Nidec Advance Technology Corporation

History

This page shows Nidec Advance Technology's history - from its foundation to the present.

Our history in chronological table

1964 January Founded the automatic measurement equipment and control system as a core business
1991 November Read Electronics (Currently Nidec Advance Technology Corporation) founded.
1992 June STAR-REC (V2) with single-sided automatic alignment developed.
1993 June STAR-REC (V3) with double-sided automatic alignment developed.
1994 February Automatic testers for the LCD industry developed.
1996 June Multi-function continuity/short-circuit tester developed.
1997 March Shimpo Industrial Corporation (Currently Nidec Drive Technology Corporation) acquires a stake in Read Electronics.
April Nidec Corporation acquires a stake in Read Electronics.
October Corporate name changed to NIDEC-READ CORPORATION.
1998 January The GATS series of step-and-repeat testing systems for BGAs and MCMs released.
1999 February Representative office in Germany opened in the suburbs of Frankfurt.
November Nagoya office opened.
2000 July NIDEC-READ TAIWAN CORPORATION (Currently Nidec Advance Technology Taiwan Corporation) established.
August NIDEC-READ shares listed on the second section of the Osaka Securities Exchange (now Tokyo Securities Exchange).
2002 March NIDEC-READ joined 5 other Nidec group companies to establish Nidec System Engineering (Zhejiang) Corporation, in Pinghu, Zhejing Province, China.
2003 August Corporate Headquarters moved to Ukyo-ku, Kyoto.  
September NIDEC-READ acquires a stake in Advance Korea Corporation (Currently Nidec Advance Technology Korea Co., Ltd.).
2004 March Nidec-Read (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. established.
2005 July Fixture manufacturing sector moved to Nidec group production engineering center.
2009 February NIDEC-READ acquires a stake in LuzCom Inc. (Currently Nidec Advance Probe Corporation)
April NIDEC-READ (ZHEJIANG) CORPORATION (Currently Nidec Advance Technology Zhejiang Corporation) established by spinning off operations from Nidec-system Engineering (Zhejiang) Corporation.
2011 September NIDEC-READ (THAILAND) CO., LTD. (Currently Nidec Advance Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.) established.
July SHANGHAI BRANCH OF NIDEC-READ (ZHEJIANG) CORPORATION established by merger of Nidec-Read (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. to NIDEC-READ (ZHEJIANG) CORPORATION
2012 July NIDEC-READ INSPECTION CANADA CORPORATION (Currently Nidec Advance Technology Canada Corporation) established.
2013 July After Tokyo and Osaka Securities Exchange were united as of 16 July 2013. NIDEC-READ is listed on the second section of Tokyo Securities Exchange.
2014
October NIDEC-READ becomes Nidec Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary through a share exchange.
2017
October NIDEC-READ acquires a stake in SV Probe Pte. Ltd.(Currently Nidec SV Probe Pte. Ltd.).
2022
August Corporate Headquarters moved to Muko-Shi, Kyoto.  
August Nidec Advance Technology Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. established.
2023
March Nidec Advance Technology Vietnam Co., Ltd. established.
2023
April Corporate name changed to NIDEC ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION.
2024
June Nidec Advance Technology India Private Limited established.