Our History
| 1968 | Joint venture company established in Taiwan. |
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| 1974 | TDK Hongkong Co., Ltd. was set up in Hongkong. |
| 1986 | TDK acquires SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd., a magnetic head maker. |
| 1992 | Plant constructed in Dalian, China. |
| 1992 | Plant constructed in Dalian, China. Recordable CD-R compact discs with an organic colorant film introduced. |
| 1994 | High-density recording MR heads introduced. Local subsidiary established in Xiamen, China. |
| 1996 | Qingdao TDK Electronics Co., Ltd. was established in Qingdao. |
| 1997 | TDK (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. was established in Shanghai. |
| 2001 | Multilayer chip capacitor manufacturing and sales company established in Suzhou, China. TDK R&D Corporation established as a research and development base in the United States. |
| 2004 | TDK becomes the first recording media maker to join the Blu-ray Disc Founders. |
| 2005 | TDK acquires Amperex Technology Limited, a manufacturing and sales company of polymer lithium batteries in Hong Kong. |
| 2007 | Beijing Branch Office of TDK (China) Co., Ltd. was set up in Beijing. Shenzhen Branch Office of TDK (China) Co., Ltd. was set up in Shenzhen. Guangzhou Branch Office of TDK (China) Co., Ltd. was set up in Guangzhou. |
| 2008 | Suzhou Branch Office of TDK (Shanghai) International Trading Co.,Ltd. was set up in Suzhou. |
| 2011 | Dongguan Branch Office of TDK (China) Co., Ltd. was set up in Dongguan. TDK Dongguan Technology Co., Ltd. was set up in Dongguan. |
| 2012 | TDK-NITTO (Shanghai) Electro-Energy Co., Ltd. was set up in Shanghai. Tianjin Branch Office of TDK (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. was set up in Tianjin. |
| 2013 | Qingdao Branch Office of TDK (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. was set up in
Qingdao. Dalian Branch Office of TDK (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. was set up in Dalian. Guangdong TDK Rising Rare Earth High Technology Material Co., Ltd. Was set up in Meizhou. |
| 2015 | Dalian Branch Office of TDK (China) Co., Ltd. was set up in Dalian. |
| 2019 | TDK Ganzhou Rare Earth New Materials Co., Ltd. was set up in Ganzhou. |
- TDK (China) Co., Ltd. Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou Branch Office have transferred to TDK (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou Branch Office in 2016 & 2017.
