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1897 Dec Meidensha Corporation was established by Mr.Hosui Shigemune for the manufacture of elctric motors at Kyobashi, Tokyo.
1912 May Moved to the new factory at Osaki, Tokyo (present site of the Head Office).
1935 Oct Meiden Nagoya Works established.
1937 Oct Meiden Shinagawa Works established.
1955 Jan Technical license agreement with AEG, West Germany for transformers and on-load tap changers.
1958 Dec Head Office moved to New Ohtemachi Building, Tokyo.
1961 Apr Meiden Numazu Works established.
Jun Technical license agreement with ASEA. Sweden for synchronous machines.
1963 Sep Technical license agreement with RCA. U.S.A. for transistor production.
1966 Jun Thai Meidensha Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand, established.
Jul Technical license agreement with G.E., U.S.A. for vacuum interrupters.
1969 Jun Technical license agreement with AEG, West Germany for thyristor rectifiers,control equipment, and processing lines.
Nov Technical license agreement with SEVCON, England for forklift truck electrical appliances.
1970 Aug Technical license agreement with G.E., U.S.A. for synthetic fiber heaters and temperature control equipment.
Meiden Shinagawa Works closed and the factories moved to Meiden Numazu Works.
Oct Technical license agreement with G.E., U.S.A. for large-capacity DC motors and generators.
1973 Feb Technical license agreement with G.E., U.S.A. for induction heating and welding static power converters.
Jul Meiden Electric Engineering Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia established.
1974 Jan Technical license agreement with G.E., U.S.A. for vacuum circuit-breakers and all-voltage-class vacuum interrupters.
1975 May Meiden Singapore Pte. Ltd. established.
1977 Apr Meiden Ohta Works established.
1991 Jun P.T. Meiden Engineering Indonesia established.
1993 Jul Meiden R&D Center established.
1994 Oct Meiden Europe Ltd. established.
1995 Feb Head Office moved to Riverside Building, Tokyo
Nov Meiden Pacific (China) Ltd. established.
1996 Jun Dongguan Meiden Electrical Engineering Co., Ltd. established.
1998 Mar Meiden Electric (Thailand) Ltd. established.
2001 Jan Japan AE Power Systems Corp. established as a joint venture between Hitachi, Ltd., Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd. and MEIDEN.
2002 May Meiden Kofu Factory established.
2003 Jul Meiden America, Inc. established.
2004 Jan MSA Co., Ltd. established as a joint venture between ABB Group and MEIDEN.
Apr Meiden Asia Pte. Ltd. established.
Sep Meiden Zhengzhou Electric Co., Ltd. established.
2005 Dec Meiden Hangzhou Drive Systems Co., Ltd. established.
2006 Jan Meiden Korea Co., Ltd. established.
Mar Meiden Shanghai Co., Ltd. established.
Oct Meiden Technical Center North America LLC established.
2007 Jun Meiden Dubai Office established.
Aug Meiden India Pvt. Ltd. established.
Sep New Head Office was established in Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Japan.