Corporate History


1966
Dec
Established IRISO Electronics Co., Ltd. in Shimonumabe, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa.
1973
Apr
Developed wrapping pins whereby wire is wrapped around to make a connection on a PCB, and began producing and selling them.
1975
Jan

Dec
Developed jumper pins which connect circuits on the parts side of PCBs, and began producing and selling them.
Began producing and selling pin headers (male connectors) that enrich the variety of connections by packaging resin parts and pins.
1977
Jan

May
Sep
Developed check pins which check a PCB's behavior on itself, and began producing and selling them.
Moved the headquarters office and plant to Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa.
Developed connector pins with a tapered tip, and began producing and selling them.
1978
Dec
Established IRS(S)PTE. Ltd. in Singapore for producing and selling pins and multiple-pin connectors.
1980
Mar
Established IRS PRECISION Co., Ltd. in Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa for producing and selling precision metal machining equipment.
1981
Nov
Opened Osaka Sales Office in Daito-shi, Osaka. (Moved to Chuo-ku, Osaka in February, 1990.)
1982
Jul
Began producing and selling jumper connectors which have a switching function, and made a full-scale entry into the connector field.
1983
Nov
Changed the name from IRS Precision Co., Ltd. to Ibaraki IRISO Electronics Co., Ltd., and transferred the headquarters from Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa to Omiya-machi, Naka-gun, Ibaraki (present Ibaraki Plant) at the same time.
1985
Feb

Began producing and selling board-to-board connectors which are for connecting two PCBs.

1986
Feb

Jul

Opened Higashikanto Sales Office in Omiya-machi, (now Hitachi Omiya-shi), Naka-gun Ibaraki.
Opened Tohoku Sales Office in Mizusawa-shi (now Oshu-shi), Iwate.

1988
Dec
Began producing and selling connectors for flexible printed circuits (FPC connectors) that connect flexible PCBs.
1992
Jan
Opened Philippines Office in Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines. (Moved to Muntinlupa, Metro Manila in June, 1999.)
1993
Jan
Jun
Opened Hong Kong Sales Office in Hong Kong.
Established Shanghai IRISO Electronics Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China for producing and selling pins and multiple-pin connectors.
1994
Apr

Sep

Dec
Established IRISO U.S.A., Inc. in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. for selling pins and multiple-pin connectors. (Moved to Michigan in Aug, 2004)
Registered over-the-counter stock with the Securities Dealers Association of Japan (present Osaka Securities Exchange JASDAQ Market).
Opened Europe Sales Office in Brussels, Belgium.
1995
Feb
Opened Thailand Office in Bangkok, Thailand.
1996
Jan
Mar
Apr
Jun
Established IRISO Electronics Philippines. Inc. in Cavite Economic Zone, Philippines.
Opened Europe Sales Office Germany Liaison Branch in Germany.
Opened Singapore Sales Office in Singapore.
Obtained ISO 9001 certification.
1998
Sep
Established IRISO COMPONENT Co., Ltd. in Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa.
1999
Oct

Nov
Established IRISO Electronics Singapore PTE. Ltd. in Tuas, Singapore. (The operation of Singapore Sales Office was transferred.)
Established IRISO Electronics (HONG KONG) Limited. (The operation of Hong Kong Sales Office was transferred.)
2000
Apr

Sep
Oct
Nov
Established IRISO Electronics Europe GmbH in Germany. (The operations of Europe Sales Office and its Germany Liaison Office were transferred.)
Obtained QS 9000 certification.
Opened IRISO (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China.
Obtained ISO 14001 certification.
2002
Apr
Nov
IRISO Electronics Singapore PTE., Ltd. was consolidated to IRS(S) PTE., Ltd. as Sales Subsidiary. (The operation of IRISO Electronics Singapore PTE., Ltd. was transferred to IRS(S)PTE., Ltd. )
Opened IRISO (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. Dalian Office in Dalian, China.
2003
Mar
Opened IRISO Electronics (Thailand) Ltd. in Bangkok ,Thailand. (The operation of IRS(S)PTE., Ltd. Bangkok Representative Office was transferred.)
2004
Mar
Jun
Sep
Increased capital to 2,240,250,000 yen
Opened IRISO (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. Tianjin Office in Tianjin, China.
Opened Chubu Sales Office in Nagoya-shi, Aichi
2005
May
Jun
Nov
Opened IRISO(Shanghai)Trading Co.,Ltd. Suzhou Office in Suzhou, China.
Opened IRISO Electronics(HK)Ltd.Korea Branch Office in Korea.
Increased capital to 3,490,230,000 yen.
2006
Aug
Nov
Opened IRISO Electronics(HK)Ltd.Taiwan Branch Office in Taiwan.
Established IRISO Electronics Vietnam Co.,Ltd in Hanoi,Vietnam
2007
Jan
Feb
May
Increased capital to 5,398,000,00 yen.
Increased capital to 5,640,050,00 yen.
Moved the headquarters office to Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa.
2008
Aug
Established IRISO Shanghai R&D Center Co.,Ltd. in Shanghai, China
2010
Dec
Established IRISO Electronics Co.,Ltd. India Liaison Office in Bangalore , India
2011
Jun
Opened IRISO(Shanghai)Trading Co.,Ltd. Chongqing Office in Chongqing, China.



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