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| Aplil 1947 | Kikuchi Manufacturing is established as a metal - stamping workshop. |
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| December 1949 | First delivery to Prince Motor Co. |
| November 1953 | Kikuch Body Kogyo established at No.592 Shimorenjaku,Mitaka City Tokyo, for manufacturing and sales of automotive parts. |
| July 1954 | First delivery to Fuji Heavy Industries. |
| November 1959 | Haijima Factory (the current Akishima factory is completed and commences production. |
| April 1960 | Company renamed Kikuchi Press Industry. |
| March 1963 | Kikuchi Press Industry reorganized as business corporation with capital of 10 million yen, based in Mitaka City. |
| May 1964 | First delivery to Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| January 1969 | Hamura Plant is established as a primary assembly base. |
| November 1972 | Manufacturing and sales of refuse incinerator started. |
| May 1984 | Kikuchi joined Hirata, Hongo Takao kinzoku Kogyo, and American Honda Moter Co., Inc. for setting up KTH Parts Industries Inc. in Ohio(for manufacturing and sales of automotive parts, etc.) |
| September 1987 | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. put 9.52% fund into Kikuchi Co.,Ltd. |
| May 1988 | Kikuchi joins Takao Kinzoku Kogyo and America Honda Motor Co.,Inc. USA set up jefferson Industries Corporation in Ohio (for manufacturing and sales of automotive parts, etc.) |
| April 1988 | Kikuchi acquired 90% of Nakamura Seisakusho (die design and manufacturing, etc.) |
| April 1990 | Technical Center and currentry set up and started at Kitsuregawa, Shioya, Tochigi. |
| March 1991 | With full-scale of Jefferson Industries Corporation, equity investment in KTH Parts Industries Inc. |
| February 1992 | Remaining shares for Nakamura Seisakusho acquired to make it a wholly -owned subsidiary. |
| November 1995 | Kikuchi was awarded Deming Prize by the Union of Japanese Scientists Engineers (JUSE). |
| December 1995 | Karmaster Inc. established in Michigan, USA, as Kikuchi's sales office. |
| December 1995 | Head office moved to Akishima plant. |
| April 1996 | Kikuchi listed as over-the -counter stock market with Japan Securities Dealers Association. |
| December 1996 | KP Do Brasil Ltda. (currently Kikuchi Do Brasil Ltda.) established in Sao Paolo, Brasil, Jointly with Honda Motor do Brasil, Ltda. |
| September 1997 | Technical Center acquired ISO 9001 certification. |
| December 1997 | Equity investment in Jefferson Elora corporation, subsidiary of Jefferson Industries Corporation. (Ontario,Canada). |
| July 1998 | Equity investment in Austin Tri-Hawk Automotive, Inc., in Indiana, USA (manufacturing and sales of automotive parts, etc.). |
| December 1998 | Hamura plant & Verification plant acquired ISO 9001 certification. Technical Center acquired ISO 14001 certification. |
| April 1999 | Hamura plant & Verification plant acquired ISO 14001 certification. |
| First delivery Mitsubishi Motors Corporation. | |
| June 2000 | Equity investment in Jefferson Southern Corporation in Geogia of USA,subsidiary of Jefferson Industries Corporation. |
| August 2001 | Decision for construction of Gunma plant in Ota, Gunma prefecture (Operation start scheduled on June 2002.) |
| November 2001 | Kikuchi joined Takao Kinzoku Kogyo for setting up APAC(Auto Parts Alliance China Ltd).(Manufacturing and sales of automotive parts,etc.) |
| November 2001 | Kikuchi acquired QS-9000/TE certification. |
| June 2002 | Established new Gunma plant in Ota, Gunma state, started operation. |
| July 2002 | Relocation of the head-office to Hamura Tokyo due to concentrate the planning and management function of headquarters. |
| August 2003 | Gunma plant acquired QS-9000 certification. |
| December 2004 | Gunma plant acquired ISO 14001 certification. |
| March 2005 | Established APAII plant in Guangzhun, China. |
| March 2005 | Established the WAPAC factory located Wuhan city by joint venture with Takaokinzoku and (Wuhan Auto Parts Alliance China Ltd).Kikuchi |
| May 2005 | Honda became the top shareholder (Investment ratio is 20.7%) |
| September 2005 | Established CKS by Kikuchi and our three business partners in Conghua, Guangzhou China.(operation started February, in 2006) |
| October 2005 | Changed the settlement term on March (Our accounting year changed from September to March). (before: from April to March) |
| February 2007 | Established the joint venture company by Takao Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd and Kikuchi Co., Ltd in Rajasthan, India, named "Global Auto-Parts Alliance India Private Ltd.". |
| November 2007 | Hamura plant, Tochigi Plant and Gunma Plant acquired ISO/TS 16949 certification. |
| April 2008 | Kikuchi Co., Ltd took over the wholly-owned subsidiary which name was Nakamura Seisakusho. |
| September 2009 | Established a new plant in Saitama State Fukaya city, started operation. |
| April 2010 | Kikuchi USA Inc. Dissolution. |
| May 2010 | Reached out the agreement of the merge with Takao Metal Industry Inc. |
| June 2010 | The approval of merge agreement at the 57th shareholder conference. |
