1945 Nukabe Kinzoku Kogyosha established 1957 Company name changed to Nukabe Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and company incorporated 1963 Started doing business with Diesel Kiki Co., Ltd. (currently Bosch Automotive Systems Corp., JP Division) 1967 Started doing business with Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd 1969 Started doing business with Jidosha Kiki Co., Ltd. (present Bosch Automotive Systems Corp., JC Division) 1978 Designated as a model of rationalized plant by Gunma Prefecture 1981 Started doing business with Diesel Kiki Co., Ltd. Air Conditioner Division (present Zexel Valeo Climate Control Corporation) 1983 Nishida Electronics Industry Co., Ltd. established as a new affiliate 1987 Hong Kong Nukabe Co., Ltd. established 1989 Mattoon Precision Manufacturing Inc. (MPMI), a U.S. subsidiary, established 1991 Started doing business with JECS (present Hitachi Unisia Automotive Ltd.) 1996 Nukabe Precision Co., Ltd. established 1999 Started doing business with Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. 2000 Started doing business with Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.; ISO9002:1994 certification obtained(Takasaki,Uda1 Plant) 2002 Started doing business with Kyosan Denki Co., Ltd., Denso Corp. and Yanmar Co., Ltd. 2003 Started doing business with NSK Steering System Co., Ltd.; Zhuhai Free Trade Zone Nukabe Co., Ltd. in the Zhuhai Bonded Area starts operation. QS9000 certification obtained(Takasaki,Uda1 Plant) 2004 ISO9001:2000 certification obtained(Takasaki,Tomioka,Matsuida,Uda1,Uda2 Plant) 2005 ISO14001 certification will be obtained(Takasaki Plant)