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Company profile
Company name NEC TOPPAN CIRCUIT SOLUTIONS, INC.
Business area Manufacturing, sales and R&D of PWB and IC substrates
Established October 1, 2002
Headquarters 2-7 Yaesu 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
President Keiji Miyajima
Capital 1 billion yen
Fiscal year end March 31
Shareholders Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (55%) and NEC Corporation (45%)
Subsidiary NEC TOPPAN CIRCUIT SOLUTIONS PHILIPPINES,INC.
NEC TOPPAN CIRCUIT SOLUTIONS USA,INC.
History
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. NEC Corporation
1950  
1951 PWB R&D started
1960  
1963 Established mass production line at Sagamihara Plant
1966 Established multilayer PWB manufacturing line
1970
1970 Started PWB production with technical assistance from Bureau of Engraving from the United States Started mass production of PWBs at Asaka plant
   
   
1975 Production of PWBs with buried vias
   
   
1972 Manufacture high density copper through-hole PWBs
  Established NEC Toyama Plant
   
1978 Volume production of PWBs with three-track technology
1980
1984 Established Niigata Plant
1985 Production of PWBs with surface vias
   
1985 Volume production of PWBs with photo solder resist and landless through-holes
1987 Volume production of heat-resistant pre-flux (NPS-87) for SMT
1990
1991 Deming Award presented to Niigata Plant
   
 
1993 Niigata Plant acquired ISO 9002
  "T-SSS" (Selective Solder Strip Technology) production method
   
   
1996 Manufacture of "T-RCP" Build-up
   
1998 TPM Excellence Award presented to Niigata Plant
1999 Production of environment-friendly, halogen-free PWBs
1991 Volume production of PWBs with five-track technology
1992 Volume production of P&SVH
Full-scale manufacture of environmental-friendly surface (NEPS-90). TPM Excellence Award presented to NEC Toyama
1993 NEC Toyama Plant acquired ISO 9002
   
1994 TPM Continuous Excellence Award presented to NEC Toyama
1995 Manufacture of "DV MULTI" Build-up PWBs
1996 Established NEC Components Philippines
1997 NEC Toyama Plant acquired ISO
1998 Introduction of "Kattobi-TAT"quick turn prototype service
2000
2000 Niigata Plant acquired ISO 14001
2001 Manufactured "T-PPP" PWBs with copper filled
  TPM Continuous Excellence Award presented to Niigata Plant
   
2001 Development and volume production of 25μm line/space build-up process
   
 
2002 NEC TOPPAN CIRCUIT SOLUTIONS (TNCSi) launched as PWB divisions of Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. and NEC Corporation merge
2003 Acquired ISO9001certification (2000 version)
  Started mass production of filled via
2004 Started mass production of FCBGA PWBs
  Niigata plant received "TPM Special Award"
2005 Started mass production of thin build-up PWBs
  Started mass production of rigid-flex PWBs
2006 Started mass production of component-loaded PWBs
  Toyama plant received Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (electrical division) prize for excellent energy management
2007 Niigata plant received "TPM Advanced Special Award"