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November 1954 Founded in Osaki, Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo, as an electrical machinery manufacturer with a capital of 5 million yen
Manufacture and sale of automatic engine starter panels and electric irons
September 1955 Transfer of the patent license for the engine starter panel to the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (now NTT, Inc.)
September 1957 Part of the Nippon Electric Precision Instruments Co., Ltd. group
May 1958 Colorcon Completes Its First Domestic Model (Jointly Developed with Toyo Tsushinki Co., Ltd.)
January 1959 Relocation of Headquarters and Factory to Shimura-Nakadai-cho, Itabashi Ward, Tokyo
October 1960 Increased the capital stock to 10 million yen
April 1963 Relocated the headquarters and factory to Asakusa Kiyokawa-cho, Taito Ward, Tokyo
April 1964 Opening of the Osaka Branch Office
October 1967 Relocated the headquarters and factory to the Nippon Electric Seiki Co., Ltd. Mukojima Plant in Tsutsumi-dori, Sumida Ward, Tokyo
July 1970 Upgrading the Osaka Branch Office to a Sales Office
October 1972 Merged with San-O Electric Co., Ltd. through a merger-by-absorption. Capital increased to 20 million yen.
・Launch of the IC-470 Colorcon, which laid the foundation for the current printing business
December 1973 Increased the capital stock to 40 million yen
May 1979 Capital Participation by Hibiya Trading Co., Ltd.
June 1983 Increased the capital stock to 50 million yen
August 1985 Acquired a factory site within the Tsukuba Minami No. 1 Industrial Park
April 1987 New factory constructed in the Tsukuba Minami No. 1 Industrial Park; headquarters and factory relocated
October 1987 Increased the capital stock to 102.5 million yen
January 1989 Opened the Tokyo Sales Office in Nishi-Nippori, Arakawa Ward (Saito Building)
October 1996 Moved headquarters to Nishi-Nippori, Arakawa Ward (Saito Building)
・Developed an air conditioning control panel for telecommunications equipment rooms through a technical partnership with Daikin Industries, Ltd.
June 1999 Part of the NEC Group
November 1999 Tsukuba Plant obtains ISO 9001 certification.
October 2002 Sales Division Obtains ISO 9001 Certification
Acquired the NTT control panel business from Densei-Lambda K.K. (formerly Nippon Electric Precision Instruments Co., Ltd.)
February 2004 Part of the Nomura Securities Group (Nomura Principal Finance Co., Ltd.)
November 2006 Head Office obtains ISO 9001 certification.
Head Office, Tsukuba Plant and Osaka Sales Office obtain ISO 14001 certification.
February 2007 MEBO acquired all shares from its parent company, Nomura Principal Finance Co., Ltd.
Capital stock set at 85 million yen
March 2010 Relocated headquarters to the Nishi-Nippori Station Plaza Tower in Arakawa Ward
November 2011 Osaka Sales Office obtains ISO 9001 certification.
August 2022 Construction of an office building at the Tsukuba Plant
January 2023 Construction of a warehouse at the Tsukuba Plant
November 2024 70th Anniversary of the Company's Founding