimikawa Biomass Power Station, the Group’s first power station, has come into operation.

September 2019

Management participation in A.M.I. Co., Ltd.

September 2019

Management participation in Hokuyaku Co., Ltd.

October 2019

110th anniversary of the founding of SALA Group.