| 1957 | Began to deal with Japan Oil Seal Industrial Co., Ltd. as a private enterprise. |
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| Press processing of oil seal metal case. | |
| 1959 | Established Nisshin Production, Ltd. |
| 1967 | Established Kawamata Industrial Co., Ltd. in Fukushima as a related company. |
| ・Press processing of oil seal metal case. | |
| 1978 | Began to deal with the Ibaragi factory of Japan Mektron Co., Ltd. |
| Established Echo Electricity Co., Ltd. in Fukushima Pref. | |
| ・Production of cassette mechanism as a cooperation factory of Alps Electricity Co., Ltd. | |
| 1982 | Began to deal with the South Ibaragi factory of Japan Mektron Co., Ltd. |
| Busbar cutting for power source/Assembling. | |
| 1983 | Commenced business dealings with Sumitomo 3M Ltd. |
| Commenced processing of damping viscoelastic materials. | |
| 1986 | Obtained N1-V (qualification for acceptance without inspection) from Delco Electric Company (USA) as Echo Electricity Co., Ltd. within the Alpine Group. |
| 1991 | Commenced business dealings as Echo Electricity Co., Ltd. with the Commercial Consumer Manufacturing Management Division at Sumitomo 3M Ltd., Sagamihara Plant. |
| Office product manufacturing. | |
| 1992 | In October, Nisshin Manufacturing Co., Ltd. changed its organizational structure and name from Nisshin Seisakusho Co., Ltd. |
| 1997 | At Kawamata Factory, established press-processing technology for new high-strength steel sheet products for automatic transmissions. |
| 1999 | December: Began business with Iwate 3M Co., Ltd. |
| 2001 | April 13: Obtained ISO 9002 certification. |
| Established press die technology for integrated metal and viscoelastic material blanking without adhesive overflow (joint patent with Sumitomo 3M Co., Ltd.). | |
| 2002 | Established thin-sheet magnesium alloy press-processing technology and concurrently built press machines for magnesium alloy: four 100-ton and four 50-ton presses. |
| 2003 | December: Transferred the group’s oil-seal ring business, power-supply components for wiring, and die-making business by business transfer; adopted the current business focus. |
| 2004 | April 8: Merged related companies Kawamata Kogyo Co., Ltd. and Echo Denki Co., Ltd.; adopted the trade name Echo Denki Co., Ltd. |
| May 1: Obtained ISO 9001 certification. | |
| September: Began business with Yamagata 3M Co., Ltd. | |
| 2005 | April: Began business with 3M Healthcare Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| 2007 | March: Completed prototype development of a PCB visual inspection machine (received a small and medium enterprise new business activity support subsidy from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry). |
| 2010 | May 1: Obtained ISO 9001:2008 certification. |
| 2011 | May: Completed prototype of a cover-slip punching device used for passaging adherent cultured cells (received product prototyping support subsidy from Fukushima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Center). |
| June 27: Consolidated factory functions from Headquarters and Hirono Plant into Shirakawa City; renamed as Shirakawa Plant. | |
| 2012 | January 18: Received manufacturing approval for general medical devices at Shirakawa Plant. Approval number: 07BZ200039 |
| 2014 | March 19: Completed FDA registration for Strip Menisco Metric Tube (SMTube). |
| October 6: Obtained ISO 13485:2003 / EN ISO 13485:2012 certification. | |
| November: Obtained Singapore HSA medical regulatory approval. | |
| 2015 | January: Developed and launched an appearance inspection machine for optical waveguide substrates. |
| April: Obtained South Korea MFDS medical regulatory approval. | |
| May: Obtained patent for Strip Menisco Metric Tube (Patent No. 5,757,371). | |
| 2020 | October 7: Obtained ISO 14001:2015 certification. |
| 2021 | |
| January: Completed registration with China NMPA. | |
| December: Registered the veterinary tear retention volume test device “tear Q-Check” with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. |
