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 History
October 1964 : Establishment of ELCO International Corporation, the predecessor of KYOCERA ELCO
March 1979 : Opening of the Osaka office
December 1986 : Opening of the Nagoya office
June 1987 : Establishment of ELCO Korea in Korea
August 1989 : Entry into the KYOCERA Group
May 1990 : Start of production in China via a consignment plant
June 1990 : Establishment of ELCO Southeast Asia in Singapore
October 1992 : Change of the company name to KYOCERA ELCO Corporation
March 1993 : Start of production at the KYOCERA Okaya plant
June 1993 : Start of production at the China plant
  : Opening of the Omiya office and the Tachikawa office
  : Establishment of KYOCERA ELCO Hong Kong in Hong Kong
December 1993 : Opening of the Matsumoto office
December 1994 : Acquisition of ISO9002 certification
March 1995 : Relocation of the main office to Kagahara, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama-shi
June 1995 : Change of name from ELCO Southeast Asia to KYOCERA ELCO Singapore and relocation to the new Singapore plant.
December 1995 : Acquisition of ISO9001 certification
October 1996 : Acquisition of ISO9002 certification by KYOCERA ELCO Singapore
March 1997 : Completion of a new plant at the Okaya office
April 1998 : Acquisition of ISO9002 certification by ELCO Korea
April 1999 : Change of name from ELCO Korea to KYOCERA ELCO Korea and change of company status from joint management to 100% subsidiary.
September 1999 : Acquisition of ISO14001 certification by KYOCERA ELCO Korea
October 2000 : Acquisition of ISO14001 certification
August 2001 : Start of operation of wastewater-free plating line at the Okaya plant
November 2001 : Acquisition of ISO14001 certification by KYOCERA ELCO Singapore
  : Relocation of the China plant to a new plant
March 2004 : Acquisition of ISO9001 certification by the China plant
November 2004 : Start of operation of wastewater-free plating line at the China plant
March 2005 : Start of operation of new consignment plant in Guangdong, China
September 2005 : Start of press production line at the China plant
March 2006 : Opening of Kyocera Elco Korea Sales(KEKS) Corporation
October 2006 : Relocation of the Kyocera Elco Korea plant to a new plant
Start of production in the clean room
October 2007 : Acquisition of ISO 18001 OHSAS certification
July 2008 : Acquisition of ISO/TS 16949 certification

 
   
 
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