Founder Rikichi Nishiki starts Nishiki Shoten (temporarily closed during World War II).

Business restarted as Nishiki Kogyosho in Fukushima-ku, Osaka.

Nihondendo Co., Ltd. established with the goal of becoming Japan's leading trading company for power transmission equipment (capitalization: 1 million yen).
Rikichi Nishiki appointed President.
Company starts out with two offices in Osaka: Tanimachi Head Office in Minami-ku (present-day Chuo-ku) and Fukushima Sales Office (Fukushima-ku).

Capital increased to 4 million yen.
Nichiden Shoho, the industry's first product catalog with price lists, begins publication.

Head office relocated to Minami-ku, Osaka (present-day Chuo-ku).

Company name changed to Nihondendo-seiki Co., Ltd.
Capital increased to 8 million yen.

New head office built on present site.
Multiple warehouses integrated into one. Tanimachi Sales Office closed and Sales Department established at Head Office.

Nagoya Branch opened.

Capital increased to 32 million yen.

Kyushu Office (present-day Kyushu Branch) opened.
Company-wide sports day held with participation by employees' families (continued until 1976).

Capital increased to 64 million yen.

Family, the company's in-house magazine, begins publication.

Takamatsu Office (present-day Shikoku Sales Office) opened.

Toyama Office (later relocated to Kanazawa, present-day Hokuriku Sales Office) opened.
Hiroshima Office (present-day Hiroshima Sales Office) opened.

Capital increased to 100 million yen.

Head Office Distribution Center (present-day West Logistics Center) opened.

Shizuoka Office (present-day Shizuoka Sales Office) opened.

Fukushima Sales Office closed and integrated into Head Office Sales Department.

Okayama Office (present-day Okayama Sales Office) opened.

Tokyo Branch opened.

Capital increased to 150 million yen.

Capital increased to 195 million yen.

Kyoto Sales Office and Himeji Sales Office opened.

Kitakyushu Sales Office opened.

Yokohama Sales Office (present-day Minamikanto Sales Office) opened.

Susumu Nishiki appointed President.

Capital increased to 260 million yen.

Komaki Sales Office opened.

Sendai Branch (present-day Sendai Sales Office) opened.

Capital increased to 300 million yen.

Hamamatsu Sales Office opened.

Kitakanto Sales Office (present-day Oyama Sales Office) opened.

To develop more sales activities rooted in communities, the company is divided into four regional blocks (East, Central, Kinki, and West). In addition to the company motto written when the company was established, a management philosophy and company credo are put into writing.

Employees and their families take part in event held to commemorate 30th anniversary of the company's establishment.

Capital increased to 380 million yen.

ME (Mechatronics) Development Group of Nichiden, a first for the industry, established.

Niigata Branch (present-day Niigata Sales Office) opened.

Okazaki Sales Office opened.

Matsumoto Sales Office opened.

Capital increased to 460 million yen.

Fukuyama Sales Office opened.

Shareholding system for employees launched.

Nichiden, a magazine promoting the company to the public, begins publication.

Employees and their families take part in event held to commemorate 50th anniversary of the company's foundation.

Numazu Sales Office opened.

Capital increased to 1.025 billion yen.
Takasaki Sales Office, Suzuka Sales Office, Shiga Sales Office, and Kumamoto Sales Office opened.

Keihin Sales Office opened.

Higashiosaka Sales Office opened.

Capital increased to 1.04 billion yen.

Head Office Sales Department integrated into Osaka Branch.

Chiba Sales Office opened.

Company name changed to Nichiden Corporation.
To refresh and improve the company's image, a new symbol mark, logo, corporate colors, and action guidelines are created.

Nishitokyo Sales Office opened.

Kinki Logistics Center (present-day West Logistics Center) relocated to new building.
Toyohashi Sales Office opened.

Entire company goes online.

Overseas Department established at Head Office.
Koriyama Sales Office and Omiya Sales Office (present-day Saitama Sales Office) opened.
Orange Club, an employee association, launched.

Singapore Representative Office (later Singapore Branch) opened.

Sakai Sales Office and Kobe Sales Office opened.

Mito Sales Office and Yokaichi Sales Office opened.
Head Office and Osaka Branch relocated to new building in Higashiosaka.
Higashiosaka Sales Office closed and integrated into Osaka Branch.

Singapore Branch opened.

Company's stock registered as over-the-counter stock with Japan Securities Dealers Association.
Capital increased to 5.368 billion yen.

Nishiyodo Sales Office (present-day Kitaosaka Sales Office) opened.

East Logistics Center opened.

Nara Sales Office opened.

Toshihiko Nishiki appointed President.

Central Logistics Center opened.

Construction of Tokyo Branch completed.

Construction of Nagoya Branch completed.

Nishiosaka Sales Office opened.

Kawagoe Sales Office opened.

Singapore Branch closed and integrated into Overseas Department.

Toyama Sales Office opened.

East Block divided into Kitakanto Block and East Block, making a total of five regional blocks.
Keihin Branch (formerly Keihin Sales Office) divided into Shinagawa Sales Office and Yokohama Sales Office.
Ueda Sales Office opened.

ISO 14001 certification acquired.

Kawagoe Sales Office closed and integrated into Saitama Branch (present-day Saitama Sales Office).

Employees take part in event held to commemorate 50th anniversary of the company's establishment.

Shanghai Office opened.

Kinki Logistics Center (present-day West Logistics Center) relocated to new building.

Sapporo Sales Office opened.
NICHIDEN (SHANGHAI) CO.,LTD. established.

100th edition of Family, the company's in-house magazine, published.

Shanghai Office closed and integrated into NICHIDEN (SHANGHAI) CO.,LTD.

Kitakanto Block integrated into East Block, making a total of four regional blocks.

Company's stock delisted as over-the-counter stock with Japan Securities Dealers Association and stock listed on JASDAQ securities exchange.

PROCUEbyNET CORPORATION established.
Industry's first portal website for online shopping established.

Company's stock listed on First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Stock delisted from JASDAQ.

Kyushu Branch relocated to new building.

Head Office relocated to Chuo-ku, Osaka.

Nishiosaka Sales Office closed and integrated into Osaka Branch.

Osaka Branch relocated to Head Office Building.
Higashiosaka Sales Office opened in old Head Office building (Higashiosaka).
Nara Sales Office closed and integrated into Higashiosaka Branch.

Kenzo Kitagawa appointed President.

Kitakami Sales Office opened.

MEKASYS online catalog established.

100th edition of Nichiden, a magazine promoting the company to the public, published.
Central Logistics Center relocated to new building (Komaki Sales Office and Komaki ME System Section opened in same building).

Kinki Block integrated into West Block, making a total of three regional blocks (East, Central, West).

Toshihiko Nishiki appointed Chairman and President.
NICHIDEN (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Bangkok.

Nichiden Shoho renamed and published as the general catalog MEKASYS under strengthened collaboration with the MEKASYS website.

Numazu Sales Office closed and integrated into Shizuoka Sales Office.

Toshikazu Fuke appointed President.

As part of commemoration of 60th anniversary of company establishment, company signs cooperative forest preservation declaration.

ISO 9001 certification acquired.
First Nichiden no Mori ("Nichiden Forest") forestation activities carried out.

Employees take part in event held to commemorate 60th anniversary of company's establishment.

Okazaki Machinery Co., Ltd. acquired as wholly owned subsidiary.

Tokyo Branch relocated to Taito-ku, Tokyo.

NICHIDEN TRADING (Thailand) Co., Ltd. established in Bangkok.

East Logistics Center relocated to the new building (Saitama ME System Section opened in the same building).

Techno Center opened.

Daiwa Riken Co., Ltd. acquired as wholly owned subsidiary.

Kukan Senjo Lab. Co., Ltd. acquired as wholly owned subsidiary.

NICHIDEN USA Corporation established in Chicago.

NPa System Co., Ltd. acquired as wholly owned subsidiary.

NICHIDEN VIET NAM CO., LTD. acquired as wholly owned subsidiary.

Transferred all shares of Daiwa Riken Co., Ltd.
Kukan Senjo Lab. Co., Ltd. Acquired additional shares and made it a wholly owned subsidiary.

West Logistics Center relocated to the new building (Kadoma Sales Office opened in the same building).

Company's stock Transitioned to PRIMNE Market of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

PROCUEbyNET CORPORATION acquired as wholly owned subsidiary.

Apérza Inc. acquired as wholly owned subsidiary.