![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/img-company-history-18.jpg)
1998
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/history_2003.jpg)
- Started Yamamoto Paint as a solo venture.
2000
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/img-company-history-18.jpg)
- Established Yamamoto Paint Co., Ltd.
2005
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-11.jpg)
- Changed corporate status with a capital increase of 10 million yen (from a limited company to a joint-stock company).
2010
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-1-1.jpg)
- Company name changed to Yamamoto Holdings Co., Ltd.
2014
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-2.jpg)
- Relocated the Headquarters (Matsudo Honcho).
2016
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-3-1.jpg)
- Newly established the Tokyo Office (Minato-ku, Tokyo).
2017
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-4-1.jpg)
- Established HardoLass Co., Ltd. (liquid agent development manufacturer).
- Completed the development of HardoLass Nanomaterial Coating.
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-5-1.jpg)
- Moved into the Product Development Support Laboratory of Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Center.
2019
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-6-1.jpg)
- Started joint research with Waseda University.
2021
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-7-1.jpg)
- Established Matsuhidai Satellite Office / Factory.
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-8-1.jpg)
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/04/img-company-history-18.jpg)
- Company name changed to HardoLass Holdings Co., Ltd.
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/higashimatudo.jpg)
- Established the Higashi-Matsudo Factory.
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/history_2021-e1718957242278.jpg)
- Started joint research with the Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University.
2022
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-11-1.jpg)
- Opened Tokyo Office in Harumi Triton Square.
2023
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-12.jpg)
- Started joint research with Kyushu Institute of Technology.
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-13.jpg)
- Started joint research with Tokyo University of Science.
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/Mask-group-14.jpg)
- Started joint research with Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
2024
![](https://www.hardolass.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/IMG_9605-scaled.jpg)
- Opened a large scale showroom in Matsudo.