History｜Company｜NITTO KOHKI CO.,LTD.

1970: Established New York Representative Office
1973: Succeeded in commercializing Linear-motor-driven Free Piston “Linear Compressor”
1975: Released MEDO Brand “MEDO Bubble Bath A7001”
1977: Renamed Happy Precision Engineering (subsequently renamed MEDOTECH CO., LTD.) as a member of the Nitto Kohki group
1977: Completed construction and started operation of Ujiie Plant (currently TOCHIGI NITTO KOHKI)
1979: Established MEDO U.S.A. (Currently NITTO KOHKI U.S.A.)
1979: Established NITTO KOHKI EUROPE in U.K.(Currently NITTO KOHKI EUROPE UK Branch)

1989: Established Singapore Representative Office (currently Singapore Branch)
1989: Established a representative office in Germany

1990: Established WESTAIR-NITTO SALES (currently NITTO KOHKI AUSTRALIA)
1990: Established the MIKIYA Science And Technology Foundation
1992: Established NITTO KOHKI DEUTSCHLAND (currently NITTO KOHKI EUROPE)
1992: Established WESTAIR-NITTO MANUFACTURING (currently NITTO KOHKI AUSTRALIA MFG)
1995: Shares were listed on the over-the-counter market
1998: Listed in the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

2000: Listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2000: Established TOCHIGI NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
2000: Ujiie Plant split off into TOCHIGI NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.
2000: SHIRAKAWA NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD. (formerly Shirakawa Densei) begins operations through M&A
2000: Established Bangkok Representative Office under the umbrella of Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd., Singapore Branch (currently Bangkok Representative Office)
2000: Established Shanghai Representative Office (currently NITTO KOHKI (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.)
2002: Established NITTO KOHKI (THAILAND) CO., LTD. (currently NITTO KOHKI INDUSTRY (THAILAND)) in Thailand as the “CUPLA” production base
2004: Established Shenzhen Representative Office (currently NITTO KOHKI (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. Shenzhen Branch

2020: Toshio Mikiya, Founder, Representative Director and Chairman of the Board, passed away.

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