Chronology

1945

Founded Izumi Shokai.
Began retail and wholesale of electrical equipment and devices.

1947

Incorporated Izumi Denki Co., Ltd. (Chuo-ku, Osaka).
Began manufacture and sales of switches.

1956

Moved head office to Kita-ku, Osaka.
Opened Osaka Office in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka and began operations.

1958

Began manufacture and sales of industrial switches, pilot lights and terminal blocks.

1969

Opened Kyoto Plant in Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto and began operations.
Moved head office to Yodogawa-ku, Osaka.

1973

Established IZUMI SEIKI TAIWAN Co, Ltd. (Taiwan).

1975

Established IDEC CORPORATION (California, USA).

1976

Established IDEC Elektrotechnik GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).

1982

Created a new corporate identity and the IDEC trademark and changed English corporate name.
Listed stock in Second Section of Osaka Securities Exchange.

1983

Established IDEC IZUMI TAIWAN CORPORATION (Taiwan).

1984

Opened Fukusaki Plant in Kanzaki-gun, Hyogo and began operations.
Moved head office to new location in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka.

1987

Established IDEC Electronics Limited (UK).

1989

Listed stock in Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Completed first phase of Takino Plant construction (Kato City, Hyogo).

1990

Stock listing upgraded from Second Section to First Section of Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges.

1991

Completed first phase of Tsukuba Plant construction (Ryugasaki City, Ibaraki).

1992

Established IDEC TAIWAN CORPORATION (Taiwan) .
Opened IDEC Technology Research Center (Yodogawa-ku, Osaka).

1994

Moved head office to IDEC Technology Research Center (Yodogawa-ku, Osaka).
Opened Hamamatsu Distribution Center in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka and began operations.

1995

Established IDEC IZUMI (H.K.) Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong, China).

1998

Opened Tatsuno Distribution Center in Tatsuno City, Hyogo and began operations.
Opened Tokyo Head Office in Minato-ku, Tokyo and moved Tokyo Office into that head office.

2000

Established IDEC IZUMI ASIA PTE Ltd. (Singapore).

2002

Established IDEC IZUMI SUZHOU CO., Ltd. (Suzhou, China).
Established IDEC (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION (Shanghai, China).

2004

Established IDEC IZUMI (H.K.) Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong, China) .
Made IDEC HONG KONG Co., Ltd. a holding company.
Reduced number of shares comprising minimum stock trading unit.

2005

Changed names and logos.
Established IDEC (SHENZHEN) CORPORATION (Shenzhen, China).

2006

Established IDEC (BEIJING) CORPORATION (Beijing, China).

2012

Established IDEC ASIA (THAILAND) Co., Ltd.

2013

Opened new head office in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka.
Completed Amagasaki Plant and moved the Kyoto Plant's production functions there.
Made IDEC DATALOGIC Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary and changed trade name to IDEC AUTO-ID SOLUTIONS CORPORATION.

2014

Established IDEC ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CORPORATION.
Made CONET Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary (current IDEC FACTORY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION).

2017

Made MMI Technologies and APEM SAS a wholly owned subsidiary (current APEM Group).
Made Welcat Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary (Welcat Inc. joined IDEC AUTO-ID SOLUTIONS in a merger in 2020).

2018

Made TOKYO SENSOR Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary (TOKYO SENSOR Co., Ltd. joined IDEC in a merger in 2019).

2020

Established IDEC CONTROLS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED.

2021

Established IDEC ALPS Technologies Co., Ltd. as a joint venture with Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

2023

Made ez-Wheel SAS a subsidiary.