history
| 1949 |
May |
- Company established under the title Higashi-Nippon Senikikai KK
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| 1952 |
February |
- Company name changes to Tonichi Jitsugyo KK
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| 1953 |
May |
- Company becomes general sales company for various X-ray systems from Hitachi, Ltd.
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| 1954 |
January |
- Company name changes to Hitachi Roentgen KK
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| 1955 |
July |
- Company name changes to Hitachi Roentgen Hanbai KK
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| 1960 |
October |
- Company begins sales of medical systems from Osaka Roentgen, Ltd., a member of the Hitachi Group companies
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| 1969 |
August |
- Merges with Osaka Roentgen, Ltd. Opens Osaka factory Name changes to Hitachi Roentgen KK
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| October |
- Transferred the medical equipment business from Hitachi, Ltd. and opens Kameido factory in Tokyo.
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| 1973 |
April |
- Company name changes to Hitachi Medical Corporation
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| 1979 |
September |
- Opens its own R&D Laboratory
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| 1984 |
March |
- Begins manufacturing of X-ray tubes transferred from the X-ray tube business of Hitachi, Ltd.
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| 1985 |
October |
- Establishes Hitachi Medical Corporation of America
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| 1989 |
April |
- Establishes Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc.
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| May |
- Establishes Hitachi Medical Systems Europe GmbH (Germany)
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| 1991 |
November |
- Company listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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| 1994 |
September |
- Establishes Hitachi Medical Systems Singapore
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| 1996 |
October |
- Company listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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| 1998 |
October |
- Establishes Hitachi Medical Forum Kashiwa (Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture)
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| 1999 |
March |
- Hitachi Medical Computer Ltd., a company that manufactures and sells medical information systems incorporated in Hitachi Medical Corporation as a subsidiary.
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| October |
- Incorporated Ecoscan Ultrasound Holding AG (current Hitachi Medical Systems Europe Holding AG) as subsidiary.
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| November |
- Hitachi Medical Information Systems, Inc., a company that manufactures and sells medical information systems incorporated in Hitachi Medical Corporation as a subsidiary.
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| 2000 |
December |
- Merged Hitachi Medical Computer Co., Ltd and Hitachi Medical Information Co., Ltd, adopting the name of Hitachi Medical Computer Systems, Inc.
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| 2001 |
October |
- Transferred marketing duties of Clinical Laboratory Inspection Systems marketing business to Hitachi High-technologies Corporation.
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| 2002 |
March |
- Establishes Hitachi Medical Systems (Suzhou) Corporation (China).
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| November |
- Establishes Hitachi Medical Systems Service (Beijing) Corporation (China)
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| December |
- Hitachi Medical Corporation of America is merged with Hitachi Medical Systems America, Inc.
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| 2003 |
March |
- Establishes Performance Controls, Inc. (America)
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| 2004 |
March |
- Hitachi Medical Systems Europe GmbH is merged with Hitachi Medical Systems Europe Holding AG
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| 2005 |
April |
- Hitachi Medico Technology Corporation is merged with Hitachi Medical Corporation.
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| September |
- Transferred industrial X-ray systems business to Hitachi, Ltd.
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| 2006 |
April |
- Establishes Hitachi Medical (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.
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| 2011 |
January |
- Incorporated Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd as subsidiary
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| 2012 |
May |
- Establishes Hitachi Medical Systems Middle East S.A.E.
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