| 1953 | Established Nippon Antenna Co., Ltd. (with capital of 500,000 yen). Began manufacturing and selling car radio and TV antennas. |
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| 1960 | Constructed a new Head Office building. |
| 1962 | Began developing, manufacturing and selling electric car radio antennas. |
| 1965 | Began manufacturing and selling electronic equipment and radio communications antennas. Began full-scale operation at the Tokorozawa Factory located in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. |
| 1966 | Entered the telecommunications engineering market. |
| 1968 | Began full-scale operation at the Warabi Factory located in Warabi City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. |
| 1975 | Established Merlin Aerials Ltd. (the current U.K. Branch of Nippon Antenna (Europe) GmbH) as the U.K. sales office. |
| 1979 | Began developing, manufacturing and selling car phone antennas. |
| 1982 | Began developing, manufacturing and selling MCA antennas and IC boosters. |
| 1984 | Began developing, manufacturing and selling BS (satellite broadcast) receiving apparatus. |
| 1987 | Began developing, manufacturing and selling portable phone antennas. Established Nichian CATV Co., Ltd. as support for the cabled distribution system maintenance service department. |
| 1989 | Began developing, manufacturing and selling CS (satellite communications) receiving apparatus. |
| 1990 | Went public on the Tokyo over-the-counter market (the current JASDAQ). Increased company capital to 4,673,616,000 yen. |
| 1991 | Began full-scale operation at Kawasato Factory located in Kawasato Industrial Estate, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Established Nippon Antenna (Europe) GmbH as the Germany sales office. |
| 1992 | Constructed the Head Office main building. |
| 1993 | Acquired ISO9001 certification for automobiles. Established Ishinomaki Atex Co., Ltd. |
| 1993 | Established Nippon Antenna (Philippines), Inc. as the Philippines sales office. Began developing, manufacturing and selling 3 wave broadband car roof amplifier antennas. Acquired ISO9001 certification for electronic equipment. |
| 1996 | Acquired ISO9001 certification for communications antennas. |
| 1998 | Acquired QS-9000 certification for automobiles. Acquired ISO9001 certification for the company's Philippines Factory (Nippon Antenna (Philippines), Inc.). |
| 2000 | Established Nippon Antenna (America), Inc. as the U.S.A. sales office. Acquired ISO14001 certification for the company's Philippines Factory (Nippon Antenna (Philippines), Inc.). |
| 2001 | Acquired ISO14001 certification. Installed a large-scale radio wave anechoic chamber at the company's Kawasato Factory. |
| 2003 | Opened the Detroit Branch of Nippon Antenna (America), Inc. in the U.S.A. Established Nippon Antenna (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. as a manufacturing base in China (April). Began full-scale operation at Nippon Antenna (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (October). |
| 2004 | Acquired ISO9001 certification for engineering. Acquired ISO9001 certification for the company's Shanghai Factory (Nippon Antenna (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.). Canceled the company's registration with Japan Securities Dealers Association (JSDA) and went public via the Jasdaq Securities Exchange (December). |
| 2005 | Completed the second stage of construction at the company's Shanghai Factory (Nippon Antenna (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) (June). Acquired ISO/TS16949 certification for automobiles. Acquired ISO/TS16949 certification for the company's Shanghai Factory (Nippon Antenna (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.). Acquired ISO/TS16949 certification for the company's Philippines Factory (Nippon Antenna (Philippines), Inc.). Acquired ISO14001 certification for the company's Shanghai Factory (Nippon Antenna (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.). |
| 2006 |
Installed a radio wave anechoic chamber at the company's Shanghai Factory (Nippon Antenna (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.) (June). |
| 2007 | Integrated Nichian CATV Co., Ltd. (a 100% owned subsidiary) into Nippon Antenna Co., Ltd. (April 1). |
| 2008 | Received the Encouragement Award for the Technical Division of the 19th Institute of Electrical Installation Engineers of Japan Prize for the company-developed "receiving system for radio-controlled clocks." Was the first company in the industry to acquire technical regulations conformity certification for the company-developed "gap filler system." Received the 2008 Good Design Award for the company's thin UHF antenna for terrestrial digital TV (model: UDF80) |
| 2009 | LPA(.Low Profile Antenna) for the vehicle radio is developed (March) |
