Corporate History
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| 1954 | October/ Nakamura Steel Works established in Asahigaoka Kita-machi, Sakai-ku, Sakai City |
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| 1965 |  |
Started developing production techniques for cemented carbide |
| December 1970 | December/Nakamura choukou Co., Ltd. established | Manufactured a gauge capable of measuring a dimensional difference of 1μm in diameter with high-precision polishing |
| 1975 | Heat treating technique with special wax developed, electro discharge machining started | |
| 1988 |  |
PCD (sintered diamond) processing technology developed, material offering ability improved |
| 1989 | July / Main office factory (765 m2) newly established, main office moved to Otori Minami-machi, Nishi-ku, Sakai City, Osaka |
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| 1994 |  |
Absorption nozzle for electrical parts developed, mass produced, and implemented into mounting business fields |
| 1999 | May/Became ISO9001 certified | |
| 2001 | ・June/"Mac Center" factory (1,576 m2) newly established in Tsuruta-cho,Nishi-ku, Sakai City ・December/Became ISO14001 certified |
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| 2005 | November/ New MAC Center building (2516 m2) established |
・April / Medical device production started, permission obtained to manufacture and distribute them ・May/ "MAC-I" nozzle cleaner developed and distributed Our first company brand device, which is the first in the world to clean using only water and air, with no solvent necessary. |
| 2008 | April/ Acquired all shares of Nippon Nozzle Co., Ltd., making it a wholly-owned subsidiary |
November/ "Eco-Clean MM-7060" metal mask cleaner released |
| 2009 |  |
May / Released the "MAC-III" nozzle cleaner November/ Started producing solar silicon wafers |
| 2010 | January/"D-Next" factory (6,127 m2) newly-established in Ayumino, Izumi City, Osaka June/ Main office factory (Otori Minami-machi) closed, main office moved to Mac Center (Tsuruta-cho, Nishi-ku, Sakai City) September/ "D-Next" Factory building No. 2 established in Ayumino, Izumi City, Osaka |
January/ Started mass producing solar silicon wafers September/ Started distributing "DINA-PRISM" Diamond Wires  December/ Entire company ISO9001 and ISO14001 certified, including D-Next (Izumi factory) |
| 2011 | January/Capital increases to 1,301,875,000 yen (Nakamura choukou received 1.245 billion yen in public-private investment funds from "Innovation Network Corporation of Japan") June/"D-Next" Factory building No. 3 established in Ayumino, Izumi City, Osaka |
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| 2012 |  |
April/ Released Automated Flow Reactor X-1 |
| 2013 | February/
Estabished the Chinese Legal Entity SHANGHAI NAKAMURA CHOUKOU TRADING CO.,LTD. September/ Joint Venture Suminoe Nakacho Device Technology Corporation － Opening of solar cell business － |
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| 2015 |
June/Listed on the Mothers of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (6166) December/"D-Next" Factory 2 established in Ayumino, Izumi City, Osaka |
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| 2016 | Sep/ We established "Flow Synthesis Lab" in Suita City, Osaka.（related maicroreactor） | |
| Dec/We opened a new factory in Uruma City, Okinawa. (producting diamond wire) | ||
| Dec/Acquired Suminoe Nakacho Device Technology Coporation; our affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method; became a consolidated subsidiary of Nakamur Choukou Co., Ltd. | 2026 |
March/ Transfer of all shares of Nippon Nozzle Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary (wholly owned subsidiary) |
April/ Transfer of the Material Science Business to Zeo Next Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary (wholly owned subsidiary), through a company split | June/ Change of Representative Director and President Makoto Inoue, Representative Director and President, has been appointed as Representative Director and Chairman. Hiroaki Inoue, Senior Managing Director, has been appointed as Representative Director and President. |
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