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1953	December	Special Pump Co., Ltd. established.
1954	January	Company launches sales of Milton Roy pumps (metering pumps) as exclusive Japanese dealer for Milton Roy Company, USA.
1955	January	Exclusive dealer agreement signed with Chem Pump Corporation, USA; sales of chempumps (canned motor pumps) begin.
1955	April	Company obtains a license for technology used for Milton Roy pumps.
1956	May	Company builds headquarters and plant in Toyosawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.
1956	November	Company obtains a license for technology used to build Chem Pump Corporation’s chempumps.
1959	October	Company renamed Nippon Kikai Keiso Kaisha Ltd.

1960	July	Company provides Japan’s first artificial heart to the Kimoto Surgical Department at the University of Tokyo.
1960	November	Completion of the first phase of construction of the Higashimurayama Plant; system established to boost production of Milton Roy pumps and Non-Seal pumps.
1961	June	Becomes a publicly listed company on the Tokyo over-the-counter stock market.
1961	October	Listing on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1962	March	Company completes second phase of construction at the Higashimurayama Plant. Full-scale production of high-powered pumps begins.
1963	December	Company establishes import and sales department for control-related devices and instruments.
1966	April	Development of MILFLO metering pump and start of production and sales.
1967	August	First sales of dialysis machines.
1968	November	Company builds a new company headquarters at 3-43-2 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; company renamed Nikkiso Co., Ltd.
1969	August	Company completes development of Japan’s first dialysis machines.
1969	October	Development of new type of Non-Seal pump, for which production and sales begin.

1970	August	Start of sales of Sundyne pumps.
	September	Company obtains a license for technology used for DEB control (automatic control of large-capacity boilers for power plants) systems designed by Leeds & Northrup (now Measurement & Control Systems), USA.
	October	Company obtains a license for technology used for Sundyne pumps designed by Sundstrand Corporation, USA.
1971	February	Listing on the first sections of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange.
1973	February	Established Nikkiso Eiko Co., Ltd. for production and sales of general-purpose small pumps and filter systems.
	October	Established Nikkiso Deutschland GmbH in Germany (renamed Nikkiso Pumps Europe GmbH in June 2000).
	December	Company obtains a license for technology used for Gorman-Rupp pumps designed by the Gorman-Rupp Company, USA.
1974	September	Completion of work on the Shizuoka Plant and R&D Center.
1975	May	Founding of Nikkiso-Sundstrand Co., Ltd. (renamed Sundyne Nikkiso Company in April 2007) as a joint venture with Sundstrand Corporation, USA, for the production and sale of Sundyne pumps and compressors in Asia and Oceania.(Company is excluded from equity-method affiliates in October 2010) Start of production and sales of dialyzers for dialysis machines.
1977	October	Japanese name of Higashimurayama Plant changed (from Higashimurayama Kojo to Higashimurayama Seisakusho); company builds fluid technology and instrumentation factories.

1981	August	Company builds plant for development of carbon fiber composite materials at the Shizuoka Plant site; begins production and sales of CFRP, etc.
1982	December	Obtains a license for the technology from Leeds & Northrup (now Measurement & Control Systems) to produce digital computers for process control, as well as technology for controlling systems using these computers.
1984	February	Wins approval to manufacture dialysis machines.
	May	Nikkiso-YSI Co., Ltd. (renamed Nikkiso-Therm Co., Ltd. in June 2007) formed as a joint venture with Yellow Springs Instruments Company, USA (now MEAS Europe), to produce and sell precision thermistors.
	October	Japanese name of Shizuoka Plant changed (from Shizuoka Kojo to Shizuoka Seisakusho); company builds medical device factory and electronics factory.
1985	October	Company establishes Nikkiso Tohoku Medical Co., Ltd. for sales and servicing of Nikkiso medical products in the Tohoku region.
1985	December	Company obtains a license for the technology from Leeds & Northrup (now Honeywell Inc.) to manufacture Microtrac particle size analyzers and water analyzers.
1986	March	Company licenses carbon fiber technology to Boeing Co., USA.
1987	January	Obtains exclusive manufacturing and distribution rights for J C Carter’s submerged motor pumps for use with liquefied gas. Company builds composite material factory at the Shizuoka Plant site.
1988	October	Company establishes Nikkiso Ryuki Techno Co., Ltd. to service Nikkiso pumps and compressors.

1990	June	Company establishes Nikkiso M.E.S. Co., Ltd. to service Nikkiso medical products. (Company is absorbed into Nikkiso in January 2011 for the purpose of unified sales and maintenance activities.)
1991	July	Company establishes Nikkiso Technica Co., Ltd. to install and service Nikkiso products for thermal and nuclear power plants and products for various other industries.
1993	February	Company establishes Taiwan Nikkiso Co., Ltd. as a joint venture with a local venture capital company to design, produce, and sell Nikkiso boiler water conditioning systems for thermal power plants in Taiwan.
1994	January	Company establishes Shanghai Nikkiso Non-Seal Pump Co., Ltd. as a joint venture (now 100% subsidiary) with Shanghai Jinshan Industrial Co., Ltd., to produce, sell, and service Non-Seal pumps. Company establishes M.E. Nikkiso Co., Ltd. as a joint venture with a local venture capital company to produce and sell medical devices in Thailand.
1995	April	Completion of first phase of construction of Kanazawa Plant; completion of Soukei Kaikan exhibition hall.
1995	September	Company establishes Sung Chang Nikkiso Co., Ltd. (renamed Nikkiso Medical Korea Co., Ltd. in September 2007) as a joint venture (now 100% subsidiary) with a local venture capital company to provide sales and technical support for dialysis machines and other medical products in Korea.
1996	June	Company establishes Nikkiso LNG Testing, Inc. (renamed Nikkiso Cryo, Inc. in June 2000) in the U.S.A.
1997	February	Company establishes Nikkiso Medical GmbH in Germany.
1998	December	Completion of work on Higashimurayama Plant’s comprehensive R&D Center.

2000	January	Company establishes Microtrac, Inc. in the USA to develop new Microtrac particle size analyzers and strengthen sales.
	February	Company establishes Nikkiso Medical (Thailand) Co., Ltd. to sell and service medical devices in Thailand.
	November	Company establishes Nikkiso Pumps Korea Ltd. to sell and service Non-Seal pumps and MILFLO pumps in Korea.
	December	Company establishes Nikkiso Pumps America, Inc. in Pennsylvania, USA, as a production and sales base for pumps in North America.
2001	February	Company establishes Nikkiso Vietnam MFG Co., Ltd. to produce blood tubing sets for medical devices.
2001	April	Various changes introduced in management system, including establishment of in-house company system and executive officer system.
2003	March	Company establishes Nikkiso Pumps Middle East in United Arab Emirates.
	July	Company establishes Shanghai Nikkiso Medical Products Trading Co., Ltd. as a joint venture (now 100% subsidiary) with Shanghai Medical Equipment Works to handle sales and repairs of dialysis machines in the Chinese market.
	December	Company establishes new logo and corporate statement.
2005	October	Company merges Particle Solutions Unit, Industrial Equipment Unit and Instrumentation & Power Systems Unit as the Industrial Solutions Unit.
2006	May	Company establishes Nikkiso America, Inc. to administer Nikkiso subsidiaries in North America and strengthen business.
	July	Company establishes UV Craftory Co., Ltd. as a joint venture for R&D, production, and sales related to ultraviolet LEDs. Company establishes Stella UV Venture, Limited Partnership.
	December	Company establishes Nikkiso Medical Systems GmbH in Germany for production and sale of Nikkiso medical devices in Europe.
2008	July	Company establishes Nikkiso-KSB GmbH as a joint venture with KSB, Germany, to develop, make, and sell canned motor pumps.
2008	December	Company establishes Nikkiso Vietnam, Inc. on the outskirts of Hanoi, Vietnam as a production base for aircraft components.
2009	April	Completed the organizational transition from a company system to a business headquarters system.
	June	Company establishes Nikkiso (Shanghai) Consulting Co., Ltd. as a regional headquarters (in China), business promotion, investment management and relevant management consulting for the affiliates in China.
	July	Company establishes Nikkiso Technical Research Institute to research and develop of Nikkiso products and manufacturing technology.
	August	Company acquires the LEWA Group in Germany as part of our strategy to consolidate the Pump Division. The LEWA Group, with LEWA GmbH at the center, is the leading manufacturer of metering pumps in the oil and gas industry, where it holds the world’s top market share, technology, and brand recognition. Company acquires all business conducted by Tohnichi Computer Applications Co., Ltd. with the aim of strengthening solutions business in the area of particle characterization. Tohnichi Computer Applications Co., Ltd has the largest share in the domestic market of spray particle size analyzers.
	October	Nikkiso Medical GmbH and Nikkiso Medical Systems GmbH merge in order to strengthen and increase the production efficiency of medical equipment business in Europe. Nikkiso Medical GmbH becomes the surviving company, and changes its name to Nikkiso Europe GmbH.
	December	Company conducts public stock offering, allocation of new shares to third parties, and disposition of treasury stock, in order to repay debt incurred to finance the acquisition of the LEWA Group. (Paid-in capital: \6,544,339,191. Number of shares issued: 80,286,464)
2010	April	Company refurbishes the Soukei Kaikan exhibition hall in the Kanazawa Plant.
	May	Company establishes Weigao Nikkiso (Weihai) Dialysis Equipment Co., Ltd., a joint venture with the China-based Weigao Group for the purpose of manufacturing, selling and maintaining dialysis machines based on Nikkiso's technology in China.
	July	Company begins official sale of all LEWA reciprocating pump systems in Japan.
	August	Company accepts transfer of Fresenius Medical Care Japan's dialysis product marketing business in Japan in order to strengthen its dialysis business. Company transfers all shares of Nikkiso Medical Korea Co., Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary), the Company's dialysis product marketing subsidiary in South Korea to Germany-based Fresenius Medical Care.
2011	April	Company creates a new Precision Instruments Division, responsible for the particle measurement instrument business and ceramic components manufacturing equipment business formerly of the Industrial Division, as well as for water and air purification system business.
	July	Head office relocated to Yebisu Garden Place Tower in order to enable head office integration and productivity improvement.
	November	Nikkiso acquired BEL Japan, Inc., to strengthen its position as Total Solution Supplier in powder and granular material measuring systems. BEL is the No.1 supplier of surface area measuring instruments in Japan, with special gaseous adsorption technologies.