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Corporate History
| 1975 | 1 | Established as Maruei Shoji Co., Ltd. Started business as an agent of ALPS-MOTOROLA SEMICONDUCTOR, Inc. |
| 6 | Formal agreement signed with ALPS-MOTOROLA SEMICONDUCTOR, Inc. to become a full distributor. | |
| 1979 | 11 | Agreement signed with TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (BURR-BROWN JAPAN) to become a distributor. |
| 1985 | 12 | Distributorship agreement signed with STMicroelectronics Corporation. |
| 1986 | 12 | Corporate name changed to AMSC Co., Ltd. Established Osaka sales office. |
| 1988 | 5 | Established Sendai sales office. |
| 1991 | 10 | Warehousing & Logistics agreement signed with ALPS LOGISTICS CO., LTD. |
| 1992 | 2 | Established Iwaki sales office. |
| 1994 | 8 | Established AMSC SINGAPORE Pte.Ltd. in Singapore. Agreement signed with BELLNIX Co., Ltd. to become a distributor. |
| 1995 | 5 | Established AMSC ELECTRONICS HONG KONG Ltd. in Hong Kong. |
| 10 | Authorized as a public company by Japan Securities Dealers Association. Initial public stock offering. | |
| 1997 | 6 | Established Nagoya sales office. |
| 1999 | 5 | Distributorship agreement signed with DUREL Corporation. |
| 2000 | 1 | Distributorship agreement signed with ON SEMICONDUCTOR Corporation. |
| 2 | Distributorship agreement signed with HUMIREL Corporation. | |
| 2001 | 8 | Distributorship agreement signed with SEMTECH Corporation. |
| 11 | Distributorship agreement signed with Zarlink Semiconductor. | |
| 2002 | 1 | Distributorship agreement signed with GEK Corporation. |
| 7 | Distributorship agreement signed with FreeSystems Pte Ltd.. | |
| 2003 | 4 | Established AMSC ELECTRONICS SHANGHAI LTD. in China. |
| 2004 | 3 | AMSC HQ acquired ISO14001 Certification. |
| 5 | Distributorship agreement signed with Impinj, Inc. | |
| 12 | Distributorship agreement signed with austriamicrosystems AG. | |
| 2008 | 10 | Distributorship agreement signed with Nanotech Semiconductor. |
| 11 | Distributorship agreement signed with Reva Systems. |
