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 2000-

 

 

                                                

Jan 2000 

Mita Corporation is reorganized to become Kyocera Mita Corporation.

 

Feb 2000

Kyocera Wireless Corp. is established in California, U.S.A.

 

Oct 2000

Taito Corporation merges with Kyocera Multimedia Corporation.

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Oct 2000

DDI Corporation, KDD Corporation and IDO Corporation merge to form DDI Corporation (KDDI) (photo below).

Dec 2001

Kyocera Zhenhua Communication Equipment Co., Ltd. is established.

Apr 2002

Printer operations are integrated with Kyocera Mita Corp.

 

Aug 2002

Equity-swap agreement is settled with Toshiba Chemical Corp.(company name scheduled to be changed to Kyocera Chemical Corp. in August 2002).

 

Jan 2003

KYOCERA (Tianjin)Sales & Trading Corp. is established in China.

 

May 2003

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

 

Aug 2003

KYOCERA SLC Technologies Corp. is established

 

Aug 2003

Kinseki, Ltd (now Kyocera Kinseki Corp.) becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Kyocera Corp.

 

Dec 2003

Kyocera Display Institute Co., Ltd. is established. 

 

Jan 2004

Kyocera Telecommunications Research Corp. is established in California, U.S.A.

 

Jan 2004

Kyocera Electronic Devices, LLC is established in the United States.

 

Feb 2004

Hotel Princess Kyoto joins the Kyocera Group.

 

Apr 2004

Kinseki, Ltd. is reorganized to become Kyocera Kinseki Corp.

 

Apr 2004

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

Apr 2004

Kyocera Solar, Inc. launches a plant in Mexico.

Aug 2004

Kyocera SLC Components Corp. is established.

Sep 2004

Japan Medical Materials Corp. is established.

Oct 2004

Kyocera Maruzen Systems Integration Co., Ltd. is established.

Oct 2004

Kyocera Solar Europe s.r.o. is established in the Czech Republic.

Apr 2005

Kyocera's domestic solar sales business is integrated into Kyocera Solar Corp.

Apr 2005

Kyocera Solar Europe s.r.o. opens a manufacturing plant in the Czech Republic.

Jun 2005


Under a new Executive Officer system, Kyocera's Chief Executive Officer is joined by a newly appointed Chief Financial Officer and a Chief Operating Officer. In addition, the company adopts a Divisional Organization system.
Jun 2005
Kyocera SLC Components Corp. opens a new plant in Ayabe, Japan.
Jun 2005
Kyocera acquires land, buildings and other property from IBM Japan, Ltd. for the Yasu office (Yasu, Shiga).
Oct 2005

Kyocera acquires OHSAS18001 certification, an international standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems.