CORPORATE HISTORY
| 1967 | Copal Electronics Co., Ltd. established. Commencement of sale of wirewound trimmers. |
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| 1972 | Commencement of sale of cermet trimmers and motors. |
| 1974 | Opening of Tajiri Plant. |
| 1978 | Commencement of sale of DIP switches and rotary encoders. |
| 1980 | Commencement of sale of pressure sensors. |
| 1983 | Polygon laser scanners released on the market. |
| 1985 | Surface mount trimmers released on the market. |
| 1986 | Opening of Sano Plant. |
| 1993 | Copal Electronics GmbH established. |
| 1995 | Copal Electronics Corp. established in California, U.S.A. |
| 1996 | ISO9001 certified. Singapore Branch established. |
| 1997 | Listing on the over-the-counter stock market. |
| 1999 | Change in the corporate name to NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS CORP. |
| 2000 | ISO14001 certified. Listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section. |
| 2001 | Nidec Copal Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established. |
| 2002 | NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS KOREA CORP. established. NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS (ZHEJIANG) CO., LTD. established. |
| 2005 | Listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section. |
| 2006 | Fujisoku Corp. becomes Nidec Copal Electronics's affiliate through share purchase. |
| 2007 | Opened R/D Center in Sano. NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. established. |
| 2011 | NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS (TAIWAN) CO., LTD. established. |
