History
History
- 1959
- Noboru Nakayama founded a private company that manufactured nameplates
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- 1961
- The sole proprietorship is incorporated and Chuo Meiban Kogyo Co., Ltd. is founded.
- 1963
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo starts PCB manufacturing.
- 1967
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo opens Saitama Factory in Miyoshi-machi, Saitama, now called SE Center.
- 1970
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo concentrates on PCB manufacturing with the goal of being the world's #1 PCB manufacturer.
- 1971
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo builds a new four-story plant at the Saitama Factory.
- 1974
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo opens Gunma Factory in Isesaki-shi, Gunma, called G Station Factory.
- 1980
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo opens CMK Singapore as a strategic foothold for overseas business.
- 1981
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo opens its Technical Center as a foothold for R&D, now called the Technical Center Factory.
- 1983
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo achieves top market share for single-sided PCBs.
- 1984
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo changes its name to CMK Corporation.
- 1985
- CMK is listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and achieves top market share for double-sided PCBs.
- 1986
- CMK opens the Kiban Center, now called Kiban Center Factory, to meet expanding international demand.
- 1987
- CMK opens CMK Europe in Belgium as its first manufacturing foothold in Europe.
- 1989
- CMK is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and intensively enters in the multilayer PCB market. CMKS Malaysia is opened.
- 1990
- CMK opens the Niigata Satellite in Seiro-machi, Niigata, now called Niigata Satellite Factory, to expand production of silver paste through-hole PCBs.
- 1992
- CMK enters the IVH multilayer PCB market. CMK Singapore obtains ISO 9002 certification.
- 1993
- G Station obtains ISO 9002 certification. and other offices follow.
- 1994
- CMK opens CMKS Indonesia.
- 1995
- CMK starts laser-based mass production of build-up PCBs applied in cellular phones.
- 1998
- CMK makes major advances in rigid substrates used for semiconductor packages and starts manufacturing ALIVH®.
- 1999
- CMKS(CHINA)FACTORY opens. The first production site in China.
- 2000
- CMKC (DONG GUAN) opens. The second production site in China.
- 2001
- CMK Electronics(WUXI) opens. The build-up production site in China. CMKC (HONG KONG) LIMITED is established in Hong Kong.
- 2003
- CMK Global Brands Manufacture Limited opens. Joint venture with Pou Chen Corporation for automotive PCB applications.
- 2006
- CMK CORPORATION THAILAND CO., LTD. opens.
- 2007
- CMK AMERICA CORPORATION opens.
- 2008
- CMK Singapore is renamed CMK ASIA (PTE.) LTD.
- 2012
- CMKC (SHENZHEN), LTD. is established.
- 2014
- CMK absorbs and merges with CMK Multi Corporation,CMK Kanbara Electronic Corporation,Yamanashi Sanko Co.,Ltd, and CMK Mechanics Corporation.
- 2016
- To consolidate Japanese production sites, G Station Factory, now called Distribution Center, and Kiban Center Factory shut down production lines.
- 2020
- CMK absorbs CMK Finance Corporation. CMKM SDN.BHD. is established.
- 2024
- CMK(Germany)GmbH is established.
