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
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| 1991 | November |
Read Electronics (Currently Nidec Advance Technology Corporation) founded.
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| 1992 | June | STAR-REC (V2) with single-sided automatic alignment developed. | |
| 1993 | June |
STAR-REC (V3) with double-sided automatic alignment developed.
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| 1994 | February | Automatic testers for the LCD industry developed. | |
| 1996 | June |
Multi-function continuity/short-circuit tester developed.
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| 1997 | March | Shimpo Industrial Corporation (Currently Nidec Drive Technology Corporation) acquires a stake in Read Electronics. | |
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Nidec Corporation acquires a stake in Read Electronics.
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Corporate name changed to NIDEC-READ CORPORATION.
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| 1998 | January |
The GATS series of step-and-repeat testing systems for BGAs and MCMs released.
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| 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.
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| 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. | |
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SHANGHAI BRANCH OF NIDEC-READ (ZHEJIANG) CORPORATION established by merger of Nidec-Read (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. to NIDEC-READ (ZHEJIANG) CORPORATION
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| 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. | |
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2014
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October |
NIDEC-READ becomes Nidec Corporation's wholly owned subsidiary through a share exchange.
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2017
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October | NIDEC-READ acquires a stake in SV Probe Pte. Ltd.(Currently Nidec SV Probe Pte. Ltd.). | |
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2022
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August |
Corporate Headquarters moved to Muko-Shi, Kyoto.
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| August | Nidec Advance Technology Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. established. | ||
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2023
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March | Nidec Advance Technology Vietnam Co., Ltd. established. | |
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2023
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April | Corporate name changed to NIDEC ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION. | |
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2024
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June | Nidec Advance Technology India Private Limited established. | |