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1929 Oct. Naoki Suzuki started printing business
1932 Oct. Established Suzuki Shobisha
1942 Jul. Established Nissha Printing, Ltd. through business merger
1946 Dec. Established Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.
Capitalization: ¥5million
Naoki Suzuki assumed post of President & Representative Director
1948 Oct. Opened Tokyo Branch Office
1949 Sep. Opened Osaka Branch Office
1952 Jan. Opened Kobe Office
1959 Nov. Naoki Suzuki assumed post of Chairman of the Board & Representative Director
Shozo Suzuki assumed post of President & Representative Director
1961 Oct. Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange
1962 Jan. Started operation of industrial materials business
Apr. Listed on the Kyoto Stock Exchange
1963 May Established Nissha Asset Management Co., Ltd.
1968 Feb. Established Eastern Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.
1969 Apr. Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1971 Jul. Opened New York Representative Office
1977 Jun. Established Graphic Systems Co., Ltd. (current NCP Co., Ltd.)
1979 May Opened Hong Kong Representative Office
Sep. Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges
1980 Apr. Opened Central Research Laboratory
May Established Nissha CTS Co., Ltd.
1985 Jun. Opened San Francisco Representative Office
1987 Apr. Opened Nagoya Sales Office
1988 Jun. Opened Takamatsu Branch Office
Dec. Established Nissha Intersystems Co., Ltd.
1991 Mar. Established Nissha Belart Co., Ltd.
Nov. Established Nissha Business Service Co., Ltd.
1992 Apr. Shozo Suzuki assumed post of Chairman of the Board & Representative Director
Hiroshi Furukawa assumed post of President & Representative Director
1993 Jan. Incorporated San Francisco Representative Office
1995 Mar. Established Nissha Planner Co., Ltd.
Established Southern Nissha Sdn. Bhd.
1996 Nov. Established Nissha Korea Inc.
1997 Apr. Opened Hokuriku Branch Office
1999 Oct. Opened Amsterdam Representative Office
Dec. Established Nitec Industries, Inc.
2000 Jan. Established Nitec Precision, Inc.
Mar. Relocated Nissha USA, Inc. to Chicago
2001 Mar. Opened Helsinki Representative Office
Dec. Established Guangzhou Nissha High Precision Plastics Co., Ltd.
2002 Jan. Opened Dallas Sales Office of Nissha USA, Inc.
Jul. Established Hong Kong Nissha Co., Ltd.
Oct. Opened Taipei Sales Office
2003 Jan. Opened Plantation Representative Office
Mar. Opened San Diego Sales Office of Nissha USA, Inc.
Opened Dusseldorf Representative Office
Apr. Opened London Representative Office
Jun. Opened Copenhagen Representative Office
Oct. Opened Nagano Office
Opened Gumi Sales Office of Nissha Korea Inc.
Dec. Purchased shares of Sano Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
2004 Apr. Established Nissha (Kunshan) Precision IMD Mold Co., Ltd.
Jul. Opened Beijing Representative Office
Aug. Opened Shanghai Representative Office
Dec. Changed name of Sano Seisakusho Co., Ltd. to Nitec Mold Engineering, Inc.
2005 Jan. Opened Detroit Sales Office of Nissha USA, Inc.
Apr. Established Nissha Europe GmbH.
Jun. Opened Austin Sales Office of Nissha USA, Inc.
Dec. Purchased shares of Kyoei Sangyo Co., Ltd. to make it a subsidiary.
2006 Jan. Established Taiwan Nissha Co., Ltd.
Mar. Held ground-breaking ceremony for Nitec Industries, Inc. Koka Factory
Apr. Established Nissha Korea High Precision Plastics Inc.
Aug. Established NME Korea Inc.
2007 Feb. Opened Nissha Europe GmbH Ulm Office Established Nissha Industrial and Electronics Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Apr. Junya Suzuki assumed post of President and Representative Director Completion of construction of the second plant for Nitec Precision, Inc.
Jul. Opened Chennai Office
Oct. Relocated Kobe Sales Office
Nov. Relocated Nissha Korea Inc. Gumi Office
Dec. Establishment of a sub-subsidiary in the United States, Established Eimo Technologies, Inc.
2008 Jan. Nissha Europe GmbH Helsinki office is to become a branch Office
Relocated Nissha Korea Inc. Seoul Head Office
Opened Nissha Industrial and Electronics Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Beijing Branch and Shenzhen Branch
Feb. Opened Nissha Europe GmbH Kristianstad Office
Mar. Opened Nissha USA, Inc. San Jose Office
Relocated Nissha USA, Inc. Detroit Office
Relocated Nissha USA, Inc. Chicago Head Office
Apr. Relocated Taiwan Nissha Co., Ltd.
Jun. Relocated Nissha Europe GmbH Düsseldorf Head Office
Jul. Relocated Nissha Industrial and Electronics Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Shanghai Head Office
Aug. Opened Nissha Europe GmbH Oulu Office
Opened Nissha USA, Inc. Houston Office
Oct. Nissha Asset Management Co., Ltd. is to acquire Nissha Business Service Co., Ltd.. Following this acquisition, Nissha Asset Management Co., Ltd. changed its name to Nissha Business Service Co., Ltd.
Established Nitec Fuji Chemical Co., Ltd.(Merged Company)
Dec. Established Nissha Interactive Corporation (Merged Company)
2009 Jul. Eastern Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. changed its name to Nitec Printing Co., Ltd.
Dec. Established Nitec Precision and Technologies, Inc.
2010 Aug. Relocated Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. Tokyo Division Headquarters
Sep. Relocated Nissha Printing Co., Ltd. Osaka Division Headquarters and Kobe Sales Office
2011 Jan. Opened Nissha USA, Inc. Toronto Office