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1952 |
Shimpo Industrial Company
Ltd. is founded in Kyoto, Japan |
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1967 |
Shimpo Industrial Company
Ltd. earns Deming Quality Award
for superior quality control |
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1974 |
Parent company Shimpo
America Corporation incorporates
in Lincolnwood, Illinois as the American
subsidiary of Shimpo Industrial Company
Ltd. |
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1989 |
Plant opens in Skokie,
Illinois as an assembling facility for
Shimpo America Corporation |
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1995 |
Shimpo Industrial Company
Ltd. becomes an affiliated member
of the Nidec Group through private
placement of newly issued stock with
Nidec Corporation |
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1996 |
Shigenobu Nagamori, the
founder, C.E.O. and President of Nidec
Corporation, assumes position of
Chairman and C.E.O. of Shimpo America
Corporation |
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Shimpo Industrial Company
Ltd. changes name to Nidec-Shimpo
Corporation |
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1997 |
Shimpo America Corporation
changes name to Nidec-Shimpo America
Corporation (NSAC); its office and
plant (located separately in Lincolnwood
and Skokie) are consolidated into the
present Itasca, Illinois location |
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Nidec-Shimpo Corporation
opens new factory in Philippines |
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Nidec-Shimpo Corporation
earns ISO9001 (JQA-1739) status |
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1998 |
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation
opens new state-of-the-art manufacturing
facility in Kyoto, Japan |
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Parent company Nidec-Shimpo
America Corporation adds electric
kilns to Shimpo Ceramics' product
line through acquisition of ConeArt
Kilns, Inc. of Canada |
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2002 |
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation
opens new manufacturing facility in
Shanghai, China; New potter's wheel
released |
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2003 |
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation
earns ISO14001 (JAQ-EM3070); Nidec-Shimpo
Shanghai (Sales office) is established
in China; New VL-Whisper potter's wheel
released; New ABLE Gearbox released |
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| 2004 |
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation
opens a state-of-the-art manufacturing
facility in Pinghu, China |
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| 2006 |
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation opens a sales
office in Hong Kong |
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| 2006 |
Nidec-Shimpo
America Corporation opens a sales
office in Torrance, California |
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| 2007 |
Nidec-Shimpo America
Corporation opens new Southeastern
U. S. office in Charlotte, NC. |
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