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1968 |
Akihito Ogawa, the present counselor, established a capacitor manufacturing company, Meiwa Industry Limited. |
| 1970 |
The company's mainstay largely shifted to communication equipment and printed wiring boards for computers and the company's name was renamed Ain Meiwa Industry. |
| 1973 |
Through-hole wiring board manufacturing and plating facilities and production lines have been set up. |
| 1974 |
AIN Co., Ltd. has been established and Akihito Ogawa was inaugurated as representative director. |
| 1976 |
Obtainment of UL Certification, No. E62255 |
| 1982 |
Tokyo Office was set up at Oiwake-cho, Hachioji-shi. |
| 1983 |
Plant relocation and the headquarters building was newly built (Fukuzawa Industrial Park). |
| 1984 |
Nagoya Office was set up at Tsuchihashi-cho, Toyota-shi.
NC Center, intended exclusively for machining, was set up (in Fukuzawa Industrial Park). |
| 1985 |
Electronic Equipment Department got started. Enhancement and expansion of the assembly and set-up departments |
| 1988 |
Toshiba Corporation certified AIN as Excellent & High Quality Control Manufacturer. |
| 1988 |
Solder Leveling Process Line was brought into the production facilities. |
| 1989 |
Introduction of Clean Room and Pattern Forming Line |
| 1990 |
Office computer based production control system got started. |
| 1992 |
Heat-resistant Flux Line was brought into operation. |
| 1995 |
Ceramic wiring substrate production got started. |
| 1995 |
Completed development of alkali-etching regeneration system for recycling.(Patent application.) |
| 1996 |
Nisca Corporation awarded Ain for its excellent VA activity. |
| 1996 |
Ain won Excellent Manufacture Award from Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. for the third time. |
| 1997 |
Multi-layer Wiring Board Forming Hot Press machine was introduced. |
| 1998 |
Desmear Process Line was installed. |
| 2000 |
Management Office was newly added and relocated. |
| 2000 |
Obtainment of ISO9001 Certification
Coverage: Printed wiring board designing, development and manufacturing (Electronic Equipment Department is the only exception). |
| 2001 |
Plasma Processing equipment and Dicing machine were brought into operation. |
| 2002 |
Ain acquired the adjacent land and initiated internal printing operation. |
| 2004 |
Obtainment of ISO14001 Certification.
Coverage: Printed wiring board manufacturing (Head office/factory) |
| 2005 |
Completed development of VCM process.(Patent application.) |
| 2007 |
Completed development of Ceramics ink for LED and LD.(Patent application.) |
