Revision as of 16:55, 19 April 2008

Timeline, America

1964

Amano Corp: Amano Time Systems (ATS) (New York, New York)

1966

Asahi Glass joint venture with PPG: Asahi Penn Chemical Co., Ltd.

1967

Bridgestone Corp: Bridgestone America (Los Angeles, California)

1968

Dainippon Printing Co:

1970

Aisin Seiki: Aisin U.S.A., Inc.

1972

Audio-Technica Corp: Audio Technica U S Inc. (Stow, Summit County, Ohio)

1976

Fanuc: General Numeric Corporation established jointly with Siemens A.G.

1977

Fujitec Co: Fujitec America Inc. (Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio)

1979

Brother Industries: MIM Industries, Inc. (Miamisburg, Montgomery County, Ohio)

Daihen Corp: OTC Daihen Inc. (Charlotte, NC)

1983

Daifuku Company Ltd: Daifuku America Corporation (Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio)

1984

Daido Metal: DAIDO METAL U.S.A. INC. (Arlington Heights, IL)

1985

Barudan: Barudan America Inc (Solon, Cuyahoga County, Ohio)

Dengensha Mfg Co. Ltd: Dengensha America Corp (Bedford, Cuyahoga County, Ohio)

1986

Dainippon Ink and Chemicals: Sun Chemical Group (Parsippany, NJ)

1988

Ahresty Corp: Ahresty Wilmington Corp (Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio)

1989

Dowa Holdings Co.: Dowa International Corporation (New York, New York)

GS Electech: GSW Manufacturing, Inc. (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio)

Hitachi Medical Corp: Hitachi Medicl Systems America, Inc. (Twinsburg, Summit County, Ohio)

1993

F Tech: F&P America Mfg.,Inc. (Troy, Miami County, Ohio)

1995

Atsumitec: Ada Technologies Inc. (Littleton, Colorado) *date contested as 1985 by ADA website*

Aida Corp: Aida-Dayton Technologies Corp (Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, U.S.A.)

Hexa Chemical: Hexa America Inc. (Ohio)

Unless otherwise noted all dates are from the corporate web page for each company