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1970 - 1980 /
1981 - 1990 /
1991 - 2000 /
2001 -
1970 - 1980
| November 1970 |
Established Towa Electric in Meguro Ward, Tokyo.
Main business: maintenance of synchroscopes, facsimiles, industrial semiconductors and vacuum testers |
| July 1971 |
Headquarters moved to Musashino City, Tokyo.
Began R&D on semiconductor measuring and ultra-fine process technique |
| November 1973 |
Began production of semiconductor testing systems and precision measuring units |
| April 1975 |
Company name changed to Micronics Japan Co., Ltd. (MJC) |
| March 1976 |
Developed the probe card |
| August 1977 |
Completed the 1st manual prober |
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1981 - 1990
| May 1981 |
Established Aomori Plant |
| January 1983 |
Manual prober (Model 705) is taken up by The Nikkei Business Daily as an important patent abstract |
| April 1985 |
Aomori Sales Office added in Aomori Plant |
| December 1985 |
Completed the 1st LCD testing system |
| August 1989 |
Opened R&D Center in Mitaka City, Tokyo |
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1991 - 2000
| January 1992 |
Development started on package probe |
| June 1994 |
Established Kansai Sales Office in Kobe |
| April 1997 |
Registered shares with Japan Securities Dealers Association for over-the-counter trading |
| June 1997 |
Oita Plant moved to Takae-Nishi, Oita City and renamed to Oita Technology Laboratory |
| December 1998 |
Kumamoto Plant moved to Kamimashiki-Gun, Kumamoto and renamed to Kumamoto Technology Laboratory |
| March 1999 |
Established San Jose Branch Office in San Jose, California (U.S.) |
| July 2000 |
Constructed new manufacturing plant at Matsuzaki, Hiraka Town, Aomori |
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2001 -
| January 2003 |
Established subsidiary, MJC Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. In Shanghai (China) |
| May 2004 |
Established Ibaraki Technology Laboratory in Chikusei City, Ibaraki |
| July 2004 |
Established subsidiary, Taiwan MJC Co., Ltd. In Taoyuan (Taiwan) |
| January 2005 |
Commercialized the world-first 8" Wafer full contact probe card |
| March 2005 |
Established subsidiary, China MJC (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai (China) |
| June 2006 |
Established subsidiary, MJC Electronics Corporation in Delaware (U.S.) |
| October 2006 |
Established subsidiary, MJC TECHNO Co., Ltd. in Mitaka City, Tokyo |
| May 2007 |
Extended facility at Aomori Plant |
| May 2007 |
Established subsidiary, MJC Europe GmbH in Dresden, Sachsen (GER) |
| October 2008 |
Established subsidiary, MEK Co., Ltd. in Kyoungki-Do (Korea) |
| January 2010 |
Acquired ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 certification (All facilities) |
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