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1940s

April 1947	Established in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, as Hinode Shokai Co., Ltd. with capital of ￥195,000
October 1947	Company name changed to Nissei Sangyo

1960s

May 1960	New York branch office opened (now Hitachi High-Technologies America, Inc.)
July 1960	Dusseldorf branch office opened (now Hitachi High-Technologies Europe GmbH)
September 1962	The San Paulo liaison office (now Hitachi High-Technologies do Brasil Ltda.) is established.
March 1964	Hong Kong representative office opened (now Hitachi High-Technologies Hong Kong Ltd.)
April 1965	Hitachi Instruments Service Co., Ltd. Established(now Hitachi High-Tech Fielding Corporation)

1970s

October 1971	Company listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
March 1972	Singapore branch office opened (now Hitachi High-Technologies (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.)
April 1972	Nissei Oil Sales Co., Ltd. established (now Hitachi High-Tech Materials Corp.)
May 1972	Nissei Sangyo Brazil established (now Hitachi High-Technologies do Brasil Ltda.) France S.A.R.L.)
October 1972	Company listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange
July 1973	Nissei Electronics Co., Ltd. Established (now Hitachi High-Tech Trading Corp.)
August 1978	Nissei Sangyo France S.A.R.L. established (now Hitachi High-Technologies France S.A.R.L.)

1980s

April 1980	Nissei Sangyo Canada, Inc. established (now Hitachi High-Technologies Canada, Inc.)
September 1983	The Company lists on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange.
October 1983	Nissei Software, Inc. (now Hitachi High-Tech Solutions Corporation) is established.
April 1987	Nissei Service Inc. established (now Hitachi High-Tech Support Corp.)
October 1987	Nissei Engineering Co., Ltd. established (now Hitachi High-Tech Trading Corp.)

1990s

January 1992	Nissei Sangyo Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. established (now Hitachi High-Technologies IPC(Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.)
January 1994	Nissei Sangyo Thailand Ltd. established (now Hitachi High-Technologies (Thailand) Ltd.)
October 1994	Nissei Sangyo Shanghai Co., Ltd. established (now Hitachi High-Technologies(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.)
March 1994	Nissei Sanyo service Pte.Ltd.(now Hitachi High-Tech Instruments service (Asia) PTE. Ltd.)

2000s

October 2001	Company name changed to Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. following the integration of Hitachi's Instruments Group and Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Group; Hitachi Science Systems, Ltd., Hitachi Naka Electronics Co., Ltd. and Naka Instruments Co., Ltd. (now Hitachi High-Tech Manufacturing & Service Corp.) made subsidiaries
January 2002	Nissei Sangyo Trading (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. established (now Hitachi High-Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.)
March 2002	Giesecke & Devrient established
April 2003	SANYO High Technology Co., Ltd. (now Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.) and SANYO High-Tech Service Co., Ltd. (now Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Service Co., Ltd.) made subsidiaries Related news release
June 2003	Corporate shift to “committee-based” organizational model.
March 2004	Hitachi Electronics Engineering Co., Ltd. made a subsidiary (Hitachi High-Tech Electronics Engineering Co., Ltd.)
April 2004	Hitachi High-Tech Trading Corporation Established Related news release
July 2004	Hitachi High-Tech Manufacturing & Service Corp. Established
April 2005	Nissei Science, Ltd. absorbed by Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.
April 2005	Hitachi High-Technologies Korea Co.,Ltd. Established
May 2005	Hitachi High-Technologies (China) Co., Ltd. Established
September 2005	Hitachi High-Technologies Taiwan Corporation Established
April 2006	Hitachi High-Tech Electronics Engineering Co., Ltd. absorbed by Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.
April 2007	Hitachi High-Tech Science Systems Corp. absorbed by Hitachi High-Technologies Corp. Related news release
June 2007	Hitachi High Tech DE Technology name changed to Hitachi High-Tech Engineering Service Corporation

2010s

April 2010	Hitachi High-Tech Instruments Co., Ltd.Merged Semiconductor manufacturing equipment business of Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor, Inc. Related news release
March 2011	Hitachi High-Technologies (China) Co., Ltd. absorbed by Hitachi High-Technologies(Shanghai) Co., Ltd.