About Us

About Us

History

1960
August
Founded in Chuo-ku, Tokyo.
1961
October
Completed a factory in Oiso Town, Kanagawa Prefecture (currently Oiso Factory).
Started manufacturing closed barrel type crimp terminals.
1963
March
Production and delivery of open barrel type chain terminals started.
1964
May
Started production of connector contacts for automotive.
1967
February
Moved the head office to Oiso, set up a branch office in Osaka, and set up sales offices in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Kitakyushu.
September
Opened sales office in Hiroshima City.
1971
August
Japanese Industrial Standards display license factory approval (bare crimp terminal).
1975
September
UL certified for closed barrel type terminals and connectors.
1977
January
Production of micro connectors for PC boards started.
1982
September
CSA certified for closed barrel type terminals and connectors.
1983
October
"Odawara Factory" opened in Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
1985
April
"Hanaizumi Factory" opened in Hanaizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture.
1987
August
Opened "Distribution Center" in Hiratsuka City.
1990
August
Moved and expanded the Osaka branch to Suita City, Osaka Prefecture.
1991
February
Moved the distribution center to Koma, Oiso-machi.
1992
April
Moved the Nagoya branch to Yashirodai, Meito-ku, Nagoya.
November
Moved the sales headquarters to Hiratsuka City.
1995
March
Opened "Beijing Office" in Beijing, China.
May
Hanaizumi Factory has acquired the certification of Quality Management System ISO9002.
September
Established "NT Precision Co., Ltd."
December
Established a joint venture "Beijing Nihon Electronics Co., Ltd." in Beijing, China.
December
The Machinery Division was spun off to establish "Nittan Techno Co., Ltd."
1996
July
Established "Hong Kong Nittan Electronics Co., Ltd." in Hong Kong.
December
Quality Management System ISO9001 is certified by the head office, Oiso factory, and Odawara factory.
1998
April
Opened "2nd Factory" at Hanaizumi Factory.
June
Closed Odawara factory.
October
Hanaizumi Factory has acquired the certification of Environmental Management System ISO14001.
1999
November
Obtained QS-9000 certification for automobile Quality Management System.
2002
July
The Hanaizumi Factory received the Prime Minister's Commendation for the Contribution to the Greening Promotion Campaign as an excellent greening factory.
October
The head office and Oiso factory have acquired the certification of the Environmental Management System ISO14001.
2005
December
Registration deleted due to the abolition of the automobile Quality Management System QS-9000.
2006
July
Nittan Techno Co., Ltd. and NT Precision Co., Ltd. merged.
December
The 2nd press factory was added to the Hanaizumi factory to expand the facilities.
2007
May
Established a joint venture "Riduanjian Hexing Electronics Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd." in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China. (Sold all shares in January 2013)
October
The Nagoya branch was relocated and expanded at Yashirodai, Meito-ku, Nagoya.
2008
April
Closed "Beijing Office" in Beijing, China.
April
Renamed Tokyo branch to Kanto branch and integrated sales section into Kanto branch. Moved to Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama City.
August
Moved the sales department to the head office.
2009
April
Renamed Kyushu Sales Office to West Japan Sales Office and integrated Hiroshima Sales Office into West Japan Sales Office. Moved to Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu.
2010
November
Merged with Nittan Techno Co., Ltd.
2011
March
Moved Kanto branch to Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo.
2012
November
The wholly-owned "Kunshan Riduan Electronic Technology Co., Ltd." opened in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, China. (End of production in February 2021)
2015
November
Established Hong Kong Nittan Electronics Co., Ltd. Bangkok Representative Office.
2017
February
Added "Clean Factory" to Hanaizumi 2nd Factory.
May
Established a joint venture "Guangzhou Nikkei Trading Co., Ltd." in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
August
Moved the head office to Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
November
Nittan Kashima Co., Ltd. became a group company.
2018
August
M & M Fusion became a group company and the company name was changed to NT Sales North America, Inc.
September
Tech Kasei Co., Ltd. becomes a group company.
2020
June
Established NT Shonan Co., Ltd. by merging Nittan Kashima Co., Ltd. and Tech Kasei Co., Ltd.