December, 1988 |
Trust Co., Ltd. was founded in Amagasaki-city, Kobe, with 10 million Japanese yen in capital, and started exporting pre-owned vehicles. |
January, 1989 |
Started to export pre-owned vehicles to New Zealand. |
February, 1989 |
Started to export pre-owned vehicles to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. |
July, 1989 |
Started to export pre-owned vehicles to England and Ireland. |
November, 1990 |
Started to export pre-owned vehicles to Zimbabwe and Namibia. |
December, 1990 |
Main office moved to 3-2-26, Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya-city. |
January, 1995 |
Started to export pre-owned vehicles to Tanzania, which needs JAAI export inspection, Kenya and Mauritius. |
August, 1996 |
Started to sell pre-owned vehicles through website. |
September, 1996 |
Stockyard was newly constructed at Nagoya port for management and efficient inspection of the vehicle inventory. |
December, 1998 |
Started to export pre-owned vehicles to Bahama Islands. |
March, 1999 |
Expand the stockyard to bring the capacity up to 1,200 units due to sales expansion. |
May, 2001 |
Establish a subsidiary, Auto Trans Ltd., to separate purchase and inspection of the pre-owned vehicles. |
February, 2003 |
Liquidated Auto Trans Ltd., and purchase and inspection sections were absorbed to parent company. |
March, 2003 |
Merged into Honda Verno Tokai Co. Ltd., (currently VT Holdings Co., Ltd.) as subsidiary. |
August, 2003 |
Main office moved to 3-10-32, Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya-city. |
August, 2003 |
Expand the stockyard to bring the capacity up to 2,000 units due to sales expansion. |
February, 2004 |
Started to export from Yokohama port. |
November, 2004 |
Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers Market. |
November, 2005 |
Established subsidiary holds 100% of shares, Amana Shipholding S.A., for the purpose of retaining vessel. |
December, 2005 |
Established first direct-selling shop in Lusaka, Zambia. |
August, 2006 |
Established subsidiary holds 100% of shares, Trust Americas Incorporated, in Delaware, United States. |
March, 2007 |
Obtained land of stockyard (42,300m2) in Yatomi-city, Aichi. |
January, 2009 |
Completed liquidation of Amana Shipholding S.A. |
October, 2009 |
Made J-net Rental & Lease Co., Ltd. to subsidiary by acquiring the company's stock. |
February, 2011 |
Made Western Breeze Trading 23 (Proprietary) Limited (currently Trust Absolut Auto (Proprietary) Limited) to subsidiary by acquiring the company's stock. |
October, 2011 |
Completed liquidation of Trust Americas Incorporated. |
October, 2011 |
Made Sojitz Absolut Auto (Proprietary) Limited (currently Sojitz Absolut Auto (Proprietary) Limited) to subsidiary by acquiring the company's stock. |
August,2015 |
Changed stock market from Mothers to 2nd section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
April,2022 |
Shifted from 2nd section to the standard market due to the review of the market classification of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. |
May, 2023 |
Tokyo office was opened in 6-31-5, Omorikita, Ota-ku, Tokyo |