Company Overview
| Company Name: | FLEXCEED Co., Ltd. |
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| Locations: | Naka Plant: 6707-1 To, Naka-shi, Ibaraki, Japan | ||
| Established: | October 12, 1971 | ||
| Representative Director, Chairperson, President and CEO: | Li Xiaohua | ||
| COO: | Keiichi Kaneko | ||
| Production items: | COF and its related products |
History
| 1971 | Company established, representative: Katsuhisa Shindo | |
| 1972 | Production of printed circuits, HIC begins | |
| 1973 | Development of TAB tapes begins | |
| 1974 | TAB tapes for digital watches are mass produced | |
| 1975 | TAB tapes for an ultra-thin 7 mm electronic calculator are mass produced | |
| 1976 | Double-sided TAB tapes are developed for digital watches | |
| 1977 | Representative Katsuhisa Shindo receives the Fifth Class Order of the Sacred Treasure TAB tapes for large computers are produced |
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| 1978 | Partially plated TAB tapes are produced, development of precision FPC begins | |
| 1979 | Hiroaki Shindo assumes the position of Representative | |
| 1980 | Mass production of a TAB tape with 100 um pitch pattern begins | |
| 1981 | TAB tapes are used in fax heads | |
| 1982 | Research on TAB tapes for IC cards begins | |
| 1983 | TAB tapes are used in credit card-sized calculators | |
| 1984 | Our plants are made cleaner, 300-pin TAB tapes are released | |
| 1985 | Licence received for transfer bump TAB 70 mm-width TAB tape is developed |
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| 1987 | Exporting to Europe begins | |
| 1988 | 600-pin TAB tape is developed Exporting to the United States begins Kansai Sales Office is established |
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| 1989 | TAB tape with 60 um pitch is developed | |
| 1991 | Construction of Shonan No. 3 Plant is completed | |
| 1992 | Hisako Shindo assumes the role of Representative Mass production of FLEX-TAB tapes begins |
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| 1993 | Double-sided FLEX-TAB tape developed | |
| 1996 | Mass production of tapes for T-BGA, CSP begins | |
| 1997 | TAB tape with 40 um pitch is developed Construction of Ibraki Naka Plant completed |
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| 1998 | Shonan Plant acquired ISO9001 certification | |
| 1999 | Mass production of COF begins TZ-CSP developed Tokyo Headquarters relocated to Chiyoda Ward |
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| 2000 | Construction of Shonan No. 4 Plant completed Naka Plant acquired ISO 9001 certification N-TAB is mass produced |
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| 2001 | Adjacent land to Shonan Plant acquired Relocated Facilities (to A building) and Packaging (to B building) |
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| 2002 | 35 um pitch is developed and mass produced Development of 30 um pitch begins |
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| 2003 | Acquired ISO 14001 certification Mass production of 30 um pitch begins |
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| 2004 | Naka No. 2 plant Ryogoku Headquarters building renewed Tokyo Headquarters relocated to Awaji-cho |
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| 2005 | Construction of No. 5 Plant completed Packaging operations are expanded Development of 27.5 um pitch begins |
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| 2006 | Construction of Shanghai Plant completed Packaging operations are expanded Mass production of 27.5 um pitch begins Development of COF with 20 um pitch begins |
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| 2007 | Tokyo Headquarters relocated to Ryogoku | |
| 2010 | Mass production of 25 um pitch begins | |
| 2012 | Noriyuki Tanaka assumes the role of Representative Mass production of 22 um pitch begins |
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| 2013 | Acquisition of Packaging Materials Business Unit of Hitachi Densen Co., Ltd. is executed and completed | |
| 2015 | Company name changes to FLEXCEED Co.,Ltd. | |
| 2016 | Kenichi Horie assumes the role of Representative COF Mass producttion of 12 um copper thickness begins |
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| 2017 | Taiwan branch established | |
| 2018 | Li Xiaohua assumes a Representative Director, Chairperson, President and CEO | |
| 2019 | Development of 18 um pitch begins | |
| 2020 | Yasuhisa Miya assumes a Representative Director, President and CEO Mass production of 18 um pitch begins |
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| 2021 | Keiichi Kaneko assumes a Representative Director, President and CEO | |
| 2024 | Li Xiaohua assumes a Representative Director, Chairperson, President and CEO |