1943: Established under the name of “Japan Aircraft Electric Co., Ltd.” in Nagoya City with 10 million yen in capital. Started manufacturing and selling aviation-related electric parts, etc. for airplanes.

1945: Renamed the company “Chukyo Electric Co., Ltd.” Manufacture, repair and sales of electric machine and appliances

1947: Started manufacturing lamp manufacturing machines.

1956: Started mass-producing various types of solenoids, pneumatic cylinders and valves.

1961: Constructed and moved to a new factory in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture.

1962: Listed the company on the second section of Nagoya Stock Exchange.

1971: Listed the company on the first section of Nagoya Stock Exchange.

1979: Renamed the company “CKD Corporation.” Listed the company on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

1984: Established “M-CKD PRECISION SDN.BHD.” in Malaysia.

1985: Established “CKD USA CORPORATION” in the USA.

1987: Established the “Wuxi Pneumatic Research Institute, CKD Pneumatic Technical Training Center” in China.

1988: Established “CKD THAI CORPORATION LTD.” in Thailand.

1989: Established “CKD SINGAPORE PTE.LTD.” in Singapore.

2000: Merged CKD Seiki Ltd. and CKD Precision Ltd.

2001: Established “CKD (Shanghai) Corporation” in China.

2003: Established “CKD Corporation Europe Branch” in the Netherlands.

2007: Established “Taiwan CKD Corporation” in Taiwan.

2012: Renamed the company “CKD Corporation.”

2014: Established “PT CKD TRADING INDONESIA” in Indonesia.

2014: Established “CKD VIETNAM ENGINEERING Co., LTD.” in Vietnam.

2015: Established “CKD MEXICO, S. de R.L. de C.V.” in Mexico.

2015: Established “CKD India Private Limited” in India.

2017: “NIKKI DENSO CO., LTD.” became CKD’s affiliated company to become CKD NIKKI DENSO CO., LTD.

2018: Opening of the ” ‘Ohana nursery school ” one-site day-care center at the Headquarters / Komaki Factory.

2019: Completed a new plant ” Tohoku plant ” in Ohira Village, Miyagi Prefecture.