About Macnica
History
1972 October | Established as Japan Macnics, an electronic devices sales company, with headquarters in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. |
1977 October | Started engineering services such as testing service of import ICs. |
1982 May | Begins selling microprocessor development systems. |
1983 April | Moved Macnica Headquarters to first company-owned building in Kawasaki. |
1986 July | Started Programming support for PLDs. |
1990 March | Moved headquarters from Kawasaki to Yokohama. |
1991 March | Established sister company, Altima, to help facilitate expansion of product line and distribution channels. |
1992 March | Changed name officially to Macnica, Inc. from Japan Macnics. |
1995 March | Opened Singapore Branch Office. |
1995 December | Established Macnica, Inc. in California. |
1996 October | Opened Hong Kong Branch Office. |
1998 January | Opened Macnica Shin-Yokohama Building (now Macnica No.2 Building). |
2000 February | Listed shares on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
2000 March | Established Singapore and Hong Kong branches as overseas affiliated companies, specifically, MACNICA SINGAPORE PTE LTD, and MACNICA HONG KONG, LIMITED. |
2000 November | Established MACNICA TAIWAN, LIMITED in Taiwan. |
2001 March | Listed Shares on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
2002 March | Relocated headquarters to Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama. |
2002 June | Established MACNICA SHNGHAI, LIMITED in Shanghai. |
2003 February | Obtained ISO14001 (Certificate Number : JQA-EM3000) certification. |
2004 March | Established Macnica Networks Corp. |
2004 December | Acquired 100% ownership of TACHIBANA TECTRON CO.,LTD. (now ELSENA, Inc.) . |
2005 August | Obtained ISO9001 (Certificate Number : JQA-QMA12324) certification. |
2005 December | Changed name officially to ELSENA, Inc. from TACHIBANA TECTRON CO.,LTD. |
2006 April | Established MACNICA KOREA, LIMITED in Korea. |
2007 April | Established MACNICA (THAILAND) CO., LTD. in Thailand. |
2007 November | Changed name to MACNICA ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD from MACNICA SINGAPORE PTE LTD. |
2008 June | Established MACNICA GmbH in Germany. |
2008 November | Acquired 100% ownership of CYTECH TECHNOLOGY LIMITED in Hong Kong. |
2009 June | Established CYTECH GLOBAL PTE. LTD. in Singapore. |
2010 March | Acquired ownership of GALAXY FAR EAST CORPORATION in Taiwan by TOB. |
2012 August | Combined logistic and programming service functions, which were at various locations, to Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa. |
2015 April | Concluded the Basic Agreement with FUJI ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD regarding business integration. |
2015 October | Established MACNICA UK LTD. in United Kingdom. |
2017 July | Absorption-Type Merger Altima Corp. and Kogent, Inc.. |