April 1960 |
Began plastic extrusion processing business at 450 Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo. |
November 1961 |
Established Nirei Industry Co., Ltd. with capital of ¥1 million. |
October 1963 |
Purchased land for head office and factory at 7-1-8 Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo. |
October 1963 |
Began research into Duracon extrusion processing. |
February 1968 |
Succeeded in development manufacture of Duracon rods for automobile motor antennas, and began manufacturing and sales. |
February 1970 |
Completed construction of 3-story head office and factory building. |
December 1971 |
Increased capital to ¥8 million. |
December 1972 |
Purchased 600 tsubo (approximately 2,000m2) of land for a factory in Sunakawa, Tachikawa |
October 1973 |
Succeeded in developing liners for electric welding for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. |
December 1973 |
Doubled capital to ¥16 million. |
March 1978 |
Further increased capital to ¥24 million. |
April 1978 |
Succeeded in developing the world's first flexible plastic rack gear using extrusion processing (Flexible Racks). |
March 1980 |
Further increased capital to ¥36 million. |
July 1981 |
Jointly applied for utility model registration relating to material for conveying the driving force in passive type seatbelts. |
September 1981 |
Applied for international patents for the above utility model |
December 1982 |
Flexible plastic gear awarded in the "Plastic Award". |
August 1983 |
Completed construction of new company premises in Ichibancho, Tachikawa, and transferred the headquarters and factory. |
December 1985 |
Received convertible debenture investment from the Tokyo Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd. |
December 1985 |
Increased capital to ¥50 million |
April 1986 |
Began development research into small-sized binding machines |
November 1987 |
Succeeded with in-house development of small-sized binding machine product called Shime Shime, and announced it at a trade fair |
February 1988 |
Began selling the Shime Shime small-sized binding machine |
October 1988 |
Shime Shime small-sized binding machine selected as a Good Design Product for fiscal 1988 |
December 1989 |
Increased capital to ¥70 million |
January 1990 |
Increased capital to ¥90.15 million |
February 1992 |
Added new building to head office and factory |
May 1996 |
Increased capital to ¥92.15 million |
April 2001 |
Started extrusion processing of PEEK® and other super engineering plastics. |
May 2005 |
Established our solely owned subsidiary, NIREI HONG KONG LIMITED, in Hong Kong. |
