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Company History
| 1925 | Heishiro Ikeda, established Ikeda Denki Seisakusho. | |||
| 1929 | Reorganized as Showa Musen Kogyo Kabushikigaisha. | |||
| 1937 |
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| 1947 | Factory was rebuilt at the present site. Restarted as a manufacturer of mechanical parts for electronic appliances. | |||
| 1962 | Listed on the second section of the Tokyo stock exchange (Capital 100million yen). | |||
| 1963 | Toyama Factory established. | |||
| 1966 | Kanagawa Factory established. | |||
| 1970 | Ibaraki Factory established (currently the Hitachi Office). | |||
| 1973 | Terutaka Ikeda was elected as President. Established of SMK Electronic Corp. U.S.A (SMK America) in the United States. Taiwan Showa Electronics Co., Ltd. in Taiwan, and SMK Europe N.V. in Belgium respectively. | |||
| 1974 | Established SMK Brasileira Industria Eletronica Ltda. in Brazil. | |||
| 1976 | Established the Showa Ikeda Memorial Foundation. | |||
| 1978 | Listed on the first sections of the Tokyo stock exchanges. SMK Electronics (H.K.) Ltd. established in Hong Kong. | |||
| 1979 | Opened the SMK-H.K./Singapore Branch in Singapore. (currently SMK Electronics Singapore Pte.Ltd.) | |||
| 1981 | Swiss Francs convertible bonds issued (first time). SMK Manufacturing Inc. established in the United States. Student essays accepted for the First Showa Ikeda Prize Competition. | |||
| 1982 | SMK Manufacturing Inc. established in America. | |||
| 1984 | Toyama New factory (Part of the Toyama Technopolis Plan. Currently the Toyama Office) established. Yamato factory established. SMK Corporate Action Charter established. | |||
| 1985 | Company name changed to SMK Corporation. Construction of the current Head Office completed. SMK Vertrieb GmbH established in Munchen, Germany. First Technical Exhibition held. | |||
| 1988 | SMK (U.K.) Ltd. established in the United Kingdom. SMK Electronica S.A. de C.V. established in Mexico. IRI SMK Corporation established in the Republic of Korea (currently SMK Korea Co.,Ltd.). | |||
| 1989 | SMK Electronics (Malaysia) SDN.BHD established in Malaysia. | |||
| 1991 | Established SMK Toyama Technology Center. | |||
| 1992 | Established Hitachi Factory. SMK Electronics Corp U.S.A. San Jose Office established in the United States. | |||
| 1995 | Established SMK Dongguan Gaobu Factory. Established SMK Europe N.V., U.K. Branch. | |||
| 1996 | Established SMK Electronics (Shenzhen) CO., Ltd | |||
| 1997 | Established SMK Electronics JKT REP Office. | |||
| 1998 | Established SMK Electronics (Phils.) Corporation. Established SMK Europe N.V.,German Office. Established SMK Electronics Corporation USA.,Seattle Office. Established SMK Europe N.V.,France Office. | |||
| 1999 | Gate City Office established in Osaki,Tokyo. | |||
| 2000 | SMK Electronics Corporation U.S.A.Guadalajara Office established. Fifth SMK technical exhibition "SMK TEXPO 2000" held. SMK Hungary Kft.established in Hungary. | |||
| 2001 | Construction of the SMK Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd New Factory completed. Construction of the SMK Electronics (Phils.) Corporation New Factory completed. | |||
| 2002 | Construction of the SMK Hungary Kft.New Factory completed. Tetsuya Nakamura assumed the President and COO of the company. | |||
| 2004 | Sixth SMK technical exhibition "SMK TEXPO 2004" held. | |||
| 2005 | Established SMK Electronics Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | |||
| 2006 |
Established SMK Europe N.V., Dortmund Office. | |||
| 2007 | Acquisition of remote control business segments of Interlink Electronics, Inc. Established Internal Audit Department. | |||
| 2008 | Established SMK Corporation Helsinki office. Established SMK Electronics Trading (H.K.) Ltd. Shenzhen Office. Seventh SMK technical exhibition "SMK TEXPO 2008" held. |
