Japan Antenna Co., Ltd.

Founded Japan Antenna Co., Ltd. (capital: 500,000 yen), started manufacturing and sales of antennas for car radios and TVs.

Established: November 20, 1953

Completion of new headquarters building

Developed and started manufacturing and sales of electric antennas for car radios.

Started manufacturing and sales of electronic devices and wireless communication antennas: commenced operation of Tokorozawa factory in Saitama Prefecture.

Expanded into telecommunications engineering division.

Start of operations at Wara Factory in Warabi City, Saitama Prefecture.

Established sales base Merlin Airials Limited in the UK.

Developed, manufactured, and sold antennas for car telephones.

Developed, manufactured, and sold MCA antennas and IC boosters.

Developed, manufactured, and sold equipment for satellite broadcasting (BS) reception.

Developed, manufactured, and sold antennas for mobile phones. : Established Nichian CATV Co., Ltd. to strengthen maintenance services for community antenna facilities.

Developed, manufactured, and sold equipment for CS (communication satellite) broadcasting reception.

Went public on the retail registration market (September 28). : Increased capital to 4,673,616,000 yen.

Start of operations at Kawazato Factory in Saitama Prefecture Kawazato Industrial Park. : Established Japan Antenna Europe Limited in Germany as a sales base.

Completion of the main building of the headquarters.

Obtained ISO 9001 certification in the automobile division. Established Ishinomaki Atex Co., Ltd.

Established Japan Antenna Philippines Co., Ltd. as a production base in the Philippines. : Developed, manufactured, and started selling wideband three-wave integrated roof antenna for automobiles. : Obtained ISO 9001 certification in the electronics division.

Obtained ISO 9001 certification in the communication antenna division.

Obtained QS-9000 certification in the automobile division. : Obtained ISO 9001 certification at the Philippines factory (Japan Antenna Philippines Co., Ltd.).

Established Japan Antenna America Co., Ltd. as a sales base in the United States. : Obtained ISO 14001 certification at the Philippines factory (Japan Antenna Philippines Co., Ltd.).

Obtained ISO 14001 certification. : Completed large radio wave anechoic chamber at Kawazato Factory.

Established Japan Antenna America (Detroit Branch) in the United States. : Established Shanghai Nichian Electronics Co., Ltd. as a production base in China (April). : Started operations at Shanghai Nichian Electronics Co., Ltd. (October).

Obtained ISO 9001 certification in the construction division. : Obtained ISO 9001 certification at Shanghai Factory (Shanghai Nichian Electronics Co., Ltd.). : Cancelled over-the-counter registration with the Japan Securities Dealers Association and listed shares on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange (December).

Completed Phase 2 construction of Shanghai Factory (Shanghai Nichian Electronics Co., Ltd.) (June). : Obtained ISO/TS 16949 certification in the automobile division. : Obtained ISO/TS 16949 certification at Shanghai Factory (Shanghai Nichian Electronics Co., Ltd.). : Obtained ISO/TS 16949 certification at Philippines Factory (Japan Antenna Philippines Co., Ltd.). : Obtained ISO 14001 certification at Shanghai Factory (Shanghai Nichian Electronics Co., Ltd.).

Completed radio wave anechoic chamber at Shanghai Factory (Shanghai Nichian Electronics Co., Ltd.) (June).

Absorbed and merged with Nichian CATV Inc. (100% owned subsidiary) (April 1).

Our company-developed radio clock reception system won the 'Technology Promotion Award' at the 19th Electrical Equipment Society Awards (June). : Our company-developed gap filler system obtained the industry's first 'Technical Standard Compliance Certification' (August). : The thin UHF antenna for digital terrestrial broadcasting (MODEL: UDF80) received the 2008 Good Design Award (October).

The gap filler for terrestrial digital broadcasting obtained 'Construction Design Certification' (August).

Developed low-profile antenna (LPA) for automotive radio (March). : Our company's direction-finding antenna contributed to the recovery of the return capsule from the Hayabusa asteroid probe (June).

Transferred the automotive antenna business to Harada Kogyo Co., Ltd. (April). : Established Shanghai Nian Antenna Co., Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary) as a development and sales base for antennas and electronic equipment in China (September). : Launched new brand 'INE' (Aine) (December).

Developed thin high-performance UHF antennas for indoor/outdoor use (F-PLUSTYLE series) (August). : Developed a wireless LAN tuner-type receiver compatible with OneSeg/V-Low multimedia broadcasting (October). : Sold smartphone and tablet-related accessory products under the 'INE' brand (December).

Developed a ring antenna for GPS solar watches (January). : Developed a bi-directional directional antenna for A-VICS (October). : Started operations of NIPPON ANTENNA LOGISTICS (logistics center) in Yaita City, Saitama Prefecture (November).

Sold the HD wireless security camera and monitor set 'Doko Demo Eye Security' (January). : Launched 4K/8K compatible products (December).

Developed a narrowband digital communication wireless gap filler system (May). : Participated in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's innovative river management project (November).

Developed a wireless antenna for next-generation taxis to be used at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics (October).

Developed circularly polarized antennas for the 'Position Management System' used in construction site safety management (February).

Acquired the broadcast equipment business from Toshiba Consumer Marketing Co., Ltd. (April).

Obtained IATF16949 certification at Ishinomaki Attex Co., Ltd. (site) and Japan Antenna Co., Ltd. (remote support division) (April). : Acquired shares of Suzhou Huahuo Dantong Co., Ltd. (now Nian Antenna (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.) and made it a consolidated subsidiary (September).

Transferred land and buildings of NIPPON ANTENNA LOGISTICS (March).

Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market following the market reorganization of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (April).

Transferred investment shares of Shanghai Nian Antenna Co., Ltd. and Nian Antenna (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (April).

Fully acquired as a subsidiary by Elecom Co., Ltd. through a share exchange (November).