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1964 March	USHIO INC. established with capital of ¥12.5 million
1967 May	Establishes USHIO AMERICA, INC. (as a lamp sales base) in the United States
1968 September	Yokohama Division opens
1970 May	Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE); capital increased to ¥400 million Establishes Harima Division in Himeji
1971 August	Moves head office to Tokyo's Otemachi business district
1974 April	Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE); capital increased to ¥820 million
1980 September	Listed on the first sections of the TSE and OSE (delisted from OSE in January 2010); capital increased to ¥1,540 million
1981 April	Establishes U-Tech, Inc. (as a lamp and industrial machine sales base; currently USHIO LIGHTING, INC.)
1983 June	Establishes HYOGO USHIO ELECTRIC, INC. (as a lamp production and sales base; currently USHIO LIGHTING, Inc.)
1985 April	Establishes USHIO EUROPE B.V. (as a lamp sales base) in Netherland
1986 July	Renames U-Tech, Inc. as USHIO U-Tech, Inc.
1986 September	Establishes USHIO HONG KONG LTD. (as an optical equipment production and sales base) in Hong Kong
1987 April	Establishes USHIO OREGON, INC.(as a lamp production and sales base; currently USHIO AMERICA, INC.) in the United States
1987 September	Establishes USHIO TAIWAN, INC. (as a lamp production and sales base) in Taiwan
1988 September	Establishes TSUKUBA USHIO ELECTRIC, INC.
1988 December	Establishes Gotemba Division in Gotemba City Establishes USHIO FRANCE S.A.R.L. (as a lamp sales base) in France
1989 June	Singapore Liaison Office upgraded to subsidiary as USHIO SINGAPORE PTE LTD. (a lamp sales base)
1990 June	Establishes USHIO MARINE, INC. (as a fishery equipment sales base; currently USHIO LIGHTING, INC.)
1990 October	Acquires BLV Licht- und Vakuumtechnik GmbH of Germany (as a lamp production and sales base)
1991 November	Acquires NIHON DENSHI GIJUTSU CO., LTD. (as an industrial electronic equipment production and sales base)
1992 April	Acquires projector division of Christie Electric Corp. of the United States and establishes CHRISTIE, INC. (as a projector-related equipment production and sales base; currently CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS U.S.A, Inc.)
1992 June	Establishes USHIO DEUTSCHLAND GmbH (as a lamp sales base) in Germany
1995 August	Establishes USHIO INTERNATIONAL B.V. (a holding company) in Netherland
1996 January	Establishes USHIO PHILLIPINNES, INC. (as a lamp production and sales base) in the Philippines
1996 March	Establishes USHIO KOREA INC. (as a lamp sales base) in the Republic of Korea
1997 April	Establishes USHIO U.K., LTD. (as a lamp sales base) in the United Kingdom
1997 July	Establishes USHIO Research Institute of Technology Inc. (as an R&D center on light sources and optical devices; liquidated in February 2008)
1999 January	Establishes TAIWAN USHIO LIGHTING, INC. (as a lamp production and sales base) in Taiwan
1999 September	Acquires imaging equipment division of Electrohome Ltd. of Canada and establishes CHRISTIE SYSTEMS, INC. (a holding company; currently CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS, INC.), CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS, INC. (as a digital imaging equipment production and sales base; currently CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS CAMADA INC.), and CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS U.S.A., INC. (as a digital imaging equipment sales base)
2000 April	USHIO MARINE, INC. merged into USHIO U-Tech, INC.
2000 August	Establishes GIGAPHOTON, INC. (as a base for development, production, and sales of excimer laser for lithography)
2001 April	Restructured Christie Group (Christie Digital Systems, Inc., Christie Digital Systems U.S.A., Inc. and Christie Digital Systems Canada, Inc.)
2001 May	Establishes USHIO U-Tech (Hong Kong) CO., LTD.(as an industrial machinery sales base; later renamed USHIO LIGHTI NG (HONG KONG) CO., LTD.; liquidated in March 2010) in Hong Kong
2003 April	Acquires Event Audio Visual Group Inc. of the United States (as a base for imaging equipment rental business)
2003 July	Establishes USHIO SHANGHAI, INC. (as a lamp sales base) in the People's Republic of China
2004 March	Establishes USHIO (SUZHOU) CO., LTD. (as a lamp production and sales base) in the People's Republic of China
2004 April	USHIO LIGHTING, INC. and USHIO U-Tech, INC. merge with USHIO U-Tech, INC being the surviving company and the company name being USHIO LIGHTING, INC. USHIO OREGON, INC. merges into USHIO AMERICA, INC.
2004 August	Establishes CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS (SHANGHAI), LTD. (as a digital projector sales base) in the People's Republic of China.
2005 April	Establishes HYOGO USHIO LIGHTING, INC. (lamp production base)
2005 July	Acquires an equity (50%) in XTREME technologies GmbH of Germany (as a base for development, production, and sales of EUV light sources)
2005 October	Acquires NATRIUM S.A. of Poland (as a lamp production and sales base)
2007 July	Acquires Vista Controls System, Corp. of the United States (as a base for production and sales of visual information processing systems)
2008 January	Acquires EPITEX, INC. (as an LED production and sales base)
2008 April	Establishes USHIO SHENZHEN, INC. (as a lamp sales base) in the People’s Republic of China
2008 May	Acquires 100% equity in XTREME technologies GmbH and makes it a wholly owned subsidiary
2009 July	Acquires Necsel Intellectual Property, Inc. of the United States (as a base for development, production, and sales of semiconductor laser)
2009 December	Acquires Luminetx Corporation of the United States (as a medical equipment production and sales base; currently CHRISTIE MEDICAL HOLDINGS, INC.)
2010 June	Establishes CHRISTIE DIGITAL SYSTEMS（SHENZHEN） CO.,LTD. (as a base for production of digital imaging equipment) in China
2010 December	Acquires 100% equity in Necsel Intellectual Property, Inc. of the United States and makes it a wholly owned subsidiary (as a base for development, production, and sales of semiconductor lasers)
2011 May	Transfers all of its shares of GIGAPHOTON INC. to Komatsu Ltd.

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