1969 |
Nov. |
Nippon Mektron, Ltd.is founded. |
1971 |
Jan. |
Minami Ibaraki plant established in Kukizaki-mura, Inashiki-gun(present-day Tsukuba-shi), Ibaraki-ken. |
1978 |
Nov. |
Established Kashima Kinzoku Kogyo Co.,Ltd.in Hasaki-machi, Kashima-gun(present-day Kamisu-shi), Ibaraki-ken to manufacture and handle plating. |
1979 |
April |
Merges with Seiwa Chemical Co.,Ltd.for further development of the company. |
1986 |
Sep. |
Established Mektec Corporation(Taiwan) to manufacture FPC, in Kaohsiung(Taiwan) |
1987 |
May |
Established Mektec Corp.(USA) to manufacture FPC, in San Jose(U.S.A.) |
1989 |
Nov. |
Investment in Simflex GmbH & Co.KG. a subsidiary of Carl Freudenberg’s FPC division in Germany. |
1993 |
July |
Established Mektec Corp. (Thailand) Ltd.to market FPC in Thailand. |
1994 |
Aug. |
Established Mektec Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd.to market FPC in Hong Kong |
Nov. |
Established Mektec Manufacturing Corp. (Thailand) to manufacture FPC in Thailand. |
Dec. |
Established Tainan plant of Mektec Corp.(Taiwan). |
1995 |
Feb. |
Established Mektec Corp. (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.to market FPC in Singapore. |
1997 |
April |
Absorptions Kashima Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd.and established Kashima plant. |
Aug. |
Established Mektec Manufacturing Corp. (Zhuhai) Ltd. to manufacture FPC in Zhuhai, China. |
2000 |
May |
Established Mektec International Corp. to market FPC in USA. |
2001 |
April |
Established Tsukuba plant (now Okuhara 1st Building)to manufacture FPC. |
2002 |
April |
Separated the business of chemical and engineering elastomers division to UNIMATEC Co., Ltd. |
Aug. |
Established Mektec Manufacturing Corp. (Suzhou) Ltd. to manufacture FPC in Suzhou, China. |
2003 |
Sep. |
Established 2nd Building in Okuhara plant. |
2004 |
Nov. |
Established 3rd Building in Okuhara plant. |
2005 |
Aug. |
Newly-established Mektec Manufacturing Corp.(Suzhou) Ltd. |
2006 |
July |
Established Mektec Jisso Ltd. to manufacture FPC Assembly in Tsukubamirai-shi, Ibaraki-ken. |
Oct. |
NOK’s electronics FPC sales department transferred to Nippon Mektron. |
2007 |
May |
Established LongShan Plant of Mektec Corp.(Zhuhai). |
2009 |
April |
Established Mektec Corp. (Shenzhen) Ltd. to market FPC in Shenzhen, China |
2010 |
July |
Newly-established MEKTEC EUROPE GmbH in Germany. |
2011 |
Mar. |
Established Mektec Corp. (Korea) Ltd. to market FPC in Korea. |
April |
Precision Component for HDD and Mobile device division transferred from NOK to Nippon Mektron. |
June |
Established Mektec (Philippine) Corp. Ltd. to design FPC in Philippine. |
2016 |
May |
Established Mektec Manufacturing Corporation(Vietnam)to manufacture FPC,inVietnam |
2023 |
June |
Established MEKTEC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION (MEXICO) to manufacture FPC in Mexico. |
2024 |
July |
The company name is changed from Nippon Mektron, Ltd. to MEKTEC CORPORATION. |