History
August
1941Founded Chugai Dengyousha
December
1943Incorporated Chugai Dengyousha
Changed the company name to “Chugai Setten Co.,Ltd”November
1955Completed R&D and started sales of electrical contact material Ag-CdO
April
1960Completed Tokyo Factory in Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Completed powder sintered alloy contacts and started mass productionApril
1962Completed Kanagawa Factory in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Changed company name to Chugai Electric Industry Co., Ltd.May
1963Moved headquarters to Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Completed R&D and started mass production of bimetal electrical contact
Completed the Toyama Factory in Fukumitsu-cho, Toyama Prefecture.March
1965Concluded a mutual technical support agreement with Doduco Company in West Germany
March
1973Completed R&D and started mass production of contact material Neo-silcon (Ag-SnO-InO)
Established Tatung Chugai Precious Metals Co., Ltd. (joint venture with Taiwan’s Tatung Group)June
1976Obtained Neo-silcon patent in major countries around the world
March
1978Move headquarters to Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Closed the Tokyo factory and moved the research and business management divisions to the Kanagawa factory.February
1984Obtained Neosilcon patent in Japan
January
1985Concluded bimetact manufacturing technical support agreement with Degussa company in West Germany
June
1988Established Chugai (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia
April
1996Acquired ISO9001 certification
January
1997Chugai (Malaysia) ISO9001 certified
June
2004Completed Chugai (Malaysia) 4th factory
Chugai (Malaysia) acquired ISO/TS16949 certificationApril
2006Chugai (Malaysia) ISO14001 certified
September
2006Acquired ISO14001 certification
May
2007Completed Gunma Factory in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture
July
2011Established plating department in Chugai (Malaysia)
September
2011Upgraded plating department in Kanagawa Factory
August
2012Renovated the Toyama factory to expand the heading department
September
2013Updated electronic probe and microanalyzer
October
2013Introduced scanning electron microscope and EDX in Chugai (Malaysia)
May
2014Established Taiwan Chugai Electric Industry Co., Ltd. in Taiwan (dissolved the joint venture and became 100% wholly owned)
September
2018Established MICRO ELECTRICAL CONTACT INDONESIA PT (joint venture with local capital) in Indonesia
March
2022Reduced paid-in capital from 160 million yen to 95 million yen
