A Brief History of Star Micronics
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| '50 |
July |
Established Star Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with a capital of ¥ 500,000 in Tegoshi, Shizuoka to manufacture and sell wristwatches and camera parts. |
| '58 |
August |
Began sales of a cam-type automatic lathe. |
| '60 |
October |
Established Tokai Seimitsu Co., Ltd. in a partnership with Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. (Now Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. ) to mass-produce wristwatch screws. |
| '65 |
September |
Absorbed Tokai Seimitsu Co., Ltd. and changed company name to Star Micronics Co., Ltd. |
| '71 |
September |
Began manufacturing and sales of electronic buzzers. |
| '71 |
November |
Moved to Nakayoshida (present location) . |
| '76 |
October |
Began manufacturing and sales of CNC automatic lathes. |
| '77 |
January |
Established Star Micronics America, Inc. in New York, USA. (Currently located in New Jersey, USA. ) |
| '79 |
July |
Began manufacturing and sales of POS printers. |
| '81 |
October |
Listed company stock on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange. |
| '83 |
June |
Built new Ihara Factory in Nanatsushinya, Shimizu City. |
| '84 |
April |
Built new Kikugawa Factory in Kikugawa, Ogasa. |
| '84 |
August |
Listed company stock on the First Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange. (Delisted in July 2006. ) |
| '84 |
November |
Established Star Micronics Europe Ltd. in London, UK. (Changed the company name from Star Micronics UK Ltd. in June 2003, currently located in High Wycombe, UK. ) |
| '89 |
January |
Established Star Micronics Manufacturing Dalian Co., Ltd. in Dalian, China. |
| '90 |
October |
Listed company stock on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| '91 |
October |
Established Star Micronics AG in Zurich, Switzerland. |
| '92 |
February |
Established Star Micronics GB Ltd. in Derbyshire, UK. (Changed the company name from A&S Precision Machine Tools Ltd. in September 2003. ) |
| '92 |
July |
Established Star Micronics GmbH in Alzey, Germany. (Changed the company name from Star Micronics Manufacturing Deutschland GmbH by merging with LAGRO Werkzeugmaschien-Handels GmbH & Co. KG and 2 other non-consolidated subsidiaries in May 2004, currently located in Neuenburg, Germany. ) |
| '95 |
August |
Established Star CNC Machine Tool Corporation in New York, USA. (Changed the company name from Hirschman Corporation in September 1997. ) |
| '98 |
December |
Built new Fujimi Factory in Nagasaki, Shimizu City. |
| '00 |
March |
Started manufacture and sales of microphones, speakers and receivers. |
| '00 |
August |
Established Star America Holding, Inc. (holding company) in Delaware, USA. |
| '01 |
April |
Established Shanghai S&E Precision Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| '02 |
December |
Established Shanghai Xingang Machinery Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| '04 |
March |
Began shipment of CNC automatic lathes as finished products to Star Micronics Manufacturing Dalian Co., Ltd. |
| '05 |
February |
Established Star Micronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Samutprakarn, Thailand. |
| '05 |
September |
New wing added to Kikugawa Factory. |
| '07 |
April |
Established Star Micronics Precision (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Ayutthaya, Thailand. (Changed the company name from S&K Precision Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in January 2011. ) |
| '10 |
February |
Acquired additional shares of Star Micronics Precision (Thailand) Co., Ltd. which thereby became a wholly-owned subsidiary. |
| '11 |
September |
Established Star Micronics Southeast Asia Co., Ltd. in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| '12 |
February |
Established Star Micronics Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. |
