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| May. 1975 |
MELCO founded as an audio equipment manufacturer. |
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| Aug. 1978 |
MELCO Inc. established.
Markets a high-end string driven turntable. |
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| Jul. 1981 |
Enters personal computer peripherals market. |
P-ROM Writer "RPP-01" |
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| Nov. 1982 |
Launches Printer Buffer"PB-32". |
Printer Buffer"PB-32"
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| Oct. 1986 |
Opens a sales branch in Tokyo. |
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| Oct. 1988 |
Markets Japan's first EMS board. |
EMS board "EMJ-8000"
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| Sep. 1990 |
Established BUFFALO LOGISTICS INC.กก |
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| Sep. 1991 |
Opens an office in Osaka. |
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| Oct. 1991 |
MELCO registered with JASDAQ market. |
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| Jan. 1992 |
Opens High-Technology Center in Nagoya. |
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| Jun. 1992 |
Forms BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY INC., in Taiwan. |
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| Aug. 1992 |
Markets LAN and CPU accelerators. |
LAN "NLP98-U"
CPU Accelerator"HSP-D2S"
 |
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| May. 1993 |
Enters multimedia field with Windows Accelerator. |
Windows Accelerator
"WAB-S"
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| Oct. 1993 |
Receives US Mentor Graphics' PCB Technology Award. |
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| Mar. 1994 |
Fully enters data storage drives, becoming a comprehensive PC peripherals manufacturer. |
Hard disk "DNA-515"
 |
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| Sep. 1994 |
Receives NSB* "Over-the-Counter Blue Chip Stock" award.
(*Nihon Shortwave Broadcasting Corporation) |
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| Jan. 1995 |
Expands the line-ups of IBM PC peripherals.
Listed in second section of Nagoya Stock Exchange. |
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| Aug. 1995 |
Listed in second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
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| Sep. 1995 |
Receives ISO 9001 certification. |
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| Nov. 1995 |
Began marketing DOS/V component PCs; shifted emphasis from manufacture of computer peripheral devices to manufacture of PC components. |
DOS/V component PCs |
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| Dec. 1995 |
Opened agencies in Fukuoka and Sendai. (now the Sendai and Fukuoka sales offices) |
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| Jan. 1996 |
Markets ISDN Remote Brouter. |
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| Jul. 1996 |
MELCO TECHNO SCHOOL INC. commenced operations at its computer technology school. (Japan) |
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| Sep. 1996 |
Listed in the first section of Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchanges. |
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| Oct. 1996 |
Marketed Component PC "Mini-Compo".
Marketed Liquid Crystal Display "FTD" series.
Made CFD SALES INC. a subsidiary. |
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| Feb. 1997 |
Opened Nagoya Customer Support Center. (Japan) |
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| Apr. 1997 |
Opened Akihabara Customer Support Center. (Japan) |
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| Oct. 1997 |
Introduced divisional organization. Opened Osaka Customer Support Center. (Japan) |
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| Jan. 1998 |
TechWorks(Delaware),Inc.became a subsidiary. (U.S.A) |
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| Apr. 1998 |
Markets PC/100 compatible memory "VSJ" series. |
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| Sep. 1998 |
Opened Atsuta Office. (Japan) |
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| Dec. 1998 |
Acquired TechWorks (UK) Limited and TechWorks (Ireland) Limited.
(now BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY UK LIMITED and BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY IRELAND LIMITED) |
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| Jan. 1999 |
Launched the wireless LAN to the market. |
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| Aug. 1999 |
MELCO FINANCE INC. commenced operations in securities. |
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| Nov. 1999 |
Began marketing memory for Rambus devices. |
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| Feb. 2000 |
Established BUFFALO TECHNOLOGY (U.S.A.),INC. |
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| Apr. 2000 |
Began marketing the wireless LAN "AirStation". |
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| Jun. 2000 |
Opened Nagoya Station Office Center. (Japan) |
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| Oct. 2000 |
Received Good Design Award for AirStation wireless LAN |
Wireless LAN / AirStation
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| Jan. 2001 |
Began Internet service business; Obained Enviromental System ISO14001 Certification.
Received ISO 14001 certification.
Formed BUFFALO Service Alliance. |
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| Mar. 2001 |
Established joint venture company Digital Reuse Inc. |
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| Oct. 2001 |
Received Good Design Awards for card reader and CD-RW drive |
card reader
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CD-RW drive
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| Jul. 2002 |
Announced FreeSpot to promote Internet wireless spot service. |
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| Oct. 2002 |
Received Good Design Award for AirStation wireless LAN |
Wireless LAN / AirStation
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| Mar. 2003 |
BUFFALO LEASE INC. began broadband equipment rental business |
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| Oct. 2003 |
Established Melco Online Entertainment Corp.
MELCO HOLDINGS INC.listed in first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange & Nagoya Stock Exchange.
Shifted to a holding company system. |
Received Good Design Awards for BroadBand router and Wireless LAN and Hard disk
Wireless LAN / WLA-G54C
 |
BroadBand router / WHR2-G54
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Hard disk / HD-HLAN series
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| Feb. 2004 |
Launched the Network Media Player "LinkTheater" |
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| Jun. 2004 |
Established MELCO PERSONNEL SUPPORT INC. as an agency for temporary staf |
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| Aug. 2004 |
Established MELCO ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED to provide advice on funds management
Merged MELCO FINANCE INC. with BUFFALO INC. |
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| Sep. 2004 |
Wireless spot service "FREESPOT" exceeds 2,000 registered locations. |
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| Dec. 2004 |
Established Melco Techno-Service Inc. |
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| Dec. 2005 |
Wireless spot service "FREESPOT" exceeds 3,000 registered locations. |
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| Apr. 2006 |
Cumulative sales of the Wireless LAN "AirStation" exceed 10 million units. |
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