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| 1950 |
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| AUG. |
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Separated from NII WORKS CO., LTD. and established as
KANSAI-NII WORKS CO., LTD. with the capital of 3,000,000 yen. |
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| 1956 |
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| JUL. |
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Established Kyoto Factory for production of aluminum electrolytic capacitors. |
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| 1957 |
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Separated sales operations and established KANSAI-NII SALES CO., LTD. |
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| 1960 |
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| OCT. |
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Established Kameoka Factory (now called NICHICON (KAMEOKA) CORPORATION). |
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| 1961 |
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| MAR. |
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Started production of solid tantalum electrolytic capacitors. |
| APR. |
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Changed the corporate name to NICHICON CAPACITOR LTD. |
| JUN. |
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Completed new Kusatsu Factory Buildings (now called NICHICON (KUSATSU) CORPORATION) for production of various kinds of power capacitors. |
| OCT. |
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Listed in the second division of stock exchange markets in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto. |
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| 1962 |
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| JUN. |
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Established Nagano Factory for production of aluminum electrolytic capacitors. |
| SEP. |
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Listed in the second division of stock exchange markets in Nagoya. |
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| 1966 |
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| JUL. |
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Started production of positive thermistors, "Posi-R". |
| AUG. |
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Listed in the first division of the stock exchange markets in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. |
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| 1967 |
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| AUG. |
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Started production of various kinds of hybrid ICs.(Kameoka Factory (now called NICHICON (KAMEOKA) CORPORATION)) |
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| 1968 |
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| OCT. |
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Established WAKASA ELECTRIC CORPORATION (now called NICHICON (WAKASA) CORPORATION) in Fukui Pref. for production of electric apparatus. |
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| 1969 |
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| JUL. |
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Established Ohno Factory (now called NICHICON (OHNO) CORPORATION) for production of aluminum electrolytic capacitors. |
| AUG. |
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Established Iwate Factory (now called NICHICON (ASAHI) CORPORATION). |
| AUG. |
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Established a joint venture company called TAIWAN CAPACITOR LTD. (now called TAICON CORPORATION) in Taipei, Taiwan for production of aluminum electrolytic capacitors. |
| NOV. |
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Established Hotaka Factory in Hotaka, Nagano Pref. for production of aluminum electrode foils for aluminum electrolytic capacitors. |
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| 1970 |
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| SEP. |
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Established a joint venture company called NICHICON-SPRAGUE CORPORATION in Shiga Pref., Japan for production of solid tantalum electrolytic capacitors. (Current NICHICON TANTALUM CORPORATION) |
| SEP. |
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Established NICHICON (AMERICA) CORPORATION in Illinois, U.S.A. for sales of the company's products. |
| OCT. |
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Extended a building for production increase of hybrid ICs at Kameoka Factory (now called NICHICON (KAMEOKA) CORPORATION). |
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| 1972 |
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| MAY |
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Established NICHICON (HONG KONG) LTD. in Hong Kong for sales of the company's products. |
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| 1973 |
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| DEC. |
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Established a joint venture company called SAMWHA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. in Korea for production of aluminum electrolytic capacitors and plastic film capacitors. |
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| 1978 |
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| SEP. |
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Established NICHICON (SINGAPORE) PTE., LTD. in Singapore. |
| SEP. |
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Started mass production of switching power supplies. |
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| 1981 |
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| FEB. |
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Established NICHICON (IWATE) CORPORATION for production of ultra-miniature type aluminum electrolytic capacitors. |
| OCT. |
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Issued convertible bond for 30 million Swiss-Francs. |
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| 1982 |
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| MAR. |
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Established Obama Factory of WAKASA ELECTRIC CORPORATION (now called NICHICON (WAKASA) CORPORATION), for expanding production of switching power supplies. |
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| 1983 |
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| OCT. |
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Issued convertible bond for 50 million Swiss-Francs. |
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| 1987 |
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| MAR. |
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Issued the 1st domestic unsecured convertible bond (Total amount of 8 billion Japanese yen).
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| OCT. |
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Changed the corporate name to NICHICON CORPORATION. |
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| 1988 |
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| MAR. |
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Business collaboration with Showa Denko K.K. for expanding production capacity of aluminum electrode foils for aluminum electrolytic capacitors. |
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| 1989 |
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| FEB. |
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Issued the 2nd domestic unsecured convertible bond (Total amount of 10 billion Japanese yen). |
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| 1990 |
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| JAN. |
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Established NICHICON (EUROPE) LTD. (now called NICHICON (AUSTRIA) GmbH U.K. OFFICE) in United Kingdom for sales of the company's products. |
| MAR. |
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Established NICHICON (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. in Malaysia for production of aluminum electrolytic capacitors. |
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| 1991 |
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| JUL. |
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Purchased whole stocks of NICHICON-SPRAGUE CORPORATION owned by a joint partner, SPRAGUE ELECTRIC CO., U.S.A. and changed its corporate name to NICHICON TANTALUM CORPORATION. |
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| 1999 |
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Established Ohmachi Factory in Ohmachi, Nagano Pref. and Tomita Factory in Ohno, Fukui Pref. for production of aluminum electrode foils for aluminum electrolytic capacitors. |
| DEC. |
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Acquired 24% capital stock of TIANJIN SAMHWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tianjin, China, through NICHICON (HONG KONG) LTD. |
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| 2000 |
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| FEB. |
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Established NICHICON (FUKUI) CORPORATION in Ohno, Fukui Pref. for production of solid tantalum electrolytic capacitors. |
| MAR. |
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Established NICHICON (TAIWAN) CO., LTD. in Taiwan for sales of the company's products. |
| APR. |
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Established NICHICON (SHIGA) CORPORATION in Kusatu, Shiga Pref. for production of solid tantalum electrolytic capacitors. |
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| 2001 |
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| FEB. |
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Established NICHICON (THAILAND) CO., LTD. in Thailand for sales of the company's products. |
| JUN. |
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Established representative office in Shanghai, China for marketing of the company's products. |
| DEC. |
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Established NICHICON ELECTRONICS (WUXI) CO., LTD. in China for production of aluminum electrolytic capacitors and switching power supplies. |
| DEC. |
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Established NICHICON (AUSTRIA) GmbH in Austria for sales of the company's products. |
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| 2002 |
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| JUN. |
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Established NICHICON ELECTRONICS TRADING (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. in Shanghai, China for sales of the company's products. |
| DEC. |
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Established representative office in Shen Zhen, China for marketing of the company's products. |
| DEC. |
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Kaminaka Factory of WAKASA ELECTRIC CORPORATION (present consolidated subsidiary NICHIKON (WAKASA) CORPORATION) is closed due to corporate restructuring and its operations transferred to Obama Factory (Obama, Fukui Pref.) |
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| 2003 |
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| APR. |
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Split off kameoka Factory into an independent subsidiary, named NICHICON (KAMEOKA) CORPORATION. |
| APR. |
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Established representative office in Dalian, China for marketing of the company's products. |
| APR. |
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Changed subsidiary corporate names.
(ASAHI ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
>>NICHICON (ASAHI) CORPORATION
WAKASA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
>> NICHICON (WAKASA) CORPORATION) |
| OCT. |
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Split off kusatsu Factory into an independent subsidiary, named NICHICON (KUSATSU) CORPORATION. |
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| 2004 |
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| MAR. |
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Basic agreement was signed for the acquisition of the assets related to chip-tantalum capacitors from Matsushita Electronic Components Co., Ltd. (new called Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.) |
| OCT. |
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NICHICON ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD. started production of solid tantalum electrolytic capacitors. |
| DEC. |
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Completed the headquarters building. |
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| 2005 |
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| APR. |
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Split off Ohno Factory into an independent subsidiary, named NICHICON (OHNO) CORPORATION. |
| APR. |
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NICHICON (EUROPE) LTD. was disbanded and merged with NICHICON (AUSTRIA) GmbH as its U.K.OFFICE. |
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| 2006 |
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| APR. |
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"2006 Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology award for science and technology" received for research on induced acceleration in high-energy circular accelerators. |
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| 2007 |
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| MAR. |
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Nichicon has jointly developed with Kandenko Co., Ltd. and Hokuriku Electric Power Company momentary voltage sag compensator using electric double layer capacitors in the storage unit. |
| JUN. |
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Momentary voltage sag compensator using electric double layer capacitors in the storage unit won the Minister of Economy Trade and Industry Prize in the product competition of Electrical Construction Equipment and Materials Fair 2007. |
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