| 1979 | SECO enters the Material Handling Equipment (MHE) market by importing high quality hand trucks from the Japanese company Hanaoka. |
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| 1988 | SECO forms Joint Venture with Japanese partners and signs a License Agreement for recoating works of CBN tooling in Japan. |
| 1989 | The photo paper business is grows continuously, to now include ink-jet papers. SECO supplies all major Japanese print manufacturers. |
| 1990 | The gear grinding machine business reaches its historical peak, celebrating a very successful year in SECO history. |
| 1995 | SECO’s Material Handling Equipment business expands beyond imports from Japan and Taiwan, now including factories in China and Thailand. SECO hires its first employee in China for the MHE business. |