'50 July Established Star Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with a capital of  ¥ 500,000 in Tegoshi, Shizuoka to manufacture and sell wristwatches and camera parts.
	'58 August Began sales of a cam-type automatic lathe.

	'60 October Established Tokai Seimitsu Co., Ltd. in a partnership with Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.(Now Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.) to mass-produce wristwatch screws.
	'65 September Absorbed Tokai Seimitsu Co., Ltd. and changed company name to Star Micronics Co., Ltd.

	'71 September Moved to Nakayoshida (present location). Began manufacturing and sales of electronic buzzers.
	'76 October Began manufacturing and sales of CNC automatic lathes.
	'77 January Established Star Micronics America, Inc. in New York, USA(Currently located in New Jersey).
	'79 July Began manufacturing and sales of small printers.

	'81 October Listed Company stock on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange. Began manufacturing and sales of computer printers.
	'83 May Built new Ihara Factory in Nanatsushinya, Shimizu City.
	'83 September Established Star Micronics Asia Ltd. in Hong Kong.
	'84 April Built new Kikugawa Factory in Kikugawa, Ogasa.
	'84 August Listed company stock on the First Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.
	'84 November Established Star Micronics UK Ltd. in London, UK(Company name changed to Star Micronics Europe Ltd. in June 2003).
	'89 January Established Star Micronics Manufacturing Dalian Co., Ltd. in Dalian, China.

	'90 October Listed company stock on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
	'91 October Established Star Micronics AG in Zurich, Switzerland.
	'92 February Established A&S Precision Machine Tools Ltd. in Derbyshire, U.K(Company name changed to Star Micronics GB Ltd. in October 2003).
	'95 August Established Hirschman Corporation in New York, USA(Company name changed to Star CNC Machine Tool Corporation in September, 1997).
	'96 August Established LAGRO Werkzeugmaschien-Handels GmbH & Co. KG in Germany(Merged with three other German subsidiaries in May 2004).
	'98 December Built new Fujimi Factory in Nagasaki, Shimizu City.

	'00 March Started manufacture and sales of microphones, speakers and receivers.
	'00 August Established Star America Holding,Inc. in Delaware, USA.
	'01 April Increased equity ownership in Dalian Sande Electronics Co., Ltd. in Dalian, China, and made it a subsidiary. Established Shanghai S&E Precision Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China.
	'02 December Established Shanghai Xingang Machinery Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China.
	'04 March Began shipment of CNC automatic lathes as finished products to Star Micronics Manufacturing Dalian Co., Ltd.
	'04 May Four German subsidiaries merged into Star Micronics GmbH.
	'05 March Established Star Micronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Samutprakarn, Thailand.
	'05 September New wing added to kikugawa Factory.
	'07 April Established S&K Precision Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd. in Autthaya, Thailand.

	'10 February Acquired additional shares of S&K Precision Technologies (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. which thereby became a wholly-owned subsidiary.