| Sep. 1973 |
Founded Y-E Data Inc. with
its head office in Kita-otsuka, Toshima-ku |
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Started importing and marketing
the Orbis 8-inch floppy disk drives |
| Dec. 1974 |
Started importing and marketing
line printers |
| Jan. 1975 |
Released the very first made-in-Japan
floppy disk drive |
| Sep. 1978 |
Developed and released line
printers |
| Jun. 1981 |
Moved head offices to Higashi
Ikebukuro |
| Dec. 1985 |
Listed in the second section
on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| Jun. 1986 |
Established Y-D Logistics,
a joint venture with Yaskawa Logistics Corporation (Core business:
logistics services such as land transportation, bale packaging,
and warehouse management) |
| Jun. 1987 |
Established an affiliate company,
Y-D Customer Services Inc.
(Core business: repair and maintenance
of computers and related equipment) |
| Jan. 1988 |
Established Pegasus Inc.,
a joint venture with Ing C. Olivetti & C., s.p.A. of Italy
(Core business: development, design, manufacture and sales
of laptop personal computers) |
| Mar. 1988 |
Opened Shinkoh Plant in Iruma
City, Saitama Prefecture |
| Feb. 1991 |
Established an affiliate company,
Y-E Data UK Limited in Cumbernauld, Scotland |
| Jun. 1993 |
Moved head offices to Iruma
City, Saitama Prefecture |
| Jun. 1994 |
Altered the company name
of Y-D Logistics to Y L Field Service |
| Mar. 1994 |
Established Y-E Data Company
in Waukegan, Illinois, a joint venture with Yaskawa Electric
America Inc. |
| Apr. 1994 |
Launched the sector of Data
Recovery Services |
| Apr. 1997 |
Released the "two-dimensional
laser marking unit" |
| Apr. 1998 |
Released "USB Interface
Floppy Disk Drive" |
| Sep. 1999 |
Opened a European branch office |
| May. 2000 |
Released Memory Card Reader
/ Writer |
| Dec. 2000 |
Opened the Taiwan Office |
| Jul. 2002 |
Bought back a controlling
interest from Yaskawa Electric America Inc., allowing Y-E
Data Company to became a wholly-owned subsidiary |
| Oct. 2002 |
Opened the Shanghai Office |
| Jun. 2004 |
Released an encoder device
(servomotor position transducer) |
| Aug. 2004 |
Opened the 2nd Shinkoh Plant |
| Jul. 2005 |
Opened operations in the computer
forensic service area |
| Oct. 2005 |
Released Photo KIOSK Card Reader |
| Mar. 2006 |
Established WILLSERVE Inc.
(Core business: marking system services in Taiwan) |
| Aug. 2006 |
Released UWB Wireless USB products |
| Dec. 2007 |
Merged an affiliate company, Y-D Customer Services Inc. |
| Feb. 2008 |
Closed the Shanghai Office |
