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| 2000 |
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Established NICHICON (FUKUI) CORPORATION in Ohno, Fukui Pref. for production of solid tantalum electrolytic capacitors. |
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Established NICHICON (TAIWAN) CO., LTD. in Taiwan for sales of the company's products. |
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Established NICHICON (SHIGA) CORPORATION in Kusatsu, Shiga Pref. for production of solid tantalum electrolytic capacitors. |
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| 2001 |
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Established NICHICON (THAILAND) CO., LTD. in Thailand for sales of the company's products. |
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Established representative office in Shanghai, China for marketing of the company's products. |
| DEC. |
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Established NICHICON ELECTRONICS (WUXI) CO., LTD. in China for production of aluminum electrolytic capacitors and switching power supplies. |
| DEC. |
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Established NICHICON (AUSTRIA) GmbH in Austria for sales of the company's products. |
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| 2002 |
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Established NICHICON ELECTRONICS TRADING (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. in Shanghai, China for sales of the company's products. |
| DEC. |
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Established representative office in Shen Zhen (now called NICHICON ELECTRONICS TRADING (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.) , China for marketing of the company's products. |
| DEC. |
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Kaminaka Factory of WAKASA ELECTRIC CORPORATION (present consolidated subsidiary NICHIKON (WAKASA) CORPORATION) is closed due to corporate restructuring and its operations transferred to Obama Factory (Obama, Fukui Pref.) |
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| 2003 |
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| APR. |
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Split off kameoka Factory into an independent subsidiary, named NICHICON (KAMEOKA) CORPORATION. |
| APR. |
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Established representative office in Dalian, China for marketing of the company's products. |
| APR. |
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Changed subsidiary corporate names:
(ASAHI ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
→ NICHICON (ASAHI) CORPORATION
WAKASA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
→ NICHICON (WAKASA) CORPORATION) |
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Split off Kusatsu Factory into an independent subsidiary, named NICHICON (KUSATSU) CORPORATION. |
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| 2004 |
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| MAR. |
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Basic agreement was signed for the acquisition of the assets related to chip-tantalum capacitors from Matsushita Electronic Components Co., Ltd. (new called Panasonic Electronic Devices Co., Ltd.) |
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NICHICON ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD. started production of solid tantalum electrolytic capacitors. |
| DEC. |
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Completed the headquarters building. |
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| 2005 |
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| APR. |
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Split off Ohno Factory into an independent subsidiary, named NICHICON (OHNO) CORPORATION. |
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NICHICON (EUROPE) LTD. was disbanded and merged with NICHICON (AUSTRIA) GmbH as its U.K.OFFICE. |
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| 2006 |
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"2006 Minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology award for science and technology" received for research on induced acceleration in high-energy circular accelerators. |
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| 2007 |
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Nichicon has jointly developed with Kandenko Co., Ltd. and Hokuriku Electric Power Company momentary voltage sag compensator using electric double layer capacitors in the storage unit. |
| JUN. |
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Momentary voltage sag compensator using electric double layer capacitors in the storage unit won the Prize of Economy Trade and Industry Minister at the "Japan Electrical Construction Equipment and Materials Fair 2007". |
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| 2008 |
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| AUG. |
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Established NICHICON ELECTRONICS TRADING (SHANZHEN) CO., LTD. in Shanzhen, China for sales of the company's products. |
| AUG. |
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NICHICON (SHIGA) CORPORATION is merged into NICHICON TANTALUM CORPORATION. |
| OCT. |
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Nichicon reaches a basic agreement to purchase the conductive polymer aluminum solid electrolytic capacitor business of FUJITSU MEDIA DEVICES LTD. |
| DEC. |
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Delivered accelerator power supplies for corpuscular ray cancer treatments to medical institutions. |
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| 2009 |
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| JAN. |
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NICHICON (ASAHI) CORPORATION is merged into NICHICON (IWATE) CORPORATION. |
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FPCAP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD. in China
started production of conductive polymer aluminum solid electrolytic capacitors. |
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Released the first hybrid-type emergency generator in the industry incorporating momentary voltage sag compensator.(Nichicon has jointly developed with YANMAR Energy System Co., Ltd.) |
| JUN. |
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Started mass-production of charger integrated DC-DC converters, inverters for electric vehicles. |
| JUL. |
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Established WUXI NICHICON ELECTRONICS R&D CENTER CO., LTD. in China for design and development of switching power supplies. |
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| 2010 |
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Inaugurated the Nichicon Energy Control System Technology(NECST)project. |
| MAR. |
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Installed a "solar-powered and grid-connected EV charger" at Nishikyogoku Sports Park in Kyoto City as the first attempt. |
| JUL. |
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Installed the first"solar-powered and grid-connected dual rate EV charger with high / regular speed steps equipped with a power storage bank", a carbon-free EV charging solution, in the Kyoto Prefectural Office. |
| AUG. |
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Marked the 60th anniversary of the company's founding. |
| DEC. |
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A letter of appreciation from the Minister of Education and the Minister of Development of Space Technology was given for Nichicon’s contribution of the EM series of plastic film capacitors which were installed in the asteroid probe Hayabusa. |
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| 2011 |
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Established NICHICON ELECTRONICS (SUQIAN) CO., LTD. in Suqian, China for production and sales of aluminum electrolytic capacitors and conductive polymer aluminum solid electrolytic capacitors. |
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Installed the first energy-generating / energy-storing type EV quick charging system at the Suita Service Area on a highway in Japan, implementing verification test. |
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Established NICHICON ELECTRONICS TRADING (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. Chongqing Branch in Chongqing, China. |
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Established NICHICON ELECTRONICS TRADING (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. Chengdu Branch in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. |
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Low-Voltage EV Quick Charging Station utilizing solar power generation with storage functions won the Prize of Environment Minister at the "Japan Electrical Construction Equipment and Materials Fair 2011". |
| OCT. |
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Concluded with Samsung SDI the exclusive supply and purchase agreement for lithium-ion batteries for household energy storage systems in Japan. |
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