NEC Corp.

History

YearDetail
1899 Nippon Electric Co. Limited was established.
1919 First large-scale common-battery switching system and delivered it to Tokyo Central Office.
1928 Developed NE-type phototelegraphic equipment
1936 Opened the Tamagawa-mukai Plant
1943 Changed company name to Sumitomo Communication Industries Co. Ltd.
1950 Started research and development of transistors
1956 Completed first domestic-made XB automatic switching system for telephone offices
1958 Completed first domestic-made transistorized computer "NEAC-2201"
1960 Started development of integrated circuits (ICs)
1963 Established Nippon Electric New York
1968 Released color TV first model "Auto Color Sun"
1969 Opened the Yokohama Plant
1971 Developed fully automated mail processing system "NS-100"
1975 New Central Research Laboratories opened in Kawasaki City
1979 Released personal computer "PC-8001"
1982 Opened the Abiko Plant
1988 Released the world's smallest chip type solid tantalum electrolytic capacitor
1989 Opened the Tsukuba Research Center
1991 Released the world's first TFT color LCD laptop "PC- 9801NC"
1999 Established NEC-Hitachi Memory, Inc. through joint investment with Hitachi, Ltd.
2002 Released NeoFace face recognition solution
2002 Established NEC Electronics Corporation
2009 Established NEC Casio Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.
2010 NEC Electronics Corporation merged with Renesas Technology Corp. and launched Renesas Electronic Corporation
2011 Established NEC Personal Computers, Ltd. through merger with Lenovo Corporation
2018 Announced biometric authentication technology brand “Bio-IDiom”
2018
NEC acquires UK-based IT services company Northgate Public Services
2023 "NEC Security" launched