Establishing Overseas Operations

Timeline, America

1919

Itochu Corp: ITOCHU INTERNATIONAL INC.(New York, New York)¹

1959

Honda Motor Co: American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (Los Angelos, California)

1961

Iwasaki Electric Co.: Energy Sciences, Inc. (Wilmington, Massachusetts)

1964

Amano Corp: Amano Time Systems (ATS) (New York, New York)²

1965

Hitachi Metals: Hitachi Metals America, Ltd. (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)

1975

Isuzu Motors: Isuzu Motors America, Inc. (Cerritos, California)

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)

Kikuchi Co: KTH Parts Industries Inc. (St. Paris, Ohio)³

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)

Kasai Kogyo Co: M-TEK INC. (Manchester, TN)

1987

Japan Energy Corp: Irvine Scientific Sales Co., Inc. (Santa Ana, California)⁴

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)

1991

Ishikawa Gasket Co: Ishikawa Gasket America Inc. (Bowling Green, Wood 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.)

1997

Imasen Electric Industrial Co: Imasen Bucyrus Technology Inc. (Bucyrys, Crawford County, Ohio)

2003

Kawanobe Tool Manufacturing Co: KNB Tools of America (Plain City, Madison County, Ohio)

2005

Hexa Chemical: Hexa America Inc. (Ohio)

• Unless otherwise noted all dates are from the corporate web page for each company (see company pages)

Works Cited

1: International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 32. St. James Press, 2000. As presented in fundinguniverse.com

2: Energy Sciences Inc. Business and Company Research Database (accessed April 28th, 2008)

3: "About KTH Parts Industries," KTH Parts Industries, [1] (accessed May 1, 2008)

4: "Gould Electronics, Inc. - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Gould Electronics, Inc." NetIndustries, LLC. [2] (accessed May 1, 2008)