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Vitec Corporate History

1987	April	Vitec Co., Ltd. established at 8-20, Kita Shinagawa 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, (with capital of 150 million yen) with the aim of distributing electronic components
	April	Contracted as a special agent of electronic components for Sony Corporation
	May	Kansai Branch (currently known as Osaka Branch) established in Nishi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, to distribute electronic components in western region of Japan
	December	Vitec Electronics (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore as a local subsidiary to distribute electronic components in Southeast Asia
1988	April	IBM System 36 adopted to connect distribution system online throughout the company to improve efficiency and standardize office operations
1989	January	Vitec Electronics (Hong Kong) Co, Ltd. established in Hong Kong as a local subsidiary to distribute electronic components in China and Hong Kong
	March	Acquired 88.5% interest of Sumi Co., Ltd., (renamed Vitec System Engineering Co., Ltd, in April 1988) to develop micro computer and ASIC and to design circuits to improve technical support functions
	October	Taiwan Liaison Office (currently known as Vitec Electronics (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.) established in Taipei to distribute electronic components in Taiwan
1990	October	Installed IBM AS400 distribution system to handle the increased amount of general office work and to improve distribution management
1990	October	Kita Kanto Sales Office (currently known as Kita Kanto Branch) established in Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi, to distribute electronic components in Kita Kanto region
1993	October	Went public on the OTC market, Japan Securities Dealers Association
1994	April	Headquarters moved to 31-5, Higashi Shinagawa 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
1997	December	Vitec Electronics (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. established in Taiwan
1998	April	Kay Logistics Co., Ltd. (currently known as Arsnet Co., Ltd.) established in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, as distribution consultant
2000	May	Vitec Electronics (Taiwan) Co., Ltd., stocks transferred from Vitec Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
2000	December	Listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
2001	April	Acquired majority stocks of Nihon LCR Co., Ltd., (currently known as InfoNics Co., Ltd.), making it a subsidiary group
2001	October	Shikoku Sales Office established in Matsuyama-shi, Ehime, to expand sales in Shikoku region
2002	March	Headquarters moved to 6-5, Higashi Shinagawa 3-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
	May	Iwaki Sales Office established at Iwaki-shi, Fukushima, to expand sales in Tohoku region
	June	Vitec Electronics Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., established in Shanghai, China, to improve technical support functions
2003	March	Headquarters certified in accordance with ISO 14001, the international standard of environmental management control
2004	October	Singapore Branch and Hong Kong Branch established and take over sales from Vitec Electronics (Singapore) Pte., Ltd., and Vitec Electronics (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.
2005	March	U.S. Infonics established to expand sales in North America
2005	July	Infonics International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., established in Shanghai to expand sales in China
2007	July	Headquarters certified in accordance with ISO 9001, the international standard of management control