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Oct. 1962Exported first plant (to former USSR).
Mar. 1963Opened New York Office.
May 1965 Reorganized into a marketing company (now Murata Electronics North America, Inc.).
Dec. 1972Established Murata Electronics Singapore (Pte.) Ltd. in Singapore, a production and marketing company.
Jan. 1973Established a production company in Georgia, U.S.(now Murata Electronics North America, Inc.).
Oct. 1973Established a marketing company (now Murata Company Limited) in Hong Kong, China.
Nov. 1975
Opened Europe Office.

Apr. 1978 Reorganized into a company (now Murata Elektronik GmbH).
Nov. 1978Acquired a production and marketing company (now Taiwan Murata Electronics Co., Ltd.) in Taiwan.
Sep. 1980
Equity participation in a Canadian multinational company.

Mar. 1981 Completed the merger to put its Italian and French marketing companies (now Murata Electtronica S.p.A. and Murata Electronique SAS) and U.S. and German production companies under Murata's direct control.
Dec. 1980Opened Seoul Branch in Seoul, Korea (now Korea Murata Electronics Company, Limited, a marketing company).
Jun. 1982Established a marketing company (now Murata Electronics (UK) Limited) in UK.
Apr. 1986Established Murata Amazônia Indústria E Comércio Ltda., a production and marketing company in Brazil.
Sep. 1988Established Murata Electronics (Thailand), Ltd., a production marketing company in Thailand.
Dec. 1989Established Murata Electronics (Netherlands) B.V., a marketing company in the Netherlands.
Jun. 1990Established Murata Trading (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., a marketing company in Malaysia.
Jul. 1990Established Murata World Comercial Ltda., a marketing company in Brazil.
May. 1993Established Murata Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., a production marketing company in Malaysia.
Jul. 1994Established Beijing Murata Electronics Co., Ltd., a production and marketing company, in Beijing, China.
Dec. 1994Established Wuxi Murata Electronics Co., Ltd., a production and marketing company, in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China.
May. 1995Established Murata Electronics Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a marketing company, in Shanghai, China.
Mar. 1997Established Thai Murata Electronics Trading, Ltd., a marketing company in Thailand.
Mar. 1998Established Murata Electronics Philippines Inc., a marketing company in Philippines.
Jul. 1999Established Murata Electronics Trading (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., a marketing company, in Shenzhen, China.
Aug. 1999Established Murata Electronics Trading (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., a marketing company, in Tianjin, China.
Jul. 2002Established Murata Electronics Trading México, S.A.de C.V., a marketing company, in Mexico.
Aug. 2004Established Murata Europe Management B.V., European headquarters in the Netherlands.
Jun. 2005Established Shenzhen Murata Technology Co., Ltd., a production marketing company, in Shenzhen, China.
Dec. 2005Established Murata (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Regional marketing Head Office in Shanghai, China.
Apr. 2006Acquisition of SyChip, Inc.(by Murata Electronics North America Inc.)
Feb. 2007Opened Murata Electronics Singapore (Pte.) Ltd. India Liaison Office.(by Murata Electronics Singapore (Pte.) Ltd.)
Apr. 2007Established Design and Engineering Center in Murata (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Regional marketing Head Office.
Aug. 2007Established Murata Electronics Plant Shenzhen Co., Ltd., a production company, in Shenzhen, China.
Aug. 2007Acquisition of C&D Technologies' Power Electronics Division.(now Murata Power Solutions, Inc.).
Oct. 2007Opened Representative Office of Murata Electronics Singapore (Pte.) Ltd. in Hanoi. (by Murata Electronics Singapore (Pte.) Ltd.)

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