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Nov.1947 Established Harada Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. at Yokohama.
Jun.1957 Developed "Lock Antenna" and adopted as a genuine part by automobile manufacturing companies.
Mar.1958 Newly incorporated as Harada Industry Co., Ltd. as an antenna manufacturer in the automobile industry.
Oct.1960 Developed Magnet antenna.
Aug.1961 Developed Motorized antenna.
Apr.1963 Established Harada Shoji Co., Ltd.
Jan.1965 Developed "Magic Iron" a household medical instrument.
(Renamed "Magi-Q" in 1969)
Mar.1968 Established Taiwan Harada Investment Co., Ltd.
Apr.1969 Opened Osaka Office.
(Later renamed Osaka Branch in 1987)
Apr.1970 Established Matsukawa Harada Industry Co., Ltd. in Iwate prefecture.
Jul.1972 Head Office moved to Minami-Ohi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.
Apr.1976 Commercialized Citizen Band antenna (CB antenna).
Oct.1976 Established Harada Industry of America, Inc. in USA.
Nov.1978 Developed new rack-and-pinion type motorized antenna.
Oct.1984 Developed Antenna for portable telephones.
Dec.1984 Completed two-story, steel-framed Radio Wave laboratory in HIJ.
Jul.1985 Established Niigata Harada Industry Co., Ltd. in Niigata prefecture.
Aug.1988 Established Dalian Harada Industry Co., Ltd. in China.
Nov.1988 Established Manufacturas H.I.A., S.A. DE C.V. in Mexico.
Jul.1989 Established Harada Industries (Europe) Ltd. in United Kingdom.
May.1990 Developed GPS antenna for automobiles.
Dec.1990 Developed Motorized antenna with a built-in control unit (M12).
Mar.1991 Developed the Actuator, a control instrument for automobiles.
Sep.1993 Manufacturas H.I.A., S.A. DE C.V. renamed Harada Industries (Mexico), S.A. DE C.V.
Apr.1995 Stock registered by the Securities Dealers Association of Japan (present name JASDAQ) for over-the-counter trading.
Jan.1997 Established Harada Industries Vietnam Limited in Vietnam.
Feb.1998 Established GIS JEVDAX PTE LTD. in Singapore.
Developed Film antenna.
Oct.1998 Developed ETC antenna.
Began selling "Denpa-Shokunin" ("Radio Wave Craftman") brand products for aftermarket.
Jan.2002 Established the Chubu branch in Aichi prefecture.
Matsukawa Harada Industry Co., Ltd. and Niigata Harada Industry Co., Ltd. merged to form Harada Communication System Co.,Ltd.
Oct.2002 Hiroshima resident office became independent from Osaka branch, and renamed Hiroshima branch.
Apr.2004 Completed construction and began operation of Harada Industries Vietnam Limited 2nd plant.
Mar.2005 Completed construction of large Anechoic Chamber adjacent to the Head Office of HIJ.
Mar.2007 Developed the 1 Seg Tuner.
Apr.2009 Established Harada Asia-Pacific Ltd. in Thailand.
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