History

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Apr. 1959-

	Apr. 1959	Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. is founded as a company specializing in fine ceramics with a capital of 3 million yen and 28 staff members. The company's facilities included headquarters and a factory (photo above).
	Apr. 1960	Kyocera Tokyo office is opened.
	May 1963	Shiga Gamo Plant is established (photo above left).
	May 1968	Kyocera receives the first annual Medium and Smaller Enterprises Center Award for Excellence.
	Aug. 1968	A representative office is opened in California, U.S.A.
	Jul. 1969	Kagoshima Sendai Plant is established.
		Kyocera International, Inc., is established as an American sales company (photo above right).

1970's

	Dec. 1970	In cooperation with Feldmüle AG, Kyocera establishes Feldmüle Kyocera Europa Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH in Germany.
	Mar. 1971	Kyocera International, Inc., begins production of ceramic parts in the United States.
	Oct. 1971	Company stock is listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange, Second Section, and on the Kyoto Securities Exchange (photo above left).
	Mar. 1972	Received the 18th annual Okochi Memorial Production Special Award for fiscal year 1971, for the development of multi-layered ceramic packages for large-scale integrated circuits (photo above right).
	Jul. 1972	Headquarters is relocated to Kyoto.
	Sep. 1972	Company stock is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Second Section.
	Oct. 1972	Kagoshima Kokubu Plant is established.
	Feb. 1974	Company stock is listed on the First Sections of both the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges.
	Apr. 1974	Received the 16th annual Science and Technology Award for the development of ceramic lamination technology for electronic circuits.
	Mar. 1975	Head office and plant of Kyocera International, Inc., are relocated to San Diego, California, U.S.A.
	Feb. 1976	New shares of common stock, in the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), are issued for sale in the United States.
	Jul. 1976	The Children's Travel Program begins.
	Dec. 1977	Kyocera (Hong Kong) Ltd. (now kyocera Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.) begins business in Hong Kong.
	Jan. 1979	Establishes Kyocera FeldmŸhle, Inc. as a joint venture in North Carolina, U.S.A.
	Sep. 1979	Central Research Laboratory is relocated to new facilities in Kokubu, Kagoshima.
	Nov.1979	Kagoshima Electronics Co., Ltd., is established.