Processed wood material for other brands in a rented house alongside Xiaohe Road, Hangzhou.

Established a furniture factory and became the OEM partner of Westlake Furniture Factory

August,1993 Established Hangzhou Peony Furniture factory. This picture shows the first Italian equipment introduced in BIESSE B5.

December,1993 Be invited to Hangzhou Department Store. This picture shows Hangzhou Department Store in 1990s.

Expanded the factory area to 3200 m2 as business grew.

Put emphasis on office furniture and developed first office product.

6000m2 self-built factory was put into use.

1998- Redesigned corporate image and created Sunon brand. This picture shows the front door of factory

Expanded original retail business to include direct operation

Sunon products were certified with ISO9002 and other international standards.

Realized the importance of talents and began to hire talents from colleges.

February, 1999- Applied for the registration of the word and graphic trademark "Sunon". The picture shows Sunon’s first registered graphic trademark.

March, 2001- Sunon furniture manufacturing base at Xiaoshan started construction (Floor area: 51,800 m2 ).

June, 2003- Introduced professional managers and promoted franchising model. The picture shows Sunon’s franchise signing ceremony held at the 13th Guangzhou Furniture Fair.

August, 2003- Lead by President Ni, Sunon executives visited Haier to study its management.

March, 2004- Sunon’s marketing staff talked with European merchants at the Guangzhou International Furniture Fair.

April, 2004- Participated in the 2nd China Office Furniture Fair and won the Gold Design Award.

May, 2004- Established a testing room and introduced seat testing equipment. The picture shows the pressure testing machine for chair legs.

October, 2004- Sunon was elected as the new vice chairman unit, and Chairman Ni Liangzheng was elected as the new vice chairman of the Chinese furniture council.

January, 2005- Sunon trademark was regarded as a renowned Zhejiang trademark.

April, 2005- Sunon began to manufacture some products of the MALM series for IKEA.

April, 2007- Mr.Ni and key employees visited Japan Plus Company and studied 6S management.

September, 2007- EASY won the 9th China Furniture Design Gold Award.

October, 2007- Sunon Management Department was jointly established by Sunon Group and Nanjing Forestry University.

November, 2007- The validation meeting of two national standards was held at Sunon.

October, 2008- Participated in office furniture biennial fair ORGATEC in Cologne, Germany.

Co-develop products with Politecnico di Milano and ASPS Studio. This picture shows the discussion between Sunon and Politecnico di Milano.

February, 2009- The "U+ spraying technique furniture" developed by Sunon team led by academician Zhang Qisheng was awarded the Science and Technology Progress Award by China National Light Industry Council.

August, 2010- LEADING series won Germany IF design award.

October, 2010- Relocated headquarter to 155m-high,37-floor Sunon Central Business Building.

Haining Eco-friendly Manufacturing Base(floor area: 135,000 m2) was put into operation.

November, 2011- Sunon Charity Foundation with an initial fund of 20 million RMB was established.

November, 2011- Sunon’s 20th anniversary was held at Xianghu, Hangzhou.

The first overseas project-the Sharjah Transport Bureau in the UAE was delivered successfully. The picture shows the exchange of gifts between Sunon and clients.

Sunon’s office chairs, sofas, wooden furniture and screen workstations were certified by GREENGUARD.

October, 2015- Held the first “Overseas Designer Cultural Journey”. This picture shows foreign designers visiting Sunon factory.

September, 2015- The self-developed "7-PLUS water-based paint" was put into application.

April, 2016- Sunon Experience Center located in Dubai was put into operation.

July, 2017- The opening ceremony of the 5th Sunon "Little Migratory Birds" Summer School was held at the Haining Eco-friendly Manufacturing Base.

September, 2017- Won "Hangzhou Municipal Government Good Quality” Award.

October- The inauguration ceremony of Intelligent Furniture Research Center jointly established by Sunon and Zhejiang University was held.

November, 2017- Set up Sunon Employee’s Mutual Support Foundation.

December, 2017- Qiantang Intelligent Manufacturing Base with a floor area of 132,700 m2 began construction. The picture shows Mr. Zhao Yide (left), then member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, shaking hands with Chairman Ni Liangzheng (right) at the groundbreaking ceremony.

February, 2018- Held the first overseas launch event in Bangalore, India and unveiled Aulenti, Varna, Hyle

October, 2018- Established European R&D center in Berlin, Germany.

November, 2018- Set up subsidiaries in India, Hongkong, Singapore, Britain and America to promote localization. This picture shows American subsidiary in Irvine, California.

November, 2018- Sunon Technological Innovation Park started construction. The floor area is 261,300m2.

October, 2019- Hosted the fifth Overseas Designer Cultural Journey in Dubai.

October, 2019- Led by Chairman Ni, Sunon staff visited American counterparts and exchanged ideas.

January,2020- Donated 10 million RMB to fight against pandemic

September, 2020- Signed the contract of building a Northern headquarter (floor area 408,000 m) in Shenzhou.

August, 2021- Signed the contract of building a Sunon International (North America) base in Mexico.

March, 2022- Sunon held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Mexico Base in Hofusan Industrial Park, North America.

December, 2021- Sunon was named a '2021 Zhejiang Top Brand of Cross Border Ecommerce'.

October, 2022- Sunon displayed digital products at ORGATEC 2022 in Cologne, Germany. A Korean brand infringed on the Sunon H2 chair, Sunon resolved it on-site.

May, 2023- Sunon established the “Academician Innovation Research Institute" for green, low-carbon furniture with a 50 million RMB investment.

May, 2023- Sunon and nine other companies formed the Low Carbon Office and Commercial Alliance at the Global Partner Conference.

March, 2024- Sunon signed a contract to set up the AIOT Smart Office IoT South China R&D Headquarters in Zhongshan, with a planned area of 700,000m