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HISTORY

1967 COPAL ELECRTRONICS established in Tokyo, Japan.
Commenced of sale of wirewound trimmers.
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. *Our office
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.
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.

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