THE NEW VALUE FRONTIER

2000-

Jan.

2000

Mita Corp. becomes Kyocera Mita Corp. (now Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.) and joins the Kyocera Group.

Feb.

2000

Kyocera Wireless Corp. is established in the U.S.A.

Oct.

2000

DDI Corp., KDD Corp. and IDO Corp. merge to form DDI Corp. (now KDDI Corp.).


Form DDI Corp. (now KDDI Corp.)

Jan.

2001

Tycom Corp. (now Kyocera Precision Tools, Inc.) joins the Kyocera Group.

Mar.

2001

Kyocera Group sales for the year ending March 31, 2001 break the 1 trillion yen threshold.

Apr.

2002

Printer operations are merged with Kyocera Mita Corp. (now Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.).

Aug.

2002

Toshiba Chemical Corp. joins the Kyocera Group.

Jan.

2003

Kyocera (Tianjin) Sales & Trading Corporation(now Kyocera (China) Sales & Trading Corporation) is established in China.

May

2003

Kyocera (Tianjin) Solar Energy Co., Ltd. is established in China.

Jun.

2003

Executive Officer system is implemented.

Aug.

2003

Kinseki, Ltd. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera Corporation.

Kyocera SLC Technologies Corp. (later Kyocera Circuit Solutions, Inc.) is established.

Jan.

2004

Kyocera Electronic Devices, LLC is established in U.S.A.

Feb.

2004

Hotel Princess Kyoto joins the Kyocera Group.

Apr.

2004

Kyocera's organic-material components businesses are merged with Kyocera SLC Technologies Corp.

Sep.

2004

Japan Medical Materials Corp. (later Kyocera Medical Corp.) is established.

Jan.

2006

Kyocera Korea Co., Ltd. is established in Korea.

Aug.

2006

Shanghai Kyocera Trading Co., Ltd. is established in China.

Dec.

2006

Kyocera Management Consulting Service (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is established in China.

Sep.

2007

Kyocera invests in Wireless Broadband Planning K.K. (now UQ Communications Inc.) jointly with KDDI Corporation, Intel Corporation, East Japan Railway Company, Daiwa Securities Group Inc., and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd

Apr.

2008

Kyocera acquires the mobile phone business of Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Jan.

2009

TA Triumph-Adler AG joins the Kyocera Group.

Apr.

2009

Kyocera Sanyo Telecom, Inc. is integrated with the sales, marketing and service functions of Kyocera Wireless Corp. to form Kyocera Communications, Inc., based in San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Aug.

2009

Kyocera Asia Pacific (India) Pvt. Ltd. is established in India.