Corporate Name: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
Activities: Production and sales of Crystal-Related products such as Crystal devices (e.g. Crystal Units, Crystal Oscillators, Crystal filters), Ultrasonic Transducers, Synthetic Quartz and Crystal Blank
Date of Foundation: April, 1948
Share Capital: ¥10.649 Billion (As of Sep. 30, 2019)
Number of Shares of Common Stock: 20,757,905 shares (As of Sep. 30, 2019)
Stock Listing: First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Annual Sales: Consolidated (IFRS)¥42.498 Billion (Fiscal Year Ended
Sep. 30, 2019)
Number of Employees: NDK 845 / Group 3,257 (As of Sep. 30, 2019)
NDK History:
1948 | Founded as Nanbu Shoko Co., Ltd |
1949 | Started crystal unit production and sales |
1950 | Changed the Company’s name to Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd. Relocated Registered Office to Ohyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo |
1954 | Relocated to newly constructed Head Office and plant in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo |
1959 | Started crystal filter production |
1960 | Started crystal oscillator production |
1962 | Started construction of Sayama Plant in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture |
1963 | Started mass production of synthetic quartz crystals Crystal cutting facility completed in the Sayama Plant Began trading of NDK stock on the OTC market |
1964 | Assembly line completed in the Sayama Plant Opened Osaka Sales Office for sales in Osaka |
1970 | Established production affiliate Hawk Denshi Co., Ltd. in Niigata Prefecture (now Niigata NDK Co., Ltd.) |
1975 | Opened representative sales office in California, U.S.A. |
1976 | Established subsidiary Furukawa NDK Co., Ltd. in Miyagi Prefecture |
1979 | Established subsidiary Asian NDK Crystal Sdn. Bhd. in Selangor, Malaysia Established NDK America, Inc. in California, U.S.A., and dissolved representative sales office |
1985 | Completed main building at Sayama Plant |
1986 | Opened Chubu Sales Office for sales in Aichi Prefecture Established production subsidiary Malaysian Quartz Crystal Sdn.Bhd. in Selangor, Malaysia [now NDK Quartz Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.] Completed construction of new facilities at Sayama Plant |
1988 | Established NDK Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd. [now NDK Crystal Asia, Pte. Ltd.] in Singapore. Established sales subsidiary NDK Europe Ltd. in the United Kingdom |
1989 | Established production subsidiary Hakodate NDK Co., Ltd. in Hakodate, Hokkaido |
1990 | Relocated Head Office functions to Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Listed NDK stock on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
1994 | Established production subsidiary Suzhou NDK Co., Ltd. in Suzhou, China Established sales subsidiary NDK Italy Srl [now NDK Europe Ltd. Italy Office] ISO 9001 certification obtained |
1995 | Established sales subsidiary NDK Electronics (HK) Limited in Hong Kong |
1998 | QS-9000 certification obtained Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
1999 | ISO 14001 certification obtained |
2001 | Opened NDK Europe Ltd. German Office |
2002 | Established production subsidiary NDK Crystal, Inc. in Illinois, U.S.A. Established NDK Holdings USA, Inc. in Illinois, U.S.A. Established NRS Technologies Inc. in Hakodate, Hokkaido Established sales subsidiary NDK-Electronics Shanghai Co., Ltd. |
2004 | Opened Chitose Technical Center in Chitose, Hokkaido |
2005 | NRS Technologies Inc. was merged into Hakodate NDK Co., Ltd. Head Office functions relocated to Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo |
2008 | Quality Assurance Laboratory recognized by Japan Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment as meeting the ISO/IEC 17025 (2005) international laboratory management standard Obtained approval as a specified exporter from Tokyo Customs |
2009 | Completed Laboratory ATOM, a new research facility, within the Sayama Plant Established Suzhou NDK Trading Co., Ltd. in Suzhou, China |
2010 | NDK became the first company in Japan to adopt IFRS |
2014 | ISO 13485 certification obtained |
2015 | Head Office functions relocated to Sasazuka, Shibuya-ku,Tokyo(within the same area before relocation) |
1, Crystal Units
2, Crystal Clock Oscillators
3, Simple Packaged Crystal Oscillators (SPXO)
4, Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillators (TCXO)
5, Voltage-Controlled Crystal Oscillators (VCXO)
Voltage-Controlled SAW Oscillator (VCSO)
6, High Precision Oscillator (OCXO / Twin-OCXO / Twin-DCXO)
7, Crystal Filters
8, SAW Devices
9, Synthetic Quartz Crystal / Crystal Blank / Optical Component List
10, Ultrasonic probe (Transducer)
11, Frequency Synthesizer