Jun. 1963 Established Kitagawa Rubber Industries Co., Ltd.
in Nagoya to produce/sale industrial rubber/plastic products.
Oct. 1965 Started sales of industrial precision plastic products.
Mar. 1967 Opened Tokyo Office.
Oct. 1969 Opened Osaka Office.
Mar. 1971 Changed the company name to Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd.
Mar. 1974 Opened Nishiharu Logistics Center(reorganized as Nishiharu Factory later).
Nov. 1977 Opened Yokohama Office.
Feb. 1979 Opened Nagoya Logistics Center.
Dec. 1980 Relocated the Head Office to Chiyoda, Naka-ku, Nagoya City.
Apr. 1984 Opened Utsunomiya Office.
Jun. 1984 Started sales of electromagnetic waves protection devices.
Mar. 1989 Opened Kasugai Factory.
Dec. 1991 Opened Mito Logistics Center.
Mar. 1992 Acquired Kitagawa GmbH, Kitagawa Industries (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.
and Intermark(USA),Inc..
May. 1994 Established an affiliate, International Center for Materials Research.
Jul. 1994 Established a subsidiary, Kitagawa Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in Singapore.
May. 1995 Established a subsidiary, Kitagawa Industries (H.K.) Limited in Hong Kong.
Dec. 1995 Established a subsidiary, PT. Kitagawa Industries Indonesia in Indonesia.
Feb. 1996 Listed the stock on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.
Apr. 1997 Started MEF (moldless enclosure fabrication) system.
Apr. 1999 Opened Kasugai EMC Center.
Dec. 1999 Awarded ISO9001 certification.
Sep. 2000 Established a subsidiary, Shanghai Kitagawa Industries Co., Ltd. in China.
Nov. 2000 Established a subsidiary, Kitagawa Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Thailand.
May. 2001 Awarded ISO14001 certification.
Dec. 2001 Opened Inazawa Business Center.
Sep. 2002 Established Wuxi KGS Corporation in China.
Oct. 2002 Changed the trademark from KG to KGS.
Apr. 2003 Closed Intermark(USA),Inc. New York Office and opened Intermark (USA),Inc., San Jose Office.
Apr. 2003 Awarded ISO9001:2000 certification.
Mar. 2004 Awarded from Nagoya Stock Exchange for its contribution to market development.
Jan. 2006 Awarded ISO14001:2004 certification.
Apr. 2006 Intermark(USA),Inc. opened San Diego Office.
Apr. 2006 Opened Hanoi Representative Office in Vietnam.
Jan. 2007 Opened Akechi Technology Center.
Jan. 2007 Nishiharu Factory was relocated to Akechi Technology Center.
Mar. 2007 Closed Tokyo Logistics Center, which was transferred to Inazawa Logistics Center.
Apr. 2008 Closed Hanoi Representative Office.
Apr. 2009 Intermark Co., Ltd. was merged into Kitagawa Industries Co.,Ltd..
Apr. 2009 Intermark(USA),Inc. closed San Diego Office.
Jun. 2009 Closed Mito Logistics Center, which was transferred to Inazawa Logistics Center.
Oct. 2009 Closed PT. Kitagawa Industries Indonesia.
Apr. 2010 Hiroji Kitagawa was appointed Chairman, and Kiyoto Kitagawa was appointed President.
Apr. 2010 Established Kitagawa Technology (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd. in China.
Aug. 2010 Established Kitagawa Industries (Shenzhen) Co.,Ltd. in China.
Aug. 2011 Established Kitagawa Electronics (SINGAPORE) PTE.,Ltd. Malaysia Representative Office.
Mar. 2012 Relocated the Head Office to the current location.
Mar. 2012 Relocated the Wuxi KGS Corporation.
Apr. 2013 Opened new sales office and warehouse(BOI IPO)in Thailand.
Aug. 2013 Changed the registered location of the head office to Mukui-cho,Inazawa City.
Apr. 2014 Opened the(new)Kasugai Factory in the same site as Akechi Technology Center while the(old)Kasugai Factory was closed down.
May. 2014 Opened (new)EMC Center in the same site as Akechi Technology Center while the(old)EMC Center was closed down.
Apr. 2016 Closed Yokohama Branch,of which business was merged into Tokyo Branch.
Jan. 2019 Nitto Kogyo Corporation acquired 50.56% of the KGS shares.
Mar. 2019 Delisted from the second section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.
May. 2019 KGS became a 100% subsidiary of Nitto Kogyo Corporation.
Jun. 2019 Kiyoto Kitagawa assumed the position of Chairman and Director.
Yoshihiro Hirakawa assumed the position of President.
Oct. 2019 Expanded the EMC center.