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| February 1947 | The late Toshio Sumino founded Suehiro Syokai as a privately owned wholesaler of automobile parts in Osaka. |
| August 1948 | Reorganized Suehiro Syokai into a joint-stock company, Fuji-Syokai Co.,Ltd.,in Osaka and began wholesale of automobile parts. |
| November 1974 | Opened AUTOBACS Higashi Osaka Store as the Company's first directly operated one-stop specialty store for automotive goods and services. |
| April 1975 | Started franchise business system and opened AUTOBACS Hakodate Nakamichi as the first franchisee chain store. |
| March 1980 | Changed the company name to "AUTOBACS SEVEN CO.,LTD." |
| March 1989 | Listed on the second section of the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| May 1991 | Opened first overseas store in Taiwan to expand business to overseas. |
| August 1993 | Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| September 1993 | Changed listings to the first sections of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
| May 1995 | Opened the first store in Singapore. |
| March 1997 | Opened the first Super AUTOBACS store in Chiba, Japan as a new store format which covers larger marketing areas than an AUTOBACS store. |
| April 2000 | Opened the first store in Thailand. |
| June 2000 | Opened the first AUTOBACS Hashiriya Tengoku Secohan Ichiba store for sales and purchases of used automotive goods. |
| June 2001 | Opened the first store in France. |
| December 2001 | Released an original sports car "GARAIYA" of which AUTOBACS led the design and production. |
| April 2002 | Opened the first AUTOBACS EXPRESS store which combined a service station and a store for automotive goods. |
| June 2002 | Introduced "c@rs" system for used car sales. |
| October 2002 | AUTO HELLOES Co.,Ltd.(currently A.M.C. Co.,Ltd.)became a wholly owned subsidiary through an exchange of shares. |
| August 2003 | Opened the first store in United States. |
| July 2004 | Opened the first TECHNO CUBE store for enhancement of car maintenance and inspection services. |
| January 2005 | Opened the first store in China. |
| January 2006 | Acquired six Eldorauto stores in France. |
| July 2007 | Launched epoch making used car purchase system "SUGOKAI"(High Capacity/Reliable Used Car Evaluation/Purchase) |
| August 2007 | Concluded JV agreement with AIG Group to Establish a new company to prepare for non-life insurance business. |
