History
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August
1941Founded Chugai Dengyousha
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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
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April
1960Completed Tokyo Factory in Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Completed powder sintered alloy contacts and started mass production -
April
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
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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
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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
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January
1985Concluded bimetact manufacturing technical support agreement with Degussa company in West Germany
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June
1988Established Chugai (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia
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April
1996Acquired ISO9001 certification
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January
1997Chugai (Malaysia) ISO9001 certified
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June
2004Completed Chugai (Malaysia) 4th factory
Chugai (Malaysia) acquired ISO/TS16949 certification -
April
2006Chugai (Malaysia) ISO14001 certified
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September
2006Acquired ISO14001 certification
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May
2007Completed Gunma Factory in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture
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July
2011Established plating department in Chugai (Malaysia)
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September
2011Upgraded plating department in Kanagawa Factory
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August
2012Renovated the Toyama factory to expand the heading department
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September
2013Updated electronic probe and microanalyzer
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October
2013Introduced scanning electron microscope and EDX in Chugai (Malaysia)
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May
2014Established Taiwan Chugai Electric Industry Co., Ltd. in Taiwan (dissolved the joint venture and became 100% wholly owned)
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September
2018Established MICRO ELECTRICAL CONTACT INDONEGIA PT (joint venture with local capital) in Indonesia
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March
2022Reduced paid-in capital from 160 million yen to 95 million yen
