| 1918 |
- Shinano
Kenshi Boseki Co., Ltd.(Parent Company) is founded in
Nagano, Japan.
|
| 1985 |
- Founded
TEXEL Corporation (now Plextor Co., Ltd) in Tokyo, as
a subsidiary of Shinano Kenshi Co., Ltd., with export
business of background music equipment.
|
| 1986 |
- Small
offset printing press machines were introduced in domestic
and overseas market.
|
| 1989 |
- CD-ROM
drives were introduced.
- TEXEL
America was established in Sunnyvale, California, USA.
|
| 1992 |
- TEXEL
America was relocated in Santa Clara.
|
| 1993 |
- Printing
Press Division was established.
- Plextor
S.A. was established in Brussels, Belgium.
|
| 1994 |
- TEXEL
Co., Ltd., was renamed as Plextor Co., Ltd.
- TEXEL
America was renamed as Plextor Corporation.
|
| 1997 |
- Plextor
Co., Ltd. office was relocated from Ueno to Yaesuguchi,
Tokyo.
- CD-R
drives were introduced.
|
| 1998 |
- CD
Talking Book (PlexTalk) for people with visual impairments
was introduced.
|
| 1999 |
- CD-RW
drives were introduced.
|
| 2001 |
- Plextor
America celebrated its 10-year anniversary.
- Plextor
America relocated Corporate Headquarters to Fremont, California.
|
| 2002 |
- New
Plextor subsidiary opens in China.
- CD-R/RW
DVD-ROM drives were introduced.
|
| 2003 |
- DVD+R/RW
CD-R/RW drives were introduced.
- First
Digital Video Converter was introduced
|
| 2005 |
- Plextor Introduces the PX-760A, the world's first 18X DVD Burner
|
| 2006 |
- Plextor Intorduces the PX-B900A Blu-ray Drive
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