History

AUG.1953

Commenced business with the head office in Minato-ku, Tokyo (in Nippon Electric Co., Ltd.)

AUG.1954

A factory built in Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken (at Tamagawa Plant of NEC)

APR.1961

Akishima Factory (present Akishima Plant) completed, all moved from NEC's Tamagawa Plant

Akishima Plant in 1964

MAY.1961

Head Office moved to Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

APR.1973

JAE stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Second Section

APR.1975

Established a subsidiary, "JAE Services, Ltd." (present JAE Business Support, Ltd.)

SEP.1975

Affiliated K.K.Fuji Kogyo (present JAE Yamagata, Ltd. and JAE Fuji, Ltd.) with JAE by acquiring all Fuji Kogyo stocks

MAR.1977

Established an overseas subsidiary, "Zet Marketing Company" (present JAE Electronics, Inc.)

Zet Marketing Company

MAR.1979

Established a subsidiary "JAE Hirosaki, Ltd."

SEP.1980

JAE stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the First Section

JUL.1984

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Taiwan, Ltd."

JUL.1985

Established a subsidiary "JAE Engineering, Ltd." (present JAE Business Support, Ltd.)

JUL.1985

Construction completed of an office building in Akishima Plant

APR.1986

Established a subsidiary "JAE Shinshu, Ltd."

JUN.1988

K.K.Fuji Kogyo reorganized into JAE Yamagata, Ltd. and JAE Fuji, Ltd.

OCT.1988

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Oregon, Inc."

APR.1990

Construction completed of a new factory building （current 1st Factory） in Akishima Plant

MAY.1990

Established a subsidiary, "JAE Foods, Ltd."

DEC.1991

Established a subsidiary, "Nikko Logistics, Corp."

FEB.1994

All business divisions completed acquisition of ISO 9001 certification

APR.1994

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Hong Kong, Ltd."

DEC.1994

Four domestic manufacturing affiliates completed acquisition of ISO 9002 certification

FEB.1995

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Singapore Pte Ltd."

JAN.1996

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Korea, Inc."

JUN.1996

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Philippines, Inc."

SEP.1996

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Europe, Ltd."

AUG.1998

Akishima Plant acquired ISO 14001 certification

NOV.1998

Introduced Windows NT server-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system

FEB.2000

Four domestic manufacturing affiliates completed acquisition of ISO 14001 certification

 

Annual sales surpassed 100 billion yen
Sales for FY1999: 100.1 billion yen (Overseas sales ratio: 22%)

MAR.2001

JAE Taiwan acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

JUL.2001

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Wuxi Co., Ltd."

MAR.2002

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Wujiang Co., Ltd."

JAN.2003

JAE Philippines acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

JUN.2003

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Shanghai Co., Ltd."

AUG.2003

50th anniversary of founding

AUG.2003

Hakkou Dengyo Co., Ltd. became an affiliate of JAE (company name changed to JAE Hakko, Ltd. in October)

AUG.2003

JAE Oregon acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

OCT.2003

JAE Wujiang acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

JUN.2004

Started forestry program, "Forest of JAE Group"

Forest of JAE Group (Okutama, Tokyo)

SEP.2004

JAE Hong Kong acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

APR.2005

Established "Global Techno-center" in Connector Division

JUL.2005

Established DJ Precision Co., Ltd., through a merger with Dai-ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.

AUG.2005

JAE, four domestic manufacturing affiliates, Nikko Logistics, JAE Hakko and JAE Business Support transitioned to ISO 14001 multi-site certification

SEP.2005

JAE Hirosaki completed construction of D building

NOV.2005

JAE Wuxi acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

MAR.2006

Construction completed of a Welfare and Administrative Building in Akishima Plant

Welfare and Administrative Building in Akishima Plant

MAY.2006

JAE launched the new corporate slogan "Technology to Inspire Innovation"

SEP.2006

JAE Wuxi completed construction of a new plant building

OCT.2006

JAE Shinshu completed construction of new 2nd plant building

JUL.2007

JAE Philippines completed construction of a new plant

APR.2008

System Equipment Division reorganized into User Interface Solutions Division

JUL.2008

Central Research Laboratory reorganized into Product Development Center

MAR.2009

Construction completed of Akishima Plant No.5 (Opening of RF Anechoic Chamber and Material Analysis Center)

Akishima Plant No.5 (RF Anechoic Chamber)

MAR.2009

JAE was awarded "Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon" from the Government of Japan

Award ceremony of "Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon"

JUL.2009

JAE Engineering, Ltd. and JAE Services, Ltd. merged into JAE Business Support, Ltd.

APR.2010

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Tijuana, S. A. de C. V."

APR.2011

Started "Touch Sensor Project"

MAY.2011

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Dongguan Service Co., Ltd."

JUN.2011

JAE Tijuana acquired ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certification

DEC.2011

Received "2011 Top 100 Global Innovators Award" from Thomson Reuters

Trophy of "Top 100 Global Innovators Award"

 

Overseas sales ratio exceeds 50%
Sales for FY2011: 112.4 billion yen (Overseas sales ratio: 53.6%)

DEC.2012

Affiliated Meiyu-Giken Co., Ltd. with JAE by acquiring all the issued stocks of the company

AUG.2013

60th anniversary of founding

AUG.2013

JAE Hirosaki completed construction of G building

SEP.2013

JAE Yamagata completed construction of 1st plant D building

NOV.2013

JAE Philippines completed construction of 2nd plant

APR.2014

Established an overseas subsidiary, "JAE Houston, LLC"

MAR.2015

JAE Shinshu completed construction of D building

AUG.2015

Head office relocated

MAY.2016

Completed construction of "Integrated Evaluation & Test Laboratory", strengthened evaluation and test platform

"Integrated Evaluation & Test Laboratory" in Akishima Plant

NOV.2016

Received the highest environmental ranking from Development Bank of Japan (DBJ)

 

Annual sales surpassed 200 billion yen
Sales for FY2016: 209.5 billion yen (Overseas sales ratio: 72.8%)

MAY.2018

Signed partnership agreement with the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball

Angel Stadium in Anaheim

NOV.2018

JAE was awarded the prize as a distinguished blood donation entity by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

NOV.2018

Received commendation as an "entity of distinguished service for Tokyo Green Policy" at the 42nd National Tree-Planting Festival

JAN.2019

JAE was awarded the prize of "Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators‒2018 to 2019"

MAR.2019

JAE Philippines completed construction of 2nd plant B building

MAR.2019

Conclusion of the "Agreement on Research Cooperation for Industry-Academia Collaboration" with the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo

APR.2019

JAE website renewal

MAY.2019

Head office relocated

JUL.2019

Opened the exhibition / co-creation space "Connecting⁺" at the time of head office relocation

The exhibition / co-creation space "Connecting⁺" in the head office

FEB.2020

JAE was awarded the prize of "Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators 2020" for a second consecutive year