Corporate History
| 1946 | 4 | Kiyoshi Hattori founded Nagoya Denki Kogyosho. |  |
| 1958 | 5 | Established Nagoya Denki Shoji Kabushiki Kaisha in Sotetsu-machi, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi (equivalent to a part of current Meieki-Minami 1-chome and 2-chome, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi). | |
| 1959 | 3 | Merged with Kabushiki Kaisha Nagoya Hen’atsuki Seisakusho. | |
| 1959 | 7 | Renamed to Nagoya Electric Works Co., Ltd. |  |
| 1966 | 9 | Established Tokyo Office (now known as Tokyo Regional Office). | |
| 1970 | 9 | Established Sapporo Office (now known as Sapporo Branch). | |
| 1970 | 10 | Established Technical Research Institute. | |
| 1971 | 6 | Established Osaka Office (now known as Osaka Regional Office). | |
| 1972 | 6 | Established Kyushu Office (now known as Fukuoka Branch). | |
| 1973 | 6 | Established Hiroshima Local Office (now known as Hiroshima Branch). | |
| 1973 | 9 | Established Sendai Local Office (now known as Sendai Branch). | |
| 1979 | 8 | Established Nagoya Office (now known as Chubu Regional Office). | |
| 1979 | 8 | Established Miwa Factory (now known as Headquarters) in Miwa-cho, Ama-gun, Aichi (now known as Ama-shi, Aichi). |  |
| 1979 | 12 | Established Takamatsu Office (now known as Shikoku Office). | |
| 1986 | 4 | Established Niigata Office (now known as Niigata Branch). | |
| 1987 | 5 | Established Minami-Kyushu Local Office (now known as Minami-Kyushu Office). | |
| 1991 | 5 | General Research Institute, which had evolved from the Technical Research Institute, renamed to Opto-Electronics Division (now known as FA Inspection Equipment Division). |  |
| 1991 | 6 | Established Nihon Shasai Hyoshiki Co., Ltd. | |
| 1992 | 7 | Established Aoto Office (now known as East Japan General Construction Office). | |
| 1997 | 6 | Obtained ISO9001 certification for Opto-Electronics Division (now known as FA Inspection Equipment Division). | |
| 2000 | 1 | Obtained ISO 9001 certification for Information Equipment Division (now known as ITS Information Equipment Division). | |
| 2000 | 9 | Listed on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange. |  |
| 2003 | 12 | Obtained ISO14001 certification for the Opto-electronics Division (now known as FA Inspection Equipment Division). | |
| 2006 | 12 | Obtained ISO 14001 certification for Information Equipment Division (now known as ITS Information Equipment Division). | |
| 2009 | Certified as an Aichi Quality Company. |  | |
| 2011 | 8 | Headquarters relocated from Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture to Ama City, |  |
| 2013 | 4 | Merged with Informex Co., LTd. | |
| 2014 | 5 | Established a joint venture Zero-Sum ITS Solutions India Private Limited, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, through joint investment with Zero-Sum Ltd. |  |
| 2015 | 2 | Signed capital and business alliance agreement with Daiichi Jitsugyo Co., Ltd. in the inspection equipment business. | |
| 2015 | 3 | Signed business transfer agreement with Anritsu Corporation and Anritsu Networks Corporation concerning the main controller for road and river information display systems. | |
| 2015 | 8 | Signed capital and business alliance agreement with Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. in the information equipment business. | |
| 2016 | 8 | Held "Shachi-sai", a thanksgiving festival, at the Headquarters as a commemorative event for the 70th anniversary of the company's founding. |  |
| 2018 | 10 | Acquired shares of Conlux Matsumoto Co., Ltd. and made it a wholly owned subsidiary. |  |
| 2022 | 10 | Transferred FA Inspection Equipment Business to Techno Horizon Co., Ltd. | |
| 2024 | 3 | Listed on the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
New Product History
Here are a number of new products that we have introduced to the world from the time of our founding to the present. The products we have been working on have changed in various ways with the times.(Names of places, companies, ministries, etc. may be a mixture of then and now. Also, some products are not currently installed due to renewal, removal, etc.)
*The letters to the right of the year and month represent our business segments.
IE: ITS Information Equipment (Social Infrastructure - Disaster Prevention & Mitigation)
IX: ITS Information Equipment - Informex Sales and Operation (Social Infrastructure - Road Safety)
FA: FA Inspection Equipment *FA Inspection Equipment Business has been transfered at October, 2022.
1960s
| 1966 | 12 | IE | Developed Japan's first VMS that could be remotely operated using ordinary telephone lines, and installed on National Route 21 (now Prefectural Route 31) in Ogaki-shi, Gifu. |  |
| 1969 | 4 | IX | Developed a mobile VMS and delivered to Japan Highway Public Corporation Nagoya Administration Office (now known as Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited). |  |
| 1969 | 6 | IE | The Tomei Expressway fully opened. Our VMS installed between the Tokyo IC and Numazu IC, and between the Mikkabi IC and Komaki IC. | |
| 1969 | 11 | IE | Developed an internally illuminated variable signage and installed at Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo |  |
1970s
| 1971 | 3 | IE | Developed a roadblock device and installed on National Route 41 in Kamiasao, Hichiso-mura, Gifu. |  |
| 1971 | 12 | IE | Developed a laser-based vehicle-sensing parking meter and installed it on Namiki-dori, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, in April 1972. |  |
| 1972 | 3 | IE | Developed a rockfall prediction and detection system and installed it on Route 210 in Ukiha-shi, Fukuoka. |  |
| 1973 | 3 | IE | Developed Line Mover, a central line shifting system, and delivered to the Metropolitan Police Department. |  |
| 1974 | 3 | IE | Developed a rotating electric signage and installed at Miwa Dam, Ina-shi, Nagano, as a dam discharge warning system. |  |
| 1975 | 4 | IE | Developed a traffic light for the visually impaired (a.k.a. "Piyo-Piyo-Cuckoo" in Japan). Presented at the National Convention for the Visually Impaired held in Yamagata Prefecture and installed on a trial basis at Otorii intersection (now known as Nakamura Koen-mae intersection), Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi. |  |
| 1975 | 8 | IE | Developed a warning display system for tunnels and installed at the Ena-san Tunnel in Ena-shi, Gifu, and the Ajikake Tunnel in Achi-mura, Nagano. |  |
| 1975 | 9 | IE | Developed Free Pattern Electric Light Panel and delivered to Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation. |  |
| 1975 | 9 | IE | Developed Japan's first suspended traffic signal (a.k.a. UFO traffic signal in Japan) and installed at the Akamon intersection in Osu, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi |  |
| 1976 | 6 | IE | Developed Safety Eye (MT-1), a detector to detect object in vehicle blind spots |  |
| 1976 | 7 | IE | Developed a doze-prevention alarm system and installed on National Route 41 in Gero-shi, Gifu. |  |
| 1978 | 3 | IE | Developed a vehicle height instrumentation system and installed in Maigi-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi. |  |
| 1978 | 12 | IE | Developed Piccolo(SA-1)(SA-5), a speed setting alarm. |  |
1980s
| 1989 | 1 | IE | Developed a non-contact road surface snow gauge and a freeze detector |  |
| 1980 | 12 | IE | Developed MT-100, a distance measurement device for heavy-duty truck. |  |
| 1981 | 3 | IE | Developed a booth camera for illegal vehicle control and delivered to the then Japan Highway Public Corporation. |  |
| 1982 | 12 | IE | Developed Japan's first LED temperature indicator for roads and delivered to the Meihan National Highway Construction Office of the Ministry of Construction (now known as the Hokusei National Highway Office of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). |  |
| 1983 | 3 | IE | Developed central control system for Free Pattern electric light panel and delivered to Hiroshima Administration Bureau of Japan Highway Public Corporation (now known as Chugoku Branch of West Nippon Expressway Company Limited). |  |
| 1984 | 6 | FA | Developed the NLB-500 bridge checker. |  |
| 1984 | 10 | IX | Developed mobile VMS with LED and delivered to the Nagoya Administration Office of the Japan Highway Public Corporation (now known as the Nagoya Branch Office of the Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited). |  |
| 1985 | 11 | IE | Developed self-luminous optical delineator and delivered to Sendai Administration Bureau of Japan Highway Public Corporation (now known as Tohoku Branch of East Nippon Expressway Company Limited). |  |
| 1986 | 10 | IE | Jointly developed emergency call equipment with NTT Kanto General Branch and delivered to Urawa-shi, |  |
| 1986 | 11 | IE | Developed LED VMS, which were subsequently installed throughout Japan. |  |
| 1987 | 8 | FA | Invented and developed NLB-1500, the world's first laser-based solder joint visual inspection system |  |
| 1980 | 10 | IE | Jointly developed the simple home security "Anshin" with NTT Tokai General Branch |  |
| 1987 | 10 | IE | Developed a sightseeing information board "Hakkiri-kun" and delivered to Kochi Prefectural Office for installation. Provides road guidance and destinations with text and map display. |  |
| 1987 | 11 | IE | Developed public message tower with 3-color (red, green, orange) LED and delivered to Iwate Prefectural Office. |  |
1990s
| 1990 | 3 | IE | Developed a system for measuring vehicle height, length, and width for the then Ministry of Transport's vehicle inspection business, and delivered and installed at the then Nishimikawa Vehicle Inspection Station of the Chubu District Transport Bureau. | |
| 1991 | 3 | IE | Developed an image processing system for detecting vehicles in parking lots, and installed at Ashigara SA on the Tomei Expressway as an image processing parking status identification system. |  |
| 1992 | 3 | IX | Developed a self-propelled mobile VMS with LED and delivered to the Ohtsuki Management Office of the Japan Highway Public Corporation (now known as Ohtsuki Maintenance Service Center, Hachioji Branch Office, Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited). |  |
| 1993 | 3 | IE | Developed a magnetic reversible scoreboard and installed at Toyohashi Municipal Baseball Stadium in Aichi Prefecture. |  |
| 1993 | 10 | IE | Developed an information providing device for roadside stations and installed at Roadside Station Fuji. |  |
| 1996 | 9 | IE | Developed mobile electronic terminal equipment using pen computers, digital cameras, and cell phones. |  |
| 1997 | 3 | IE | Developed an integrated central processing system for VMS and tunnel disaster prevention, and delivered to Nakano Construction Office, Nagano Prefecture. |  |
| 1997 | 11 | IE | Developed an automatic emergency exit light avoidance device using radio for automatic cleaning vehicles, and installed on the Tokyo Bay Aqualine. |  |
| 1997 | 12 | IE | Developed a rest facility congestion information system using color still image processing and installed it at the |  |
| 1997 | 12 | IE | Developed NACOVI (outdoor type), an LED full-color display and installed at Akanuma Information Station in Nagano-shi, Nagano. |  |
| 1998 | 10 | FA | Developed NLX-2500 automated X-ray inspection system. |  |
| 1999 | 3 | IE | Developed a swivel device for LED dam information boards and delivered to the then Tsukiyama Dam Construction Office of the Ministry of Construction. |  |
2000s
| 2000 | 3 | IE | Developed an image processing type road surface condition detection system and oncoming vehicle detection system, and delivered to the Nagano National Highway Construction Office of the Ministry of Construction (currently the Nagano National Highway Office of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism). |  |
| 2001 | 6 | IE | Developed an ultra-wide-angle LED river information board, and delivered and installed at the Hachisu Dam Management Station, Chubu Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. |  |
| 2001 | 12 | FA | Developed NLB-770, a desktop type solder joint visual inspection system. |  |
| 2003 | 5 | FA | Developed NLB-SX1, a camera-type solder joint visual inspection system. |  |
| 2004 | 8 | FA | Developed NLX-1500 X-ray inspection system. |  |
| 2004 | 9 | FA | Developed NLB-15000 and NLB-18000 laser/image hybrid inspection systems |  |
| 2004 | 12 | FA | Developed NLX-5000 3D X-ray inspection system using oblique CT technology. |  |
| 2005 | 11 | IX | Developed POSSIX portable VMS. |  |
| 2008 | 8 | IE | Developed the first multi-color KL-type VMS and installed on the Tomei Expressway between the Yokohama Machida IC and the Atsugi IC. |  |
| 2008 | 8 | IE | Developed a traffic jam tailgating system using radio wave Doppler sensors, and installed on the Tomei Expressway between the Okazaki IC and Toyota IC. |  |
| 2009 | 11 | IE | Developed a multi-color graphic VMS and installed on the Kakegawa test runway on the Shin Tomei Expressway. |  |
2010s
| 2010 | 1 | FA | Developed NVI-FZ, a high-performance camera-type solder joint visual inspection system. |  |
| 2010 | 3 | IE | Developed a hybrid LED VMS equipped with solar panels and delivered to Shiga Prefecture. |  |
| 2012 | 4 | IE | Jointly developed BLINKs* driving support light system with Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited, and installed on the Shin Tomei Expressway. |  |
| 2013 | 4 | IX | Developed FLIX beacon light. |  |
| 2015 | 4 | FA | Developed NXI-3710 3D X-ray inspection system. |  |
| 2016 | 4 | IX | Developed Nakkun NO. 2, a solar-powered portable VMS. |  |
| 2016 | 6 | FA | Developed NVI-G350 3D automated optical inspection system. |  |
| 2018 | 8 | IX | Developed the Driving Assist Light Sequence System "Portable BLINKs" |  |
| 2018 | 12 | IE | Developed the "Diversity VMS Vehicle" in collaboration with West Nippon Expressway Engineering Kansai Co., Ltd. |  |
2020s
| 2021 | 11 | IE | Developed Temporary Closure Device (Sheet Shutter) and installed it at the Nakanoshima entrance of the Hanshin Expressway Route 11 Ikeda Line |  |
| 2022 | 3 | IE | Developed Tunnel Projection Devices and installed them in the tunnels between the Isehara Oyama IC and the Shin-Hadano IC on the Shin-Tomei Expressway |  |
| 2022 | 7 | IE | Developed LED-type Suspended Banners and installed them on the Hanwa Expressway |  |
| 2024 | 2 | IX | Developed the Driving Assist Light Sequence System "Portable BLINKs Charging Type" |  |
