| Sept. 1972 | Established in Chiba Prefecture. Commenced manufacture and sales of automatic coil winding machines. |
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| Apr. 1974 | Head office and factory relocated to Saitama Prefecture. |
| Sept. 1978 | Market launch of #130AT, the first generation 5-stage automatic coil winding machine developed in Japan, led to a stellar improvement in corporate performance. |
| Dec. 1980 | Iino factory opened in Iino-machi, Fukushima Prefecture. |
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| Mar. 1981 | Development of model #132-AR, a flyer type CNC automatic coil winding machine. The inclusion of an innovation that facilitates programming with actual data was acclaimed as a cutting edge and revolutionary control enabling the programming of real data. |
| Apr. 1982 | Development and commercialization of the multi-spindle CNC automatic coil winding NS series. This secured Nittoku an unchallenged position in the global market as a coil winding machine manufacturer with both flyer and spindle system technology. |
| Oct. 1983 | Osaka office opened (currently, Osaka Branch). |
| May 1984 | Nagano office opened in Ueda City, Nagano. |
| Mar. 1986 | Awarded the 16tth Automatic Machinery Development Prize for small and medium-sized companies by the Japan Machinery Development Association for the development of a coil winding factory automation system. |
| May 1987 | Business base strengthened by the development and sale of the revolutionary AN series that sharply reducing costs and size, and increasing efficiency.
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| June 1987 | Established NECOA, a joint venture, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
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| Feb. 1988 | Development of adjusting devices, transportation system, substantially expanding the scope of application for automated coil winding.
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| Jan. 1989 | Registered as an over-the-counter stock with the Japan Securities Dealers Association. |
| May 1989 | Nagoya office opened (currently Nagoya Branch) in Nagoya. |
| Oct. 1989 | Singapore Branch opened in Singapore.
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| Apr. 1990 | Equity participation in NECOA, USA, (currently a consolidated subsidiary), making it a subsidiary. |
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| Mar. 1991 | Urawa factory opened in Urawa City, Saitama Prefecture (current address). |
| Dec. 1991 | Fukushima factory established as the core production system in Iino-machi, Fukushima Prefecture (current address).
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| Jul. 1992 | Developed a revolutionary and world-first FA controller and next generation coil winding machine. |
| Apr. 1993 | Established NITTOKU (EUROPE) S.A. (a consolidated subsidiary) in Geneva, Switzerland. |
| Dec. 1993 | Established NITTOKU HONG KONG Limited (a consolidated subsidiary) in Hong Kong.
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| Apr. 1994 | Established the Taiwan Branch in Taiwan. |
| Jul. 1996 | Established S.S. NITTOKU Co. LTD. (a consolidated subsidiary) in Thailand. |
| Feb. 1998 | I develop epoch-making servomotor tension "STA series "which can get stable tension value in a high-speed winding and release it. Quality of a lining up winding largely improves.
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| Jun. 1998 | I participate and do capital with a subsidiary in Malaysian NITTOKU PRECISION company (a consolidated subsidiary). |
| Apr. 2000 | Established NITTOKU SHANGHAI OFFICE in Shanghai, China. |
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| Oct. 2000 | Established NITTOKU SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (a consolidated subsidiary) in Singapore. |
| Aug. 2001 | ISO 9001-1994 certificated (UKAS, RAB).
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| Sep. 2001 | Established TAIWAN NITTOKU ADVANCED CO.. LTD. (a consolidated subsidiary) in Taiwan.
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| Jul. 2002 | Established NITTOKU ENGINEERING (SUZHOU) CO., LTD. (a consolidated subsidiary) in China Suzhou.
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| Apr. 2004 | Spindle direct drive type winding machine, the revolutionary & World-first method developed.
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| May. 2004 | Established NITTOKU ENGINEERING CZECH BRANCH in Czech Republic.
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| Jul. 2004 | Established NITTOKU ENGINEERING (SHENZHEN) LTD. (a consolidated subsidiary) in China Shenzhen. |
| Aug. 2004 | ISO9001-2000 certificated (UKAS, RAB). |
| Jun. 2005 | Established FUKUSHIMA MACHINING CENTER in Fukushima. |
| Jul. 2005 | Established NITTOKU ENGINEERING (SHENZHEN) LTD. (a consolidated subsidiary) in China Shenzhen.
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| Jul. 2006 | Established FUKUOKA TECHNICAL CENTER in Fukuoka. |
| Sep. 2006 | Established FUKUI TECHNICAL CENTER in Fukui. |
| Sep. 2008 | NITTOKU made KOSEI Co. Ltd. a specialised Parts feeder maker a subsidary. |