Chronology

1970s

Management
Kyocera stock is listed on Osaka Stock Exchange, Second Section and the Kyoto Stock Exchange.
Technology
Inamori is awarded the 18th Okochi Memorial Production Prize for the “Development of Ceramic Multilayer Packages for Large Scale Integrated Circuits.”
Management
Kokubu plant is established in Kagoshima prefecture.
Technology
Management
Japan Solar Energy Corp. (JSEC), a joint venture between Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (now Panasonic Corp.), Sharp Corporation, Mobile Oil Corporation and Tyco Laboratories, Inc., is established to further develop solar cells.
Management
Kyocera’s American Depository Receipts (ADRs) debut on the U.S. OTC stock market.
Management
Trident Corp. (an electronics manufacturer) joins the Kyocera Group.
Management
Cybernet Corp. (a telecommunications equipment manufacturer) joins the Kyocera Group.