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1967 |
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July |
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Established Nikken Industry Co.,
Ltd. |
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1971 |
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Mar. |
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Established Nikken Tomei Co., Ltd. |
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1972 |
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Feb. |
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Established Nikken Kyushu Co.,
Ltd. |
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1974 |
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July |
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Established Nikken Hokkaido Co.,
Ltd. |
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Dec. |
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Established Nikken Diamond Lease
Co., Ltd. under a joint venture agreement with Mitsubishi
Corporation. |
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1975 |
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June |
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Established the Development Division
to specialize in the development and manufacture of Nikken's
own products. |
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1978 |
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July |
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Established Nikken Chugoku Co.,
Ltd. |
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1980 |
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Apr. |
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Nikken Industry Co., Ltd. changed
its name to Nikken Rental Co., Ltd. |
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Apr. |
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Established Hikoma Factory Co.,
Ltd. from the Development Division being independent to
promote the full scale manufacture of Nikken's own products. |
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Dec. |
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Established Nikken International
Corp. in Chicago, USA. |
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1982 |
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Feb. |
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Nikken Coffee Cup Shaped Backhoe
won the Encouragement Award, the 7th Invention Award. |
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Oct. |
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Established Nikken Kinki Co., Ltd. |
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1983 |
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Feb. |
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Nikken Type X Lift won the Design
and Distinguished Service Award, the 8th Invention Award. |
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1984 |
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Aug. |
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Nikken Dragonfly Lift (Tombo Lift)
won the Encouragement Award, the 14th Machine Design Award. |
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1985 |
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July |
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Z Lift, a new-generation high lift
vehicle, was completed. |
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Oct. |
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Nikken Kinki Co., Ltd., Nikken
Chugoku Co., Ltd. and Nikken Kyushu Co., Ltd. were merged
and acquired. |
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1986 |
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Jan. |
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Nikken Tomei Co., Ltd. was merged
and the Nikken Group was unified into a national organization. |
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1987 |
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Jan. |
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The headquarters location was changed
from Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, to Nagatacho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. |
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July |
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All employees including the president
adopted business names. |
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1989 |
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July |
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Established the Management Division
of Railroad Construction Machinery. |
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Nov. |
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Nikken International Corp. changed
its name to Americ Corp. |
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1990 |
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July |
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Hikoma Factory Co., Ltd. changed
its name to Japanic Co., Ltd. to promote the full scale
sales of Nikken's own products. |
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Nov. |
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Increased the capital to 1,215,000,000
yen (Mitsubishi Corporation: 20%, Ashikaga Bank Ltd.:
5%). |
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1991 |
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July |
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Established Thaitec Rental Co.,
Ltd. under a joint venture agreement with Mitsubishi Company
(Thailand), Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand. |
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1995 |
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Jan. |
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Ashikaga headquarters building
was newly constructed. |
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July |
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Ms. Himiko Tsuru was installed
as president. |
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1996 |
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Feb. |
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Japanic Co., Ltd. was merged and
acquired. |
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May |
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The founder Taro Kame was passed
away suddenly. |
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July |
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Organized three business divisions
under the president Himiko Tsuru. |
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1997 |
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June |
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Established the Employee Stock
Ownership Organization. |
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July |
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Celebrated 30 years of business
since its founding and published the 30-year history of
the company. |
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Dec. |
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Increased the capital to 1,225,125,000
yen. |
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1999 |
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Sep. |
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Mr. Saburo Subaru was installed
as president. |
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2000 |
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July |
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Organized regional and branch offices
on BEANS system under the president Saburo Subaru. |
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2001 |
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Feb. |
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Mitsubishi Corporation acquired
additional 44% stock and became a 64% large stockholder. |
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Sep. |
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Adopted the executive officer system |
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2003 |
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Sep. |
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Disposed the rental property of
Nikken Rental. NDT Corporation Ltd. started business,
mainly the sales, the intermediating and the import and
export of secondhand products. |
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2004 |
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Apr. |
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Mr. Kitaro Kanoko was installed
as president. |
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2007 |
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June |
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Mr. Goro Nakadai was installed
as president. |
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Aug. |
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Mitsubishi Corporation acquired
additional 33% stock and became 97% large stockholder. |
