JST

History of JST

• Established J.S.T.Mfg.Co.,Ltd. and opened Kurayoshi Factory.
• The first Solderless Terminals/Splice of domestic made was manufactured there.


• 1958
• Opened Tokyo Sales Office.


• 1962
• Opened Nagoya Sales Office.
• Established J.S.T.Electronics Industry Co.,Ltd.and opened Tsuyama Factory.


• 1963
• Main products registered to UL standard of U.S.A.(Next to top in Japan).


• 1964
• Established J.S.T.Trading Co.,Ltd.


• 1965
• Established Urayasu Manufacturing Co.,Ltd.and opened Urayasu Factory.


• 1967
• Opened Fukuoka Sales Office.
• Opened Osaka Sales Office, independent of Sales Dept. of Head Office.


• 1969
• Established Shimane Electric Co.,Ltd.and opened Ooda Factory.
• Reorganized sales offices into J.S.T.Sales Co.,Ltd. (Kanto Sales Office,Nagoya Sales Office,Osaka sales Office,Fukuoka Sales Office)
• Started to manufacture chain terminals to distribute electric/electronic industry.


• 1970
• Uninsulated Solderless Terminal of JST was authorized to indicate the first


• 1971
• Opened Kurayoshi Sales Office.


• 1972
• Opened Engineering Center in Osaka.


• Started to manufacture JST's first crimp type connector,V connector,to distribute to electronic industry.


• 1973
• Opened Hiroshima Sales Office.


• Started to manufacture wire-to-wire connector,L connector.


• 1974
• To comply with demand of high density mount on PC board,started to manufacture multiple circuits wire-to-board connector,SHF connector.


• 1975
• Established J.S.TERMINAL CORP.OF AMERICA(J.S.T. CORPORATION of today) in U.S.A.


• 1977
• Established J.S.T.EUROPE N.V. in Belgium.


• 1979
• Opened Misasa Factory.
• Started to manufacture NR connector as the first Insulation Displacement Connector of JST. Started to manufacture RA connector as the first Industrial Equipment Connector.


• 1980
• Opened Production Engineering Center.


• 1981
• Established J.S.T. ESPANA, S.A. in Barcelona,Spain.
• Opened Innosho Plant.


• 1982
• Established J.S.T.(U.K.)Ltd. In United Kingdom.


• 1983
• Opened Nishi-Kurayoshi Plant.
• Mr.Teiji Takahashi,founder of JST,was awarded Commandeur de L'Ordre de Leopold II by the King of Belgium in recognition of contribution to Belgium economy.


• 1984
• Established J.S.T.Electronic Components Co.,Ltd.and opened Utsunomiya Plant.
• Opened Utsunomiya Sales Office.
• Established J.S.T.COMPONENTS(S) Pte.Ltd. in Singapore.
• Established J.S.T.DEUTSCHLAND GmbH in Germany.


• 1985
• Opened Oohara Factory.
• Started to manufacture EMI shielded D-subminiature J series connector to distribute to industrial Equipment market.


• 1987
• J.S.TERMINAL CORP.OF AMERICA was changed its name to J.S.T.CORPORATION.
• Opened Nagano Sales Office.
• Established J.S.T. FRANCE S.A. in France.
• Started to manufacture D-subminiature JK series.
• Developed ZR connector,the world first 1.5mm pitch insulation Displacement Connector to meet the demand of ultrahigh density mount on PC board.


• 1989
• Established J.S.T.(H.K.) Co.,Ltd. in Hong Kong.
• Opened J.S.T. FRANCE S.A. in Vitry-le-Francois, France.
• Opened Nishi-Tokyo Sales Office.


• 1990
• Opened Tokyo Engineering Center A.


• 1991
• Established J.S.T.COMPONENTS (Malaysia) SDN.BHD. in Malaysia. (Currently J.S.T.CONNECTORS (MALAYSIA SDN.BHD.))


• 1992
• Opened American Engineering Center (AEC) in USA.
• Developed PC card connector / D type,0.5mm pitch,88circuits and SMT type.


• 1993
• Opened Singapore Engineering Center (SPEC) in Singapore.
• Opened Engineering Center Europe (ECE) in Germany.
• Obtained ISO9002 approval (Nishi-Kurayoshi Plant,Kuurayoshi Factory and Misasa Factory).
• 1994 Osaka Sales Office moved to Joto-KU,Osaka-shi.
• Established J.S.T.ITALIA S.R.L. in Italy.
• Established P.T.J.S.T.BATAM in Indonesia.(Currently P.T. J.S.T. INDONESIA)
• J.S.T.Mfg.Co.,Ltd.,J.S.T.Sales Co.,Ltd.,J.S.T.Trading Co.,Ltd.,J.S.T.Electronic Products Mfg.Co.,Ltd. and J.S.T.Electronic Components Co.,Ltd. were merged under the name of J.S.T.Mfg.Co.,Ltd..


• 1995
• J.S.T. Corporation established a plant in Chicago, USA.
• Started to manufacture SR connector, 1.0mm pitch disconnectable Insulation Displacement Connector.


• 1996
• Established J.S.T.(SHANGHAI) Co.,Ltd. in Shanghai of China.
• Head Office moved to Joto-ku Osaka (same location as Osaka Sales Office is).
• Developed the multi harness automatic insulation displacement machine under the name of LASER to expand entry into the office equipment maker.
• 1997 Urayasu Factory moved to Kurayoshi in Tottori (in the site of Kurayoshi Factory).
• Started to manufacture SH/SHD connector, the world first 1.0mm pitch crimp style disconnectable connector.
• 1998 Established J.S.T. ELECTRONICS Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.
• 1999 Established J.S.T. (AUSTRALIA) Pty. Ltd. in Australia.
• Established J.S.T.OESTERREICH GMBH in Austria.
• Established J.S.T. MFG (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai of China.
• Opened Kurayoshi Production Engineering Center.
• Started to manufacture and sell SQS connector for the airbag, and entered the domestic automotive industry in earnest.
• 2000
• Established J.S.T. (KOREA) Co., Ltd. in Korea.
• Opened Jakarta Plant.
• Started to manufacture and sell the world's first 0.8mm pitch insulation displacement disconnectable SUR connector.(as of 2000)


• 2001
• Opened Yangsan Plant in Korea.
• Opened Shanghai Plant.
• Establised JAPANESE SOLDERLESS TERMINALS S.R.O. in Czech.
• Opened Nagoya Engineering Center.
• Established J.S.T.IMPORT EUROPE N.V. in Belgium.
• Opened J.S.T.COMPONENTS (THAILAND) Co.,Ltd. in Thailand.
• Opened the new plant in Shimane.
• Nagoya Engineering Center
• Nagoya Engineering Center


• 2002
• Established ECE-Paris.
• Established J.S.T. SALES KOREA Co., Ltd. in Korea.


• 2003
• Opened J.S.T. (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd.-Dalian Office in Dalian, China.


• 2004
• Established J.S.T.Brasil Eletronica Ltda.
• Opened Nishi-Kurayoshi Training Center.