NDK - NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.

History of NDK

1948
Founded as Nanbu Shoko Co., Ltd. in Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

1949
Started crystal unit production and sales

1950
Changed the corporate name to Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Relocated Registered Office to Ohyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

1954
Relocated to newly constructed Head Office and Plant in Yoyogi Shin-machi (now Nishihara), Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

1958
Succeeded in test production of synthetic quartz crystal

1959
Started crystal filter production

1960
Started crystal oscillator production

1962
Started construction of Sayama Plant in Sayama-city, Saitama

1963
Started mass production of synthetic quartz crystal

Began trading of NDK stock on the OTC market

1964
Developed the crystal unit for clock

Opened Kansai Sales Office in Osaka

1965
Started mass production of crystal unit for color TV

Developed the ultrasonic prove

1970
Established Hawk Denshi Co., Ltd., in Niigata (Changed the corporate Name to Niigata NDK Co., Ltd., in 2005)

Developed the temperature-compensated crystal oscillator (TCXO) and the monolithic crystal filter (MCF)

1975
Opened representative sales office in Cupertino, California, U.S.A.

1976
Established Furukawa NDK Co., Ltd., in Miyagi, for mass production of crystal units

1978
Designated as authorized manufacture by the National Space Development Agency of Japan(NASDA, now JAXA)

1979
Established Asian NDK Crystal Sdn. Bhd., in Selangor, Malaysia, for mass production of crystal units and crystal blanks

Development and industrialization of the surface acoustic wave (SAW) filter

Started mass production of optical low-pass filter

Established NDK America, Inc. in Fremont, California, U.S.A., and dissolved representative sales office

1984
Developed crystal units for use in surface-mounting technology
1985
Completed five-story main building at Sayama plant

1986
Installed Automatic Production Line of miniature crystal unit (AT-51)

Opened Chubu Sales Office in Aichi

Established Malaysian Quartz Crystal Sdn. Bhd., in Selangor, Malaysia (now NDK Quartz Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.)

Completed three-story new building at Sayama Plant

1988
Developed SMD crystal unit “CP12A”

Established NDK Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd., in Singapore (now NDK Crystal Asia Pte. Ltd.)

Established NDK Europe Ltd., in the U.K.

1989
Established Hakodate NDK Co., Ltd., in Hakodate-city, Hokkaido

1990
Relocated Head Office to Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

Listed NDK stock on Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Developed SMD crystal unit “CP21B

2001
Opened NDK Europe Ltd. German Office for Sales and Product Development
2002
Established NRS Technologies Inc. in Hakodate-city, Hokkaido

Issued Annual Report fully adopted by the IASB (International Accounting Standards Board)

Opened NDK Electronics (HK) Limited, Shenzhen Representative Office

Established NDK-Electronics Shanghai Co., Ltd.

Developed SMD crystal unit NX2520DA

2003
Relocated Head Office of NDK America, Inc. to Belvidere, Illinois, U.S.A.

NDK Crystal, Inc. started operation (Established in Belvidere, Illinois, U.S.A. on Mar. 2002)

Established NDK Crystal Asia Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, and dissolved NDK Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Developed SMD crystal clock oscillator NZ2520SA

Developed SMD TCXO NT3225BA

2004
Opened Chitose Technical Center in Chitose-city, Hokkaido

Developed High-Precision High-Stability Dual Mode SC-OCXO

Developed Monolithic Oven OCXO 9325C

2005
Hakodate NDK Co., Ltd. merged NRS Technologies Inc.

Relocated Head Office to Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Developed SMD crystal unit NX2016AA

Developed SMD TCXO NT2520SA

Developed Low Phase Noise Synthesizer

2006
Relocated KSP Technical Center to Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo and renamed Sasazuka Technical Center

Developed High Stability / Low Phase Noise VHF OCXO 9325D

2007
Developed Frequency Synthesizer for digital terrestrial broadcasting S510M804MA

Developed QCM System PSA10A

Developed Ultra Small Crystal Unit NX1612AA

Developed Frequency Controlled Crystal Oscillator (FCXO)

2008
Obtained ISO/IEC 17025:2005 certification at Quality Assurance Laboratory

Developed Mechanical 3D Linear Array Probe

Developed QCM Twin Sensor

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