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AUG.1953

Commenced business with the head office in Minato-ku, Tokyo (in Nippon Electric Co., Ltd.)

AUG.1954

A factory built in Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken (at Tamagawa Plant of NEC)

APR.1961

Akishima Factory (present Akishima Plant) completed, all moved from NEC's Tamagawa Plant

Akishima Plant in 1964

MAY.1961

Head Office moved to Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

APR.1973

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Second Section

APR.1975

Established a subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Services, Ltd." (present »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Business Support, Ltd.)

SEP.1975

Affiliated K.K.Fuji Kogyo (present »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Yamagata, Ltd. and »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Fuji, Ltd.) with »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ by acquiring all Fuji Kogyo stocks

MAR.1977

Established an overseas subsidiary, "Zet Marketing Company" (present »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Electronics, Inc.)

Zet Marketing Company

MAR.1979

Established a subsidiary "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Hirosaki, Ltd."

SEP.1980

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the First Section

JUL.1984

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Taiwan, Ltd."

JUL.1985

Established a subsidiary "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Engineering, Ltd." (present »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Business Support, Ltd.)

JUL.1985

Construction completed of an office building in Akishima Plant

APR.1986

Established a subsidiary "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Shinshu, Ltd."

JUN.1988

K.K.Fuji Kogyo reorganized into »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Yamagata, Ltd. and »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Fuji, Ltd.

OCT.1988

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Oregon, Inc."

APR.1990

Construction completed of a new factory building £¨current 1st Factory£© in Akishima Plant

MAY.1990

Established a subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Foods, Ltd."

DEC.1991

Established a subsidiary, "Nikko Logistics, Corp."

FEB.1994

All business divisions completed acquisition of ISO 9001 certification

APR.1994

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Hong Kong, Ltd."

DEC.1994

Four domestic manufacturing affiliates completed acquisition of ISO 9002 certification

FEB.1995

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Singapore Pte Ltd."

JAN.1996

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Korea, Inc."

JUN.1996

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Philippines, Inc."

SEP.1996

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Europe, Ltd."

AUG.1998

Akishima Plant acquired ISO 14001 certification

NOV.1998

Introduced Windows NT server-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system

FEB.2000

Four domestic manufacturing affiliates completed acquisition of ISO 14001 certification

 

Annual sales surpassed 100 billion yen
Sales for FY1999: 100.1 billion yen (Overseas sales ratio: 22%)

MAR.2001

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Taiwan acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

JUL.2001

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Wuxi Co., Ltd."

MAR.2002

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Wujiang Co., Ltd."

JAN.2003

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Philippines acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

JUN.2003

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Shanghai Co., Ltd."

AUG.2003

50th anniversary of founding

AUG.2003

Hakkou Dengyo Co., Ltd. became an affiliate of »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ (company name changed to »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Hakko, Ltd. in October)

AUG.2003

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Oregon acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

OCT.2003

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Wujiang acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

JUN.2004

Started forestry program, "Forest of »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Group"

Forest of »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Group (Okutama, Tokyo)

SEP.2004

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Hong Kong acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

APR.2005

Established "Global Techno-center" in Connector Division

JUL.2005

Established DJ Precision Co., Ltd., through a merger with Dai-ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.

AUG.2005

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ, four domestic manufacturing affiliates, Nikko Logistics, »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Hakko and »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Business Support transitioned to ISO 14001 multi-site certification

SEP.2005

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Hirosaki completed construction of D building

NOV.2005

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Wuxi acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

MAR.2006

Construction completed of a Welfare and Administrative Building in Akishima Plant

Welfare and Administrative Building in Akishima Plant

MAY.2006

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ launched the new corporate slogan "Technology to Inspire Innovation"

SEP.2006

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Wuxi completed construction of a new plant building

OCT.2006

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Shinshu completed construction of new 2nd plant building

JUL.2007

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Philippines completed construction of a new plant

APR.2008

System Equipment Division reorganized into User Interface Solutions Division

JUL.2008

Central Research Laboratory reorganized into Product Development Center

MAR.2009

Construction completed of Akishima Plant No.5 (Opening of RF Anechoic Chamber and Material Analysis Center)

Akishima Plant No.5 (RF Anechoic Chamber)

MAR.2009

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ was awarded "Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon" from the Government of Japan

Award ceremony of "Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon"

JUL.2009

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Engineering, Ltd. and »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Services, Ltd. merged into »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Business Support, Ltd.

APR.2010

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Tijuana, S. A. de C. V."

APR.2011

Started "Touch Sensor Project"

MAY.2011

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Dongguan Service Co., Ltd."

JUN.2011

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Tijuana acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

DEC.2011

Received "2011 Top 100 Global Innovators Award" from Thomson Reuters

Trophy of "Top 100 Global Innovators Award"

 

Overseas sales ratio exceeds 50%
Sales for FY2011: 112.4 billion yen (Overseas sales ratio: 53.6%)

DEC.2012

Affiliated Meiyu-Giken Co., Ltd. with »ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ by acquiring all the issued stocks of the company

AUG.2013

60th anniversary of founding

AUG.2013

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Hirosaki completed construction of G building

SEP.2013

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Yamagata completed construction of 1st plant D building

NOV.2013

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Philippines completed construction of 2nd plant

APR.2014

Established an overseas subsidiary, "»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Houston, LLC"

MAR.2015

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Shinshu completed construction of D building

AUG.2015

Head office relocated

MAY.2016

Completed construction of "Integrated Evaluation & Test Laboratory", strengthened evaluation and test platform

"Integrated Evaluation & Test Laboratory" in Akishima Plant

NOV.2016

Received the highest environmental ranking from Development Bank of Japan (DBJ)

 

Annual sales surpassed 200 billion yen
Sales for FY2016: 209.5 billion yen (Overseas sales ratio: 72.8%)

MAY.2018

Signed partnership agreement with the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball

Angel Stadium in Anaheim

NOV.2018

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ was awarded the prize as a distinguished blood donation entity by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

NOV.2018

Received commendation as an "entity of distinguished service for Tokyo Green Policy" at the 42nd National Tree-Planting Festival

JAN.2019

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ was awarded the prize of "Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators?2018 to 2019"

MAR.2019

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ Philippines completed construction of 2nd plant B building

MAR.2019

Conclusion of the "Agreement on Research Cooperation for Industry-Academia Collaboration" with the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo

APR.2019

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ website renewal

MAY.2019

Head office relocated

JUL.2019

Opened the exhibition / co-creation space "Connecting?" at the time of head office relocation

The exhibition / co-creation space "Connecting?" in the head office

FEB.2020

»ãÓ¯ÓéÀÖ was awarded the prize of "Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators 2020" for a second consecutive year