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1964   The Company founded.

1992 Jun. STAR-REC (V2) with single-sided automatic alignment developed.

1993 Jun. STAR-REC (V3) with double-sided automatic alignment developed.

1994 Feb. Automatic testers for the LCD industry developed.

1996 Jun. Multi-function continuity/short-circuit tester developed.

1997 Mar. Shimpo Industrial Corporation (now Nidec-Shimpo Corporation) acquires a stake in Nidec-Read.
  Apr. Nidec Corporation acquires a stake in Nidec-Read.
  Oct. Corporate name changed to Nidec-Read.

1998 Jan. The GATS series of step-and-repeat testing systems for BGAs and MCMs released.

1999 Feb. Representative office in Germany opened in the suburbs of Frankfurt.
  Nov. Nagoya Office opened.

2000 Jul. Nidec-Read Taiwan Corporation established.
  Aug. Nidec-Read shares listed on the second section of the Osaka Securities Exchange.

2002 Mar. Nidec-Read joined 5 other Nidec group companies to establish Nidec System Engineering (Zhejiang) Corporation, in Pinghu, Zhejing Province, China.

2003 Aug. Corporate Headquarters moved to Ukyo-ku, Kyoto.
  Sep. Nidec-Read acquires a stake in Advance Korea Corporation (now Nidec-Read Korea Corporation).

2004 Mar. Nidec-Read (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. established.
2005 Jul. Jig manufacturing sector moved to Nidec group fine processing center.
2009 Feb. Nidec-Read acquires a stake in LuzCom Inc.
2009 Apr. Nidec-Read (Zhejiang) Corporation established.
2009 Sep. Nidec-Read (Thailand) Corporation established.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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