Kyocera Corp.

History

Year	Detail
1959	The company was founded.
1963	Shiga Plant (now Shiga Gamo Plant) is established in Shiga, Japan.
1968	Representative office opens in California U.S.
1969	Kyocera International Inc. is established as Kyocera's North American sales company.
1971	Feldmühle Kyocera Europa Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH (now KYOCERA Europe GmbH) is established in cooperation with Feldmühle AG in Germany.
1982	Four affiliates, including Cybernet Electronics Corp., merged with Kyoto Ceramic Co. Ltd. to form Kyocera Corp.
1983	Yashica Co. Ltd. merges with Kyocera.
2001	Tycom Corp. (now Kyocera Precision Tools Inc.) joins the Kyocera Group.
2002	Toshiba Chemical Corp joins the Kyocera Group.
2008	Kyocera acquires the mobile phone business of Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.
2009	Kyocera Asia Pacific (India) Pvt. Ltd. is established in India.
2018	Kyocera acquires the power tools business of Ryobi Limited. Kyocera Industrial Tools Corp. is established.
2020	Kyocera Solar Corp. is consolidated into Kyocera Communication Systems Co. Ltd.
2021	Kyocera-Ube RF Tec Corporation is consolidated into Kyocera Corporation.
2022	Fine Ceramics divisions in Europe are consolidated into Kyocera Fine ceramics Europe GmbH.
2023	Kyocera and Kyudenko partner to form a new company, Kyocera Green Innovation LLC.