April 1943

Established "Japan Aircraft Electric Co., Ltd." in Nagoya City with 10 million JPY in capital and investment from the five companies of NEC Corporation (then Sumitomo Communication Industries Co., Ltd. ), Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (then Kawasaki Aircraft Co., Ltd.), Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd., and Toyobo Co., Ltd.
<Photo 1: Establishment Ceremony>

October 1945

Renamed the company "Chukyo Electric Co., Ltd."<Photo 2: Chukyo Electric Co., Ltd.>

May 1960

"Chukyo Seiki Co., Ltd." was established in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture. (Renamed the company "CKD Seiki Ltd." in 1978.) <Photo 3: CKD Seiki Ltd.>

June 1961

Relocated to Komaki City after constructing a new plant there.

October 1962

Listed the company on the second section of Nagoya Stock Exchange.

June 1963

Established "Japan Controls Ltd. " in Kasugai City, Aichi Prefecture. (Renamed the company "CKD Controls Ltd." in January 1978.) <Photo 4: CKD Controls Ltd.>

March 1964

Completed construction of the Chukyo Electric Building. <Photo 5: Chukyo Electric Building>

February 1971

Listed the company on the first section of Nagoya Stock Exchange.

July 1979

Renamed the company "CKD Corporation." <Photo 6: The Head Plant back in 1979>

November 1979

Listed the company on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

April 1984

Established "CKD Precision Ltd." in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture.
<Photo 7: CKD Precision Ltd.>

August 1984

Established "M-CKD PRECISION SDN.BHD." in Malaysia.

October 1985

Established "CKD USA CORPORATION" in Illinois, USA.

May 1988

Established "CKD THAI CORPORATION LTD." in Thailand.<Photo 8>

June 1989

Established "CKD SINGAPORE PTE.LTD" in Singapore.

July 1992

Established "WUXI CKD PNEUMATIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD." as a joint venture in Wuxi City, China.

January 2000

Merged "CKD Controls Ltd." (currently the Kasugai Plant).

October 2000

Merged CKD Seiki Ltd. (currently the Inuyama Plant) and CKD Precision Ltd. (currently the Yokkaichi Plant).

October 2001

Established "CKD (Shanghai) Corporation" in Shanghai, China.

August 2002

"CKD Korea Corporation" was established in Seoul, South Korea.

January 2003

Merged domestic sales subsidiaries.

January 2003

Established "CKD (China) Corporation" in Wuxi City, China. <Photo 9>

December 2003

Opened a branch office in the Netherlands.

August 2004

Merged CKD (China) Corporation and WUXI CKD PNEUMATIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.

March 2005

Built a new head-office at the Komaki Plant. <Photo 10>

April 2007

Established "Taiwan CKD Corporation" in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

January 2011

Opened a branch office in Singapore.

July 2012

Renamed the company "CKD Corporation."

November 2012

Established "CKD Field Engineering Corporation" in JapanEstablished "CKD Field Engineering Corporation" in Japan.

October 2013

Built a new plant of "CKD (China) Corporation" in Wuxi City, China. <Photo 11>

May 2014

Established "PT CKD TRADING INDONESIA" in Indonesia.

June 2014

Established "CKD VIETNAM ENGINEERING Co., LTD." in Vietnam.

August 2014

Established "PT CKD MANUFACTURING INDONESIA" in Indonesia.

March 2015

Established "CKD MEXICO, S. de R.L. de C.V." in Mexico.

December 2015

Established "CKD India Private Limited" in India.