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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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1996 |
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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1997 |
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation opens
new factory in Philippines |
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1997 |
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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1998 |
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 America Corporation
introduces the RK-Whisper pottery wheel. |
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2003 |
Nidec-Shimpo America Corporation
introduces the VL-Whisper pottery wheel |
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2003 |
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation earns
ISO 14001 |
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2004 |
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation opens
a new sales office in Shanghai, China |
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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 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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