1960's

1960

• Relocated the head office to Nishinari Ward, Osaka City.
• Established the company's first full-scale plant, the Sakai Factory in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture.

1961

• Daiwa Danchi Co., Ltd., Japan's first full-fledged private-sector developer, was founded.
• Listed on the First Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange, and then listed on the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchanges.
• Established Daiwa（Malaya）Ltd,a joint venture company in Singapore.

1962

• Daiwa Lodge was launched to use as an office, warehouse or Movable Classroom.
• Daiwa House Type-A, a panel style prefabricated house, was launched. It was registered as the first recognized house eligible for Government Housing Loan Corporation financing.
• Daiwa Danchi Co., Ltd. developed Habikino Neopolis in Osaka Prefecture. Homes were sold together with a Housing Service Plan, a precursor to home mortgages, which was developed with Sumitomo Bank, Limited. [Detail]
• Developed an original shell construction method utilizing steel pipes as a forerunner for construction of large-scale spaces.
• Daiwa House Type-A was built for the first time as a single-family housing subdivision home design for public agencies in Senri New Town, Osaka Prefecture.

1963

• Donated Japan’s first pedestrian bridge with combined steel pipes, Overpass for Traffic Safety in front of Osaka Station, in partnership with Kawasaki Steel Corporation (current JFE Steel Corporation). [Detail]
• In order to meet the burgeoning needs of the housing market, two-storey prefabricated houses and other buildings were launched.
• Established an Overseas Section in the Tokyo Branch.
• Published The Future of the Daiwa House Group, a staff training booklet.

1964

• Established a joint venture company in Thailand.

1965

• Established the Nara Factory, Japan's first factory specializing in prefabricated houses.
• Launched the Prefab Shell,as steel beam structure.

1967

• Daiwa House Type-B, which had added improvements to the module or roof pitch, was put on the market.
• Relocated the head office to Awaza, Nishi Ward, Osaka City.

1968

• Rolled out Daiwa Entaroriy, a quasi-low temperature grain warehouse, across Japan, conquering the grain warehouse market.

1969

• Midori-ga-Oka Neopolis, our first independently developed large-scale urban housing development, went on sale.

Daiwa Lodge

Daiwa House Type-A

Overpass for Traffic Safety in front of Osaka Station

Nara Factory

Midori-ga-Oka Neopolis