NOK started its operation at the 1939 inauguration of the first specialty manufacturer of oil seals in Japan
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October 1961
NOK stock listed in Second Division, Tokyo Stock Exchange
January 1962
NOK stock listed in First Division, Tokyo Stock Exchange
November 1969
Founded Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
January 1971
Started operation of Mektron Minani Ibaraki Plant (South Plant)
September 1986
Nippon Mektron established Mektec Corporation (Taiwan) to manufacture products such as electric parts and polyurethane rubber products
May 1987
Nippon Mektron established Mektec Corporation in the United State to manufacture electric parts such as flexible printed circuits
May 1996
Nippon Mektron established Mektec Corporation in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand
February 1998
Established NOK Microelectronics Ltd., under a joint venture agreement with Nippon Mektron Ltd., and Nippon Steel Chemical Corporation, for the purpose of manufacturing and selling flexture for wireless suspension of the hard disk drive unit (HDD), etc.
March 1998
Annual sales in fiscal 1997 exceeded 200 billion yen
May 2000
Mektec Corporation ends its manufacturing business in the US.
August 2000
Inauguration of Mektec International Corporation (MIC) to support local existing and new customers.