History
Jun. 1963 | Established Kitagawa Rubber Industries Co., Ltd. in Nagoya to produce/sale industrial rubber/plastic products |
Oct. 1965 | Started sales of industrial precision plastic products |
Mar. 1967 | Opened Tokyo Office |
Oct. 1969 | Opened Osaka Office |
Jun. 1970 | Opened Tokyo Logistics Center |
Mar. 1971 | Changed the company name to Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd. |
Mar. 1974 | Opened Nishiharu Logistics Center (reorganized as Nishiharu Factory later) |
Nov. 1977 | Opened Yokohama Office |
Feb. 1979 | Opened Nagoya Logistics Center |
Dec. 1980 | Relocated the Head Office to Chiyoda, Naka-ku, Nagoya City |
Dec. 1983 | Established a manufacturing subsidiary Platec Corporation |
Jun. 1984 | Started sales of electromagnetic waves protection devices |
Jul. 1986 | Established a subsidiary ESD Technologies (Changed the name to Intermark Co.,Ltd. in Jan. 1992) |
Apr. 1988 | Opened Osaka Logistics Center |
Mar. 1989 | Opened Kasugai Factory |
Dec. 1991 | Opened Mito Logistics Center |
Feb. 1992 | Liquidated Platec Corporation and inherited its manufacturing operation |
Mar. 1992 | Acquired Kitagawa GmbH, Kitagawa Industries (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. and Intermark(USA),Inc. |
May 1994 | Established an affiliate, International Center for Materials Research |
Jul. 1994 | Established a subsidiary, Kitagawa Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore |
May 1995 | Established a subsidiary, Kitagawa Industries (H.K.) Limited in Hong Kong |
Dec. 1995 | Established a subsidiary, PT. Kitagawa Industries Indonesia in Indonesia |
Feb. 1996 | Listed the stock on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange |
Apr. 1997 | Started MEF (moldless enclosure fabrication) system |
Apr. 1999 | Opened Kasugai EMC Center |
Dec. 1999 | Awarded ISO9001 certification |
Sep. 2000 | Established a subsidiary, Shanghai Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd. in China |
Nov. 2000 | Established a subsidiary, Kitagawa Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Thailand |
May 2001 | Awarded ISO14001 certification |
Dec. 2001 | Opened Inazawa Business Center |
Sep. 2002 | Established Wuxi KGS Corporation in China |
Oct. 2002 | Changed the trademark from KG to KGS |
Apr. 2003 | Closed Intermark(USA),Inc. New York Office and opened Intermark (USA),Inc., San Jose Office |
Apr. 2003 | Awarded ISO9001:2000 certification |
Mar. 2004 | Awarded from Nagoya Stock Exchange for its contribution to market development |
Jan. 2006 | Awarded ISO14001:2004 certification |
Apr. 2006 | Intermark(USA),Inc. opened San Diego Office |
Apr. 2006 | Opened Hanoi Repesentative Office in Vietnam |
Jan. 2007 | Opened Akechi Technology Center |
Jan. 2007 | Nishiharu Factory was relocated to Akechi Technology Center |
Mar. 2007 | Closed Tokyo Logistics Center, which was transferred to Inazawa Logistics Center |
Apr. 2008 | Closed Hanoi Representative Office |
Apr. 2009 | Intermark Co., Ltd. was merged into Kitagawa Industries Co.,Ltd. |
Apr. 2009 | Intermark(USA),Inc. closed San Diego Office |
Jun. 2009 | Closed Mito Logistics Center, which was transferred to Inazawa Logistics Center |
Oct. 2009 | Closed PT. Kitagawa Industries Indonesia |
Apr. 2010 | Hiroji Kitagawa was appointed Chairman, and Kiyoto Kitagawa was appointed President |
Apr. 2010 | Established Kitagawa Technology (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd. in China |
Mar. 2012 | Relocated the Head Office to the current location |
Mar. 2012 | Relocated the Wuxi KGS Corporation |
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