History

1. 1969

2. 1969

   Established Nippon Mektron, Ltd. through a technical partnership between Nippon Oil Seal Industry Co., Ltd. (currently NOK Corporation) and Rogers Corporation of the USA

3. 1970

4. 1971

   Constructed Minami Ibaraki Plant in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture

5. 1978

   Established Kashima Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. in Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture

6. 1980

7. 1986

   Established MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd. in Taiwan as the first overseas base

8. 1987

   Established MEKTEC Corporation (currently MEKTEC International Corporation) in the USA

9. 1990

10. 1994

    Established MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Thailand) Ltd. in Thailand

11. 1997

    Merged with Kashima Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. and opened Kashima Plant
    
    Established MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Zhuhai) Ltd. in China
    
    Established the predecessor of MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation Europe CZ s.r.o. in Czech Republic
    
    Established the predecessor of MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation Europe HU Kft. in Hungary

12. 2000

13. 2000

    Constructed Okuhara Plant (currently Ushiku Plant) in Ushiku City, Ibaraki Prefecture

14. 2002

    Established the predecessor of MEKTEC Europe GmbH in Germany
    
    Established MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Suzhou) in China

15. 2006

    Established MEKTEC JISSO Co., Ltd. (currently MEK-J Corporation) in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture

16. 2010

17. 2016

    Integrated Minami Ibaraki Plant into Ushiku Plant
    
    Established MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Vietnam) Ltd. in Vietnam

18. 2020

19. 2020

    Integrated Kashima Plant into Ushiku Plant

20. 2023

    Established MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation Mexico S.A. de C.V. in Mexico

21. 2024

    Changed the company name from Nippon Mektron, Ltd. to MEKTEC Corporation