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Main Frame Computer

1963

■Tokyo Electron Laboratories, Inc. is established in Akasaka, Minato-ku with capital of five million yen as an affiliate of Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.
■TEL begins sales and delivery of diffusion furnace, leak ditector, and IC production system

1964

■TEL acquires importing and selling rights for diffusion furnace manufactured by Thermco Products Corp. (U.S.) and begins sales

1965

■Concludes an agency agreement with Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. (U.S.) to sell Fairchild's IC testers in Japan

1966

■Importing and selling of the first IC testers

1967

■Pan Electron Inc. is established and becomes Japan's first stocking distributor for imported electronic parts
■San Francisco office opens

1968

■A joint venture with the Thermco Products Corp. (U.S.), named TEL-Thermco Engineering Co., Ltd., is established within the TBS building
■TEL-Thermco Engineering Co., Ltd. begins domestic production of diffusion furnaces
■Osaka branch opens

1969

■Yokohama office opens
■Teltron Co., Ltd. is established and begins car stereo OEM export sales

1960's

The site of TEL's birth: The TBS Akasaka office

TEL-Thermco Engineering Co., Ltd. begins domestic production of diffusion furnaces

Single Chip Micro Processor

1970

■MEC Engineering Inc. is established
■TEL-Thermco Engineering Co., Ltd. offices are relocated to Yokohama. Complete domestic production of diffusion furnaces
■Agency agreement concluded with Cobilt Division of Computervision Inc. (U.S.)

1971

■TEL Engineering Inc. is established
■MEC Engineering Inc. begins line printer sales

1972

■Tokyo Process Development Inc. is established and begins import and sales of analytical equipment (equipment for pollution prevention)
■Pan Electron Inc. begins import and sales of microprocessors as an agent of Intel Corp.
■TEL America, Inc. is established

1973

■Agency agreement concluded with Computervision Inc. (U.S.) and import of CAD/CAM systems begun
■Yamanashi office opens
■European office established

1974

■Receives award from Faichild Semiconductor Corp. for expanding sales of IC testers

1975

■Withdraws from production and export of consumer electronic goods

1976

■TEL-Thermco Engineering Co., Ltd. develops the world's first high-pressure oxidation furnace

1977

■Agency agreement concluded with KLA (U.S.)
■First SEMICON Japan event held

1978

■Tokyo Electron Laboratories, Inc. renamed Tokyo Electron Ltd.
■Japan's first IC test center established
■Agency agreement concluded with Varian Associates Inc. (U.S.)

TEL-Thermco Engineering Co., Ltd. develops the world's first high-pressure oxidation furnace

First SEMICON Japan event held

1970's

Personal Computer

1980

■Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
■Agency agreement concluded with AMD (U.S.)
■TEL receives Noda Institute of Economic Research Excellent Management Award

1981

■TEL-GenRad Ltd. established, making possible domestic production of in-circuit board tester

1982

■TEL Establishes Central Research Laboratory within the Yamanashi office
■TEL-Varian Ltd. established, making possible domestic production of ion implantation devices
■TEL MEC, Inc. started to develop the CLEAN TRACK system

1983

■TEL-Lam Ltd. is established
■TEL-Thermco engineering Co. Ltd. offices relocated from Yokohama to Shiroyama Town, Tsukui District, Kanagawa Prefecture
■Ranked 4th on the Nikkei Excellent Companies Ranking
■Kyushu office opens

1984

■Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
■Ranked 4th on the Nikkei Excellent Companies Ranking

1985

■Yokohama VLSI design center established as a first for a semiconductor trading company
■Tohoku office opens
■Ranked 4th on the Nikkei Excellent Companies Ranking

1986

■Completion of Central Research Laboratory in the Hosaka Industrial Estate in Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture
■Shipping of first vertical diffusion furnace manufactured by TEL-Thermco Engineering Co., Ltd.
■TEL-Lam Ltd. becomes 100% subsidiary company and changes company name to TEL Yamanashi Ltd. the following year
■Export of semiconductor production equipment begins
■TEL Tohoku Electronics Ltd. is established

1987

■TEL Kyushu Ltd. is established
■Fuchu office opens

1988

■TEL-Thermco Engineering Co. Ltd. becomes 100% subsidiary company and changes company name to TEL Sagami Ltd.

1989

■Attains top sales among semiconductor production equipment manufacturers
■Varian-TEL Ltd. is established in California, U.S.A.

1980's

Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

TEL Varian Ltd. established, making possible domestic production of ion implantation devices

Completion of Central Research Laboratory in the Hosaka Industrial Estate in Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Prefecture

Mobile Phone

1990

■TEL marks a major move into development and marketing of FPD production equipment
■Tokyo Electron FE Ltd. is established
■Tokyo Electron Device Ltd. is established

1991

■Top sales among semiconductor production equipment manufacturers attained for three consecutive years
■Tokyo Electron Sapporo Ltd. is established
■Tokyo Electron Saga Ltd. is established

1992

■TEL Engineering Inc. is established

1993

■Tokyo Electron FE Korea Ltd. is established
■Sales of FPD Production equipment Coater/Developer begins

1994

■Tokyo Electron Europe Ltd. is established
■TEL America, Inc. company name is changed to Tokyo Electron America, Inc.
■First single-wafer CVD system shipped

1995

■New corporate slogan "Customer Satisfaction" established
■Tokyo Electron Oregon, Inc. is established as the first overseas development and production site
■Tokyo Electron Kyushu opens the Ozu office
■All Tokyo Electron FE Korea Ltd. stocks acquired and Tokyo Electron Korea Ltd. is established

1996

■Tokyo Electron Taiwan Ltd. is established
■Tokyo Electron Massachusetts, Inc. is established
■Tokyo Electron Phoenix Laboratories, Inc. is established
■Tokyo Electron Texas, Inc. is established

1997

■Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. is established (Matsushima office)

1998

■Completion of the Process Technology Center for the 300mm wafer in the Hosaka District, Yamanashi
■Separation of the functions of the Board of Directors and the executive body
Compensation Committee, Ethics Committee, and Chief Business Ethics Director are established
■Stock option system introduced
■Tokyo Electron Arizona, Inc. is established
■Tokyo Electron EE Ltd. is established
■Tokyo Electron Israel Ltd. is established

1999

■TEL receives Tokyo Stock Exchange's Fourth Annual Award for Excellence in Disclosure
■Category of industry on the Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section changed from "Wholesale Trade" to "Electric Appliances"
■Disclosure of compensation of individual representative directors

Completion of the Process Technology Center for the 300mm wafer in the Hosaka District, Yamanashi

TEL receives Tokyo Stock Exchange's Fourth Annual Award for Excellence in Disclosure

1990's

Digital Consumer Electronics

2000

■SEMI creates "SEMI Akira Inoue Award" in recognition of Akira Inoue's activities for environmental measures in the semiconductor industry
■Attainment of 1,000 coater/developer "CLEAN TRACK™ ACT™ 8" shipped
■TEL shares selected for inclusion in the Nikkei 225 index
■Acquisition of Supercritical Systems Inc.
■Establishment of Nomination Committee

2001

■Formulation of the corporate message "People. Technology.
Commitment."
■Acquisition of Timbre Technologies Inc.
■TEL Awarded Excellence in Corporate Governance (ECG) by ISS

2002

■Participation in Albany NanoTech Program for industry-academia joint research promotion and support
■Tokyo Electron (Shanghai) Logistic Center Ltd. is established
■Tokyo Electron Software Technologies Ltd. is established

2003

■TEL Receives Prime Minister's Award for its Contribution to Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration
■Tokyo Electron (Shanghai) Ltd. is established
■TEL Technology Center, America, LLC is established
■Executive Officer System introduced

2004

■U.S. holding company, Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc., is established

2005

■TEL receives Tokyo Stock Exchange's Tenth Annual award for Excellence in Disclosure for the second time since 1999
■TEL awarded the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon in recognition of provision of support after the Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster

2006

■"TEL Values" formulated as codes of conduct
■Tokyo Electron Korea Solution Ltd. is established
■TEL Venture Capital, Inc. is established in U.S.
■TEL Epion Inc. is established (Epion Inc. (U.S.) acquired)
■Shipping of the 10,000th vertical-type thermal processing equipment

2007

■The in-house human resource development organization "TEL UNIVERSITY" is established
■Shipment of the wafer prober reaches 20,000 units

2008

■TEL receives "Intellectual Property Achievement Award"
■Tokyo Electron India Private Ltd. is established
■Overall ranking No.2 in the FY2007 Prism Ranking (ranking of excellent companies)

2009

■Entry into photovoltaic (PV) production equipment business (acquisition of Swiss Oerlikon Solar in 2012)

2000's

SEMI creates "SEMI Akira Inoue Award" in recognition of Akira Inoue's activities for environmental measures in the semiconductor industry

Participation in Albany NanoTech Program for industry-academia joint research promotion and support

TEL Receives Prime Minister's Award for its Contribution to Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration

Big Data

2010

■Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. is established (Taiwa office)

2011

■Tokyo Electron Scholarship to be established at Peking University
■TEL Probus-SiC™ wins grand prize at "Semiconductor of the Year 2011"
■TEL named one of the World's Most Sustainable Companies
■Tokyo Electron (Kunshan) Ltd. is established

2012

■Tokyo Electron Singapore PTE Ltd. is established
■TEL NEXX, Inc. is established (NEXX Systems, Inc. acquired, ownership transfer completed in October 2018)
■TEL FSI, Inc. is established ( FSI International, Inc. acquired)
■TEL Magnetic Solutions Ltd. is established (Magnetic Solutions Ltd. acquired)
■The Synapse™ Series wafer bonder/debonder equipment wins Award for Excellence at "Semiconductor of the Year 2012"
■TEL to conduct technology development for STT-MRAM production equipment under new Tohoku University Center for Academic-Industrial Collaboration

2013

■Tokyo Electron 50th anniversary
■TEL joins the UN Global Compact
■Concluded merger agreement with Applied Materials, Inc.

2014

■Sells a portion of its shares in Tokyo Electron Device Ltd., which thereby changed from a consolidated subsidiary to an equity method affiliate
■Withdrawal from photovoltaic (PV) production equipment business
■Single Wafer Cleaning System, CELLESTA™ -i MD wins grand prize at "Semiconductor of the Year 2014"
■TEL ships 250th Triase⁺™ EX-II™ TiN Metallization System

2015

■TEL makes Thomson Reuters' (Current Clarivate) 2014 Top 100 Global Innovators List
■Merger agreement with Applied Materials, Inc. dissolved
■Establishment of Tokyo Electron Corporate Governance Guidelines
■Complete construction of TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity at Tohoku University
■Re-emergence as New TEL (Vision, Medium-term Management Plan formulated and new Corporate Logo created)
■TEL joins Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC)
■The EXIM™ Sputtering System for next-generation devices wins Award for Excellence at "Semiconductor of the Year 2015"

2016

■Tokyo Electron Miyagi ships 5,000th etch process chamber
■TEL receives Prime Minister's Award in citation of merit for Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration

2017

■Tokyo Electron Technology Solutions Ltd. is established (by merger of consolidated subsidiaries )
■Chosen for the Forbes Japan 100 Most Influential People for Japan

2018

■TEL cited as Thomson Reuters' (Current Clarivate) "Top 100 Global Tech Leaders"
■Tokyo Electron (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd is established

2019

■Formed a partnership with BRIDG

2020

■TEL Manufacturing and Engineering of America, Inc. is established (by merger of consolidated subsidiaries )
■Tetsuro Higashi (Former Chairman, President & CEO) receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star

2021

■TEL Tops Domestic List in the Second ROESG Rankings (2020 Edition)
■TEL shares selected for inclusion in the TOPIX Core30
■TEL introduces E-COMPASS, a Supply Chain Initiative for the Environment

2022

■TEL wins Grand Prize for Corporate Governance of the Year® 2021
■TEL wins recognition as a Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator 2022
■TELʼs listing transferred to Prime Market in Tokyo Stock Exchange
■TEL cited as "Most Honored Company" in the All-Japan Executive Team Rankings for seven years in succession
■TEL named among the top 500 companies in the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program for the fourth consecutive year
■Chosen for the FTSE Blossom Japan Index and the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index for six years in succession
■TEL announces new Vision “A company filled with dreams and vitality that contributes to technological innovation in semiconductors” and introduces Corporate Message “Technology Enabling Life”
■TEL wins Porter Prize 2022 to bestow recognition on companies that have achieved and maintained superior profitability
■TEL chosen for the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index for seven years in succession

Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd. is established (Taiwa office)

Re-emergence as New TEL (Vision, Medium-term Management Plan formulated and new Corporate Logo created)

Tokyo Electron makes Thomson Reuters' (Current Clarivate) 2014 Top 100 Global Innovators List

TEL introduces E-COMPASS, a Supply Chain Initiative for the Environment

TEL wins Grand Prize for Corporate Governance of the Year® 2021

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