HISTORY
1967 | COPAL ELECRTRONICS established in Tokyo, Japan. Commenced of sale of wirewound trimmers. |
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1972 | Commenced of sale of cermet trimmers and motors. |
1974 | Opened Tajiri plant in Japan. |
1978 | Commenced of sale of DIP switches and rotary encoders. |
1980 | Commenced of sale of pressure sensors. |
1983 | Polygon laser scanners released on the market. |
1985 | Surface mount trimmers released on the market. |
1986 | Opened of Sano plant in Japan. |
1993 | Established a sales subsidiary in Hessen, Germany. |
1995 | Established a sales subsidiary in California, United States. |
1996 | ISO9001 certified for all divisions in Japan. Opened a sales branch in Singapore. |
1997 | Listed on the over-the-counter stock market. |
1998 | Nidec invested in our company. |
1999 | Changed in the company name to NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS. |
2000 | Started manufacturing in China. ISO14001 certified for all factories in Japan. Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 2nd section. |
2001 | Established a sales subsidiary in Shanghai, China. |
2002 | Established a sales subsidiary in Korea. Established a manufacturing subsidiary in Pinghu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. |
2004 | ISO9001 certified for all divisions in China. ISO14001 certified for all factories in China. |
2005 | Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st section. |
2006 | Made Fujisoku a subsidiary of our company through a TOB acquisition of shares. Opened a sales branch in Taiwan. |
2007 | Opened R&D Center in Sano, Japan. Established a sales subsidiary in Singapore, in place of the branch. *Our office |
2010 | Established manufacturing joint venture in Fuyang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. |
2011 | Established a sales subsidiary in Taiwan, in place of the branch. |
2013 | Absorbed and merged Fujisoku. |
2014 | Delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange as a wholly owned subsidiary of Nidec. |
2019 | Acquired the potentiometer and encoder business from Nidec Copal (current Nidec Precision). |
2023 | Made Midori Precision a subsidiary of our company by an acquisition of all shares. Changed in the company name to NIDEC COMPONENTS. |