2011 　 November 11 Signing of Definitive Agreement for Special Steel Manufacturing and Sales Joint Venture in India September 30 Annual Report 2011 April 28 Relocation of our Osaka Branch January 27 The 8th Medium-term Business Plan (FY2011 - FY2013) 　 　 　 2010 　 September 30 Annual Report 2010 April 30 Relocation of our Tokyo Regional Office 　 　 　 2009 　 October 1 Annual Report 2009 　 　 　 2008 　 September 30 Annual Report 2008 March 28 Medium-term Business Plan (FY2008 - FY2010) -- CONSOLIDATED-- 　 　 　 2007 　 September 10 Annual Report 2007 September 10 Product Information Site Renewal 　 　 　 2006 　 May 22 Sanyo Special Steel Becomes the World's First to Introduce Phased-Array Ultrasonic Inspection Machine to a Mass Production Line February 14 Cooperation between Nippon Steel and Sanyo Special Steel [PDFfile:22KB] 　 　 　 2005   May 31 Medium-Term Consolidated Business Plan (the 2005~2007 fiscal year)[PDFfile:120KB]       2003   October 09 Conclusion of the technical assistance agreements by Sanyo Special Steel and Quanex (MACSTEEL) with the production of specialty steel for auto components July 24 Starting mass production of developed Ti added carburizing steel, TMAX Meeting both high strength and cost reduction of automobile parts       2002   November 07 Development of the Invar Alloy INVAR-H3 July 22 Sanyo Reaches Basic Agreement to Form Bearing Component JV with Timken in U.S.       2001   July 26 Establish a subsidiary of forging plant by vertical presses to expand the formed & fabricated products business June 11 Sanyo's new joint venture with China Re: Bearing Auto-Parts Manufacturing operation March 27 Development of the Invar Alloy INVAR-Z3 February 28 Sanyo starts its Bearing Tube Sawing operation in the U.S. 　 　 　 2000 　 December 18 Development of Stainless Steel QSX August 22 Development of Plastic Mold Steel PCM40 August 16 Establishment of Mass Production Technology for Premium Cleanliness Steel July 13 Development of A New Sales & Production System Named 'STEP' for The Supply Chain Management June 16 Development of Free-Cutting Cold-Working Tool Steel QCM7 January 28 Formed & Fabricated Products Dep.Obtain ISO 9002 Certification 　 　 　 1999 　 November 8 Development of Fe-Si-Al Powder for Powder Compressed Cores