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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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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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Nidec-Shimpo Corporation
opens new factory in Philippines |
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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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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 Corporation
opens new manufacturing facility in Shanghai,
China; New potter's wheel released |
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2003 |
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation
earns ISO14001 (JAQ-EM3070); Nidec-Shimpo
Shanghai (Sales office) is established in
China; New VL-Whisper potter's wheel released;
New ABLE Gearbox released |
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2003 |
Nidec-Shimpo America Corporation
introduces the VL-Whisper pottery wheel |
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2003 |
Nidec-Shimpo America Corporation
starts sales of Able Planetary Speed Reducer
for Servo Applications |
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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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2007 |
Nidec-Shimpo America Corporation
opens a sales office in Montclair, California |
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