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August 1979 Established at Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
May 1980 Registered the miniaturized coreless DC motor as " TORMAX®"
February 1982 Developed coreless DC motors for high speed micro-grinders
April 1988 Developed the miniaturized AC servomotor
December1998 Developed ultra-miniaturized linear actuators
October 1999 Registration of ISO 9002
December2003 Registration of ISO 9001:2000
April 2004 Opening of China Factory in Shenzhen Area (Chiba Precision Hong Kong)
Brushless motors were lined up
July 2004 Patent for galvanometer optical scanner was registered in Germany
November 2004 Opening of New Factory in Yachiyo Area, Japan
July 2005 Patent for world first X-Y-θ¸ surface motor was registered in USA
January 2006 Registration of ISO 14001:2004
April 2007 Chiba Precision CO., LTD. changed the company name as
CITIZEN CHIBA PRECISION CO., LTD. and became a member of
CITIZEN group.
April 2008 New Company Building in Yachiyo
June 2008 Move of Main Office to New Building in Yachiyo
November 2008 We developed a Servomotor with built-in Strain Wave Gearing, High Speed Sensorless Brushless Spindle Motor, Ø7.6 Linear Motor.
October 2009 Released WD20 series of Wave Drive System (Servomotor with built-in Strain Wave Gearing)
November 2009 Released cost-effective models of linear actuators.