History
History
- 1959
- Noboru Nakayama founded a private company that manufactured nameplates
- 1961
- Incorporation occurs and Chuo Meiban Kogyo Co., Ltd. is founded.
- 1963
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo starts PWB manufacturing.
- 1967
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo opens Saitama Factory in Miyoshi-machi, Saitama, now called SE Center.
- 1970
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo concentrates on PWB manufacturing with intensions to be the world's #1 PWB manufacturer.
- 1971
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo builds a new four-story plant at Saitama Factory.
- 1974
- Chuo Meiban Kogyo opens Gunma Factory in Isesaki-shi, Gunma, now 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 PWBs.
- 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 PWBs.
- 1986
- CMK opens the Kiban Center, now called Kiban Center Factory, to meet internationally expanding demand for audiovisuals.
- 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 PWB 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 PWBs.
- 1992
- CMK enters the IVH multilayer PWB 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 PWBs 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 PWB 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 absorbes and merges CMK Multi Corporation,CMK Kanbara Electronic Corporation,Yamanashi Sanko Co.,Ltd, and CMK Mechanics Corporation.
- 2016
- To consolidate Japanese production sites,G Station Factory And Kiban Center Factory shut production lines.
- 2020
- CMK absorbes CMK Finance Corporation.
CMKM SDN.BHD. is established.
