1972 April Establishment of Asahi Mini Rope Co., Ltd. in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. Start of production of ultra-thin stainless steel wire ropes. 1976 July Establishment of Asahi Mini Rope Sales Co., Ltd. (currently ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD.) in Nagoya, as the sales division of Asahi Mini Rope Co., Ltd.Osaka Sales Office opens. 1978 September Tokyo Sales Office opens. 1985 September Asahi Mini Rope Sales Co., Ltd. acquires capital investment from the Nagoya Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation Co., Ltd. 1988 July Asahi Mini Rope Sales Co., Ltd. changes name to ASAHI INTECC CO., LTD. 1989 September Establishment of ASAHI INTECC THAILAND CO.,LTD. as an overseas affiliated company in Thailand. 1991 February Opening of the Medical Development Headquarters to start R&D of medical devices. 1991 October Completion and start of operation of the Seto Factory in the Akatsuki Industrial Complex developed by the Aichi Prefecture. 1992 March Approved as a medical device manufacturer by the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare (Approval No. 23BZ-0510) 1994 March Establishment of Asahi Intecc (HK) Co., Ltd. as the overseas sales supervision base in Hong Kong. 1995 December Merger with Asahi Fine Tecc Co., Ltd. an affiliated firm specializing in wire drawing and resin coating technologies and its reorganization into the Fine Technology Division (currently the Osaka Takaishi Factory). 1997 March Project"(Special Metallic Wire with High Torque Transmission), Manufacturing and Sales of Its Applied Products" recognized as a specified new project under the New Project Law by the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry. August New head office completed in Moriyama-ku, Nagoya. October Seto Factory acquires certification under international standards DIN EN ISO 9001, JIS Z9901 EN 46001 and ISO 13485. November ASAHI INTECC THAILAND CO., LTD. acquires certification under international standards ISO 9002. 1998 May Merger of Intertect CO., LTD., an affiliated firm specializing in terminal processing technology, and its reorganization into the Nagoya Factory. July Completion and start of operation of the second factory building in the Seto Factory. The Medical Division acquires certification under the EU MDD quality system standard. September The PTCA guidewires acquire CE marking certification under the EU quality standard. 1999 June Merger of Asahi Mini Rope Sales Co., Ltd. an affiliated firm specializing in wire drawing technology, and its reorganization into the Izumi Factory (currently the Osaka Izumi Factory). July ASAHI INTECC THAILAND CO., LTD. acquires EN 46002 certification - an international quality standard for medical equipment. September Liquidation of Asahi Intecc (H. K.) Co., Ltd. and opening of the Hong Kong Branch which takes over its operations. 2000 March The "Research and Survey into Synchro Mesh Ropes" approved as a target of subsidization from the Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation. October Change of registered head office address from Akatsuki-cho, Seto, to Wakita-machi, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya. Establishment of the US Representative Office of the Medical Division in California, USA, for expansion of collection of technical and market information related to medical devices and materials. 2001 July Industrial Device Division renamed the Device Division to enhance its future operations. In addition, the Medical Device Department is established in the division to promote positive participation in the medical material market. December Completion and start of operation of the Medical Factory of ASAHI INTECC THAILAND CO., LTD. 2002 August The Medical Division and Device Division acquire certification under international environment management system standards DIN EN ISO 14001 and JIS Q14001. November Opening of the Kobe Research Center belonging to the R&D Department, Medical Division, in the Kobe International Business Center. This center serves as a base for R&D operations into advanced delivery devices in the field of regenerative medicine. December Establishment of the Business Supervising Department in the Medical Division to enhance its sales system. Reorganization of the International Sales Section into Overseas Sales Department. Obtaining of FDA approval for our PTCA guidewires. 2003 October Conclusion of distributorship agreement for the U.S.A. and Europe with a major medical device company. Medical Division obtained DIN EN ISO9001:2000, EN ISO13485:2000, ISO13485:2003 and JISQ9001:2000. June Opening of DongGuan Shilong ASAHI INTECC Factory for terminal fitting process of industrial devices in DongGuan, Guangdong, P.R. China. 2004 January ASAHI INTECC THAILAND CO., LTD. obtained DIN EN ISO9001:2000, EN ISO13485:2000 and ISO13485:2003. June Establishment of Europe Representative Office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. July Initial public offering with Japan Securities Dealers Association (currently, the JASDAQ Securities Exchange). Transformation of US Representative Office into wholly owned consolidated subsidiary through incorporation of ASAHI INTECC, USA, INC. 2005 June Listing on Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange. August Reorganization of Europe Representative Office as EU Branch Office. September Establishment of ASAHI INTECC HANOI CO., LTD., in Vietnam (wholly owned consolidated subsidiary) as the second overseas manufacturing base. 2006 March Establishment of Singapore Representative Office. Establishment of CompassMed Integration CO., LTD., in Shinjuku, Tokyo (wholly owned consolidated subsidiary), to strengthen medical device sales. June Establishment of Osaka R&D Center in Izumi, Osaka (opened in July 2006), as a center for materials research and development of the next-generation advanced medical devices. 2007 October Introduction of new logo mark to build ASAHI brand worldwide. Company Profile | Message from the President | Company History | Product History | ASAHI INTECC THAILAND CO.,LTD. | News Release | Committed to environmental conservation |