Apr. 1960 Company established(Paid capital: 1.5 million Japanese yen). June. 1962 Tokyo sales office established (presently, Tokyo Marketing & Sales). Dec. 1965 Fluorescent character display tube for calculators developed. Apr. 1970 Technical cooperation with Rucker & Kolls Mfg. Corp. of the U.S.A.; started production and sales of probe cards for IC and LSI device-measurements. Feb. 1982 Shizuoka Factory established and started production and sales of Probe Card. Aug. 1983 Tokai Hitec Corp. established. Nov. 1985 Kumamoto Factory established and started production and sales of Probe Card and Heater. May. 1987 JEM AMERICA CORP.(California Freemont) established. Dec. 1987 Head Office moved to 3chome Nishinagasuhondori Amagasaki Hyogo(presently, 2chome Nishinagasu-cho Amagasaki Hyogo). Ex-head office factory relabel as the Amagasaki factory. June. 1988 JEM(Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. established . Shenzhen factory established and started production and sales of heater.
Jan. 1989 JEM AMERICA CORP. began operations and started production and sales of probe card. Nov. 1989 Shenzhen Factory moved. Oct. 1993 Developed and initiated production and sales of the large-seze windowless probe card. JEM TAIWAN Probe Corp. established and started production and sales of probe card. Sep. 1994 Developed VC Series. Aug. 1995 Developed and started production and sales of Needle Dresser and Cleaning Sheet. May. 1996 Built a factory which is called the second, to the original Kumamoto Factory. June. 1996 Capital increased to 229.5 million Japanese yen. Feb. 1997 JEM EUROPE LTD. established. Mar. 1997 As Head Office Factory established(2chome Nishinagatsu Amagasaki Hyogo), in Amagasaki Factory of department production for probe card moved to the new factory. Sep. 1997 Capital increased to 417.5 million Japanese yen. Apr. 1998 Built a new factory which is call the third to the original Kumamoto Factory. Aug. 1998 Listed on JASDAQ. Capital increased to