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JST Mfg. Co., Ltd. was established in 1957.
Since then, our reputation for innovation and excellence has kept JST as one of the top ten connector
manufacturers in the world with annual sales of approximately \106 billion.

JST Group has a global network of production sites, R&D facilities, and service centers.
Our buisiness philosophy is to provide you with the most reliable, technologically advanced and
cost-efficient products.
■ Out line of J.S.T. ■
As our company name implies, Solderless Terminal, has real significance.

When JST was established in 1957, we were Japan's first manufacturer and distributor of Solderless Terminals.

Our founder Mr. Teiji Takahashi named it as Acchaku-Tanshi, which is used in Japanese Industrial Standard, JIS.

JST's technology of electrical connections, acquired by mass-production of Solderless Terminals, has continued
to evolve dynamically, thanks to the development of the electronics industry in Japan.

The same technology has been used for chain terminals and diversified connectors as well as wire terminating
tools and machines.

Many of the products that we make connectors for have been made more and more compact over the years.

Ultra thin PC connector for PC memory card, 0.5mm pitch board-to-board connector JMD, 0.5mm pitch FFC
(Flexible Flat Cable)/FPC(Flexible Printed Circuit) connector FLZ and many other connectors have been
developed and manufactured to comply with the various needs of the market.

JST's connectors have often enabled these dramatic improvements in size and function.
JST has an In-House Production System, from R&D of the product to the final manufacturing process.
We are geared towards total efficiency, serving with high productivity, and micron-level precision.
■ History of J.S.T. group ■
A.D. History
1957 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.
Started to manufacture chain terminals to distribute electric/electronic industry.
1970 Uninsulated Solderless Terminal of JST was authorized to indicate the first JIS mark in Japan.
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 ultra high 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.
1991 Established J.S.T. Components (Malaysia) SDN. BHD. in Malaysia.
1992 Established J.S.T. Real Estate N.V. in Belgium.
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, Kurayoshi 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.
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 Engineering Center Europe (ECE) moved to United Kingdom.
Established J.S.T. (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China.
Head Office moved to Joto-ku Osaka (same location as Osaka Sales Office is).
1997 Urayasu Factory moved to Kurayoshi (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. Sales America Co., Ltd.
Opened Jakarta Office.
Established J.S.T. Electronics Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.
Opened Korea Office.
1999 Established J.S.T. (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Established J.S.T. MFG (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in China.
Opened Kurayoshi Production Engineering Center.
2000 Established J.S.T. (Korea) Co., Ltd.
Opened Jakarta Plant.
2001 Opened Yangsan Plant in Korea.
Opened Shanghai Plant.
Established JAPANESE SOLDERLESS TERMINALS S.R.O. in Czech.
Opened Nagoya Engineering Center.
Opened J.S.T.Ｄeutschland GmbH.-Wolfsburg Branch in Germany.
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.
2002 Opened Europe Automotive Engineering Center (EAEC) in Paris, France.
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 Electronica Ltda.
Nishi-Kurayoshi Training Center is built.
2005 J.S.T. R&D Center Korea Co.,Ltd. is established.
J.S.T. R&D Center Deutschland Gmbh is established.
2006 Tsuyama Distribution Center is built.
2007 JST Group - JRDP S.A.S.U. is established.
J.S.T. R&D Center Shanghai Co.,Ltd. is established.
Malaysia Plant (N,I,U,S) is built.
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