History

Construction of a new solar cell manufacturing plant is completed at Shiga Yasu facility in Shiga, Japan.

Construction of a new solar cell manufacturing plant

Thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) business is acquired from Sony Mobile Display Corporation's Yasu office in Shiga, Japan.

KCCS Mobile Engineering Co., Ltd. (now KYOCERA Mirai Envision Co., Ltd.) is established.

Unimerco Group (now Kyocera Unimerco A/S) joins the Kyocera Group.

Kyocera Vietnam Management Company Limited (now Kyocera Vietnam Co., Ltd.) is established in Vietnam.

Optrex Corp. joins the Kyocera Group.

Kyocera CTC Precision Tools Private Limited is established in India as a cutting tool manufacturer.

NEC Toppan Circuit Solutions, Inc. joins the Kyocera Group.

Nihon Inter Electronics Corp. joins the Kyocera Group.

Kyocera Circuit Solutions, Inc.; Kyocera Chemical Corp.; and the solar equipment sales function of Kyocera Solar Corp. are consolidated into Kyocera Corporation.

Kyocera America, Inc.; Kyocera Communications, Inc.; Kyocera Solar, Inc.; and Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corp. are consolidated into Kyocera International, Inc.

Kyocera Medical Corp.; Kyocera Crystal Device Corp.; and Kyocera Connector Products Corp. are consolidated into Kyocera Corporation.

Senco Holdings, Inc. (now Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools Inc.) joins the Kyocera Group.

Kyocera receives the 42nd annual Inoue Harushige Prize for developing Plasma CVM Technology Applications for Ultra-small Crystal Oscillators.

Kyocera acquires the power tools business of Ryobi Limited; Kyocera Industrial Tools Corp. is established.

Kyocera Display Corp. and Kyocera Optec Co., Ltd. are consolidated into Kyocera Corporation.

Kyocera and the Kansai Electric Power Group establish Kyocera Kanden Energy LLP, which offers electric power services using solar power generating systems.

SouthernCarlson, Inc. joins the Kyocera Group.

Kyocera and Ube Industries, Ltd. establish the joint venture Kyocera-Ube RF Tec Corporation.