会社沿革
| 1930 |
- Hitachi Ltd. advances into domestic production of automotive electric parts.
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| 1934 |
- Manufactures Japan's first impeller-type Lever Arm Shock Absorbers.
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| 1935 |
- Manufactures Japan's first Brake Cylinders and begins full-scale production.
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| 1936 |
- Delivered sample electric parts to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corporation.
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| 1937 |
- Commences deliveries of cylindrical twin-tube Shock Absorbers.
- The Measurement Equipment Division of Tokyo Gas Electric Industry, Ltd. is spun off to form Tokyo Kiki Kogyo, Ltd.
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| 1938 |
- Tokyo Kiki Kogyo, Ltd. becomes a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. after all shares held by Tokyo Gas Electric Industry, Ltd. are purchased.
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| 1956 |
- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Atsugi Plant is spun off to form Atsugi Automotive Parts.
- Produces Pistons, Water Pumps, Propeller Shafts, Clutches, etc.
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| 1964 |
- Hitachi Ltd. establishes the Automotive Products Division.
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| 1965 |
- Tokyo Kiki Kogyo Ltd. changes its company name to TOKICO, Ltd.
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| 1968 |
- The Sawa Works is established in Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, Japan.
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| 1970 |
- Produced first IC-regulator-integrated alternators.
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| 1973 |
- Nihon Denshi Kiki Co., Ltd. is established.
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| 1978 |
- Produced the first electronic-control carburetors in Japan.
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| 1979 |
- Produces world's first Electronic Concentrated Engine Control Units.
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| 1980 |
- Produced the world's first photoelectric crank angle sensors and semiconductor pressure sensors.
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| 1981 |
- Produces world's first Hot-wire Air Flow Sensors.
- Produced the world's first turbo chargers for rotary engines.
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| 1985 |
- Received "IR100" Award in the year 1984 (100 selections of new technologies in the world) for the hot-wire airflow sensor.
- Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. is established in Kentucky, USA.
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| 1986 |
- The Hitachi Farmington Hills Technical Center is established in Michigan, USA.
- Initiates production of Valve Timing Control Systems.
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| 1989 |
- Atsugi Automotive Parts changes its company name to Atsugi Unisia.
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