December 1976 Zukei Shori Gijutsu Kenkyusho Inc. was established in Isogo-ku, Yokohama
June 1978 Japan's first full scale CAD/CAM system "Create 2000," for the design of printed circuit boards was developed.
June 1979 Circuit design package was developed.
Zuken's first home, the Kanagawaken Tosou Kaikan Building in Isogo. Zuken's first home, the Kanagawaken Tosou Kaikan Building in Isogo.Minicomputer based Create 2000 Minicomputer based Create 2000
March 1981 Head office moved to Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama.
August 1981 A package for the automatic design of digital printed circuit boards was developed.
February 1982 "ES-II?(ESW-II)," an automatic formatting system for hand drawn circuit diagrams was developed.
July 1983 Opening of the Osaka Branch (now the Kansai Branch).
November 1983 ZUKEN AMERICA Inc. (now ZUKEN USA Inc.) was established in California in the United States.
February 1984 "ES-II" received the Nikkei Superior Products and Services Award from Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.
March 1985 The name of "Create 1000" was changed to "CR-2000."
June 1985 The company's name was changed from "Zukei Shori Gijutsu Kenkyusho Inc." to "Zuken Inc."
June 1985 "LD-1," a work station for designing logical circuits was developed.
June 1985 "CD-300," a mechanical CAD system was developed.
June 1986 "CR-2000Hi," compatible with surface mounted circuit boards was developed.
October 1986 Zuken's interactive automatic wiring software received Kanagawa
Prefecture Technology Development Grand Prize.
June 1987 Shares were registered with the Japan Securities Dealers Association as over-the-counter registered stock.
August 1987 "Analog Workstation," an analog circuit CAE system was developed.
September 1987 "Logic Workstation," a logical circuit CAE system was developed.
January 1988 "CR-3000(PWS)," a printed circuit board CAE/CAD/CAM network workstation was developed.
January 1988 "Flex," surface mounted circuit board compatible grid free automatic wiring software was developed.
May 1988 "MWS," an engineering workstation for mechanical design was developed.
October 1988 Signed a contract with IBM of the United States for OEM supply of the CR-3000 software.
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January 1990 "Flex 2," high density grid-less automatic wiring software was developed.
March 1990 Head Office and R&D Center was completed in Midori-ku, Yokohama (now Tsuzuki-ku), and the head office was moved to this building.
January 1991 Agreement signed with America's Hewlett-Packard for OEM distribution of Zuken's EDS software, and marketing of the software began under the name "CR-3000/EDS."
October 1991 Registered in the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange as a first EDA corporation.
January 1992 ZUKEN EUROPE GmbH (now ZUKEN GmbH) established in Germany.
January 1992 ZUKEN KOREA Inc. established in Seoul.
May 1992 Opening of the Sendai branch office.
June 1992 Opening of the Nagoya branch office.
November 1992 ZUKEN SINGAPORE Pte. Ltd established in Singapore.
August 1993 Opening of the Beijing office in Beijing, China.
April 1994 EDA vertical integration solution "CR-5000" was developed.
June 1994 Zuken acquired all the shares of Racal-Redac Ltd. of the United Kingdom.
September 1994 Moved up to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
November 1995 "CR-5000/PWS for Windows," a printed circuit board CAD/CAM system was developed.
May 1996 "ePDM DS-1," a PDM solution specially designed for the electronics industry was developed.
May 1997 Zuken Process Design Kenkyusho Inc. (Now Zsas Inc.) established.
February 1998 In accordance with its "Open and Alliance" business strategy, Zuken moved forward with efforts to create business tie-ups with overseas firms.
June 1999 Opening of "Zuken EMC Lab," the first noise measurement facility to be established by an EDA vendor.
October 1999 "EMC Advisor," an EMC design verification tool was developed.
The CR-5000 logo, popularly known as logo with whiskers. The "CR-5000" logo, popularly known as "logo with whiskers."
Each individual tool's logo was shown together with this.Zuken EMC Lab Zuken EMC LabHead Office/Central Research Facility (on completion) Head Office/Central Research Facility (on completion)
March 2000 Zuken acquired all the shares of INCASES Engineering Gmbh.
December 2000 Zuken Tecnomatix Inc.was established as a joint venture with Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd.
February 2001 Chip One Stop, Inc. was established as a joint venture.
April 2001 "Board Modeler," a printed circuit board 3D system was developed.
April 2001 Zuken Netwave Inc. established.
June 2001 Opening of "elecTrade," a portal site for the electronic equipment manufacturing industry.
March 2002 Started provision of a wire harness design environment for the automotive industry.
June 2002 "ADM System," a full scale DFM solution was developed.
August 2002 ZUKEN (SHANGHAI) TECHNICAL CENTER Co. Ltd. was established In China.
October 2003 Commencement of joint operations with IBM Japan and Dassault Systemes, centering on electromechanical collaborative design.
February 2004 Announcement of "ePLM DS-2," a PLM solution specially designed for the electrical and electronics industries.
April 2004 "Design Gateway," a system level circuit design system was developed.
June 2005 Announcement of "CR-5000/Lightning," a high speed design solution.
August 2005 ZUKEN TAIWAN Inc. established in Taiwan.
April 2006 Inventure Inc. established.
May 2006 Zuken acquired Germany's CIM-TEAM (Now ZUKEN E3 GmbH).
July 2006 "Project Conductor," a product development project management solution was developed.
September 2006 Zuken formed a business alliance with America's Rio Design Automation.
October 2006 "DFM Center," a production design and manufacturability verification system was developed.
May 2007 CADLAB Inc.was established.
June 2007 Release of "V54EE," a mechanical CAD system specially designed for the electronics industry, based on "Catia V5."
October 2007 "System Planner," a system level conceptual design environment was developed.
May 2008 Zuken commenced joint operations with Mamezou Co., Ltd. for the application of "Project Conductor" in the embedded software development sector.
June 2008 Zuken acquired a 27% share in Elmic Wescom, Inc., and made it an associated company accounted for by the equity method.
January 2009 "The Partner for Success" was adopted as Zuken's corporate slogan.
June 2009 The SOC division was split up and integrated with Elmic Wescom, Inc. and at the same time Zuken received a share allotment from that company bringing Zuken's ration of voting rights to 40.4%. This made Elmic Wescom a consolidated subsidiary of Zuken based on the effective control standards.
June 2009 Enterprise PLM Presight was released.
July 2009 1st: The name of Elmic Wescom, Inc. was changed to Zuken Elmic Inc.
Zuken Center Minami Building Zuken Center Minami BuildingZuken Gmbh/Emc Technology Center (formerly INCASES) in Paderborn, Germany Zuken Gmbh/Emc Technology Center (formerly INCASES) in Paderborn, Germany
May 2010 Zuken acquired a 14% share in Lattice Technology Co., Ltd., becoming the second biggest shareholder.
July 2010 In collaboration with Ulvac, Inc., "DFM Center for Inkjet (now DFM Inkjet) a solution for the printed electronics market, was released.
June 2011 Release of "Visual BOM," a new generation engineering platform that merges bill of materials technology with the ultra lightweight 3D format XVL.
October 2011 Worldwide release of the "CR-8000 Series," a new generation electronic device design platform, and the start of sales of the new product "Design Force" completed Zuken's system level electronics design environment.
February 2012 Zuken transferred its share in Inventure Inc. to Synopsis, Inc.
May 2013 Zuken Received Toyota Motor "Award of Excellence" as a "Commendation in the IT Field" for 2012
September 2013 "Zuken SOZO Center" was established in Silicon Valley, North America
August 2014 Global Automotive and Transportation Competence Center was established in Erlangen, Germany
December 2014 Zuken and Toyo Business Engineering Concluded an Agreement on Their Capital and Business Alliance
February 2015 DiverSync Corporation was established.
March 2015 ZUKEN INDIA Pte. Ltd established in India.
July 2015 Zuken took over YDC Corporation's CADVANCE business (CAD and PDM operations)
Zuken completed its system level electronics design environment with its new product Design Force. Zuken completed its system level electronics design environment with its new product "Design Force".