| 2000 |
May |
San Technology, Inc. was founded in San Diego, California.
- Company started as an electronics distributor focused on LCD display distribution.
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| 2003 |
Sep. |
Opened the company's first cell phone shop in San Diego targeting Japanese people living in the U.S.
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Nov. |
Established San Technology Shanghai Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China.
- Started production of LCD modules.
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| 2005 |
Aug. |
Shanghai factory acquired ISO 9001:2000. |
| 2007 |
Sep. |
Opened the company's third cell phone shop in San Jose (Silicon Valley). |
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Sep. |
Established San Technology, Inc. in Kobe as the sales base in Japan. |
| 2008 |
Apr. |
Began selling American consumer items online through Rakuten Ichiba (online shopping site) and Yahoo Shopping in Japan. |
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Sep. |
Shanghai factory acquired ISO 14001:2004. |
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Nov. |
Established Santek Europe GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany as the sales base for the European region. |
| 2009 |
Jul. |
Opened a mobile phone shop in San Diego in collaboration with KDDI. |
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Nov. |
Established Santek Hong Kong Limited as the procurement and logistic base.
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Dec. |
Established San Technology Zhuhai Co., Ltd., the company's second factory in Zhuhai, China.
- Began mass-production of 3D glasses.
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| 2010 |
Jan. |
Opened the sales office for the Kanto area of Japan in Yoyogi, Tokyo.
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Jun. |
Invested in AIS Corporation, a color filter manufacturer in Aomori, Japan.
- Acquired 2.5% of AIS share.
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Jul. |
Established Santek Europe Ltd. in England as the logistics and sales base.
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Sep. |
Purchased a 700 square meter building in Kobe.
- Relocated the headquarters to this building (in October).
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Oct. |
Opened the second mobile phone shop in San Jose in collaboration with KDDI. |
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