This company was established in the year 1921 by Shozoburo Shimano with the name “Shimano Iron Works Company”. Headquartered in Sakai City, Japan. At that time, prior to manufacturing fishing reels, its main product was bicycle freewheels.
Shortly after that, in 1951 company was renamed “Shimano Industrial Co., Ltd.”
In 1978, the company released its first fishing product called shimano bantam reels, which was baitcaster type reel, and after that they made the X-Rods available to the anglers. Since then, the company haven`t looked back in designing fishing reels. Today, they are the leading fishing reel manufacturers across the globe.