Corporate History
1960
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1967 July
- Established Nikken Industry Co., Ltd.
1970
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1971Mar.
- Established Nikken Tomei Co., Ltd.
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1972Feb.
- Established Nikken Kyushu Co., Ltd.
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1974July
- Established Nikken Hokkaido Co., Ltd.
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Dec.
- Established Nikken Diamond Lease Co., Ltd. under a joint venture agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation.
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1975June
- Established the Development Division to specialize in the development and manufacture of Nikken's own products.
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1978July
- Established Nikken Chugoku Co., Ltd.
1980
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1980Apr.
- Nikken Industry Co., Ltd. changed its name to Nikken Corporation
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Apr.
- 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
- Established Nikken International Corp. in Chicago, USA.
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1982Feb.
- Nikken's Coffee Cup Backhoe won the Merit Award for Innovation at the 7th Invention Awards.
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Oct.
- Established Nikken Kinki Co., Ltd.
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1983Feb.
- Nikken's Type X Lift won the Design and Distinguished Service Award at the 8th Invention Award.
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1984Aug.
- Nikken's Dragonfly Lift (Tombo Lift) won the Merit Award at the 14th Machine Design Award.
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1985July
- Development of the next-generation Z-Lift aerial work platform was completed.
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Oct.
- Absorbed Nikken Kinki Co., Ltd., Nikken Chugoku Co., Ltd., and Nikken Kyushu Co., Ltd. through a merger.
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1986Jan.
- Nikken Tomei Co., Ltd. was merged and the Nikken Group was unified into a national organization.
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1987Jan.
- The headquarters was changed from Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, to Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
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July
- All employees including the president adopted business names.
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1989Nov.
- Nikken International Corp. changed its name to Americ Corporation.
1990
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1990July
- Hikoma Factory Co., Ltd. changed its name to Japanic Co., Ltd. to promote the full scale sales of Nikken's products.
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Nov.
- Increased the capital to 1,215,000,000 yen (Mitsubishi Corporation: 20%, Ashikaga Bank Ltd.: 5%).
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1991July
- Established Thaitec Rental Co., Ltd. under a joint venture agreement with Mitsubishi Company (Thailand), Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand.
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1995Jan.
- The Ashikaga office building was constructed.
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1996Feb.
- Absorbed Japanic Co., Ltd. through a merger.
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May
- The founder Taro Kame was passed away.
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1997June
- Established the Employee Stock Ownership Organization.
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Dec
- Increased the capital to 1,225,125,000 yen.
2000
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2001Sep.
- Adopted the executive officer system.
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2002Dec
- Sold equity interests in Thaitec rental.
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2003Jan.
- Established a compliance committee.
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Sep.
- NDT Co., Ltd. commenced operations, specializing in the disposal of rental assets, the buying and selling of used goods, brokerage, intermediation, and import/export.
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2006Mar.
- NDT Co., Ltd. held the first "GUIA" online auction for used construction machinery.
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2007Aug.
- Mitsubishi Corporation's equity stake in the company reached 97%.
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Oct.
- Established Ashikaga Training Center as a 40th Anniversary Commemorative Project in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture.
2010
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2010June
- Opened the Production Technology Center in Toyama City.
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2012Apr.
- Americ Corporation changed its name to Americ Machinery Corporation.
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2014May
- Established PT.Berlian Amal Perkasa, a construction machinery rental company in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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July
- Established NDT(Thailand)Co., Ltd. in Samutprakarn ,Thailand.
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Dec
- Established Seisan Gijutsu Partners Co., Ltd.
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2015Oct.
- Mitsubishi Corporation's equity stake in the company reached 100%.
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Nov.
- Established Diamond Rental Myanmar Co.,Ltd, a construction machinery rental company in Yangon, Myanmar.
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2016Mar.
- Acquired all shares of Hokushin Kizai Co.,Ltd.
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Mar.
- Published "Construction Machinery Rental Company Illustrated Guide" and "The Secrets of Working Machinery Rental" as part of the 50th-anniversary commemorative projects.
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June
- Established T.S.K Diamond Rental Co., Ltd, a crane rental company in Bangkok, Thailand.
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2017July
- Celebrating our 50th anniversary, we published a commemorative corporate history titled "NIKKEN SPIRIT: Challengers of the Future."
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2019Apr.
- Acquired all shares of Aomori Lease Co., Ltd. and Asuka Rental Co., Ltd.
2020
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2023Aug.
- The headquarters location was changed from Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, to Higashishimbashi , Minato-ku, Tokyo.
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Dec.
- Acquired all shares of FAYS Co.,Ltd.
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2024Aug.
- Established N-LOGI Partners Co., Ltd.
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2025Mar.
- Acquired all shares of Keisoku Net Service Co., Ltd.
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Dec.
- Acquried all shares of Chadwick Forklifts Pty Ltd
