1990s

Year Social Events Month FDK History
1990 Soviet Communists stepped down
Gulf Crisis
Bubble economy collapsed
Jul. FDK slogan, "Better Future with Reliable Technology," adopted
Sep. FDK Engineering established
Nov. FDK Lanka established
1991 Gulf War
Japan paid \9 bill. to Gulf fund
Naval boats to Persian Gulf
Warsaw Treaty came to an end
President Yeltsin elected
USSR Communist Party disbanded
Cambodian Peace Treaty
Soviet Union collapsed
Feb. HPF power supply models were released
Apr. Non-mercury carbon-zinc battery were released
Apr. Optical circulators were released
Jul. FDK Tatung (Thailand) founded
Jul. HUB for LAN were released
Aug. Non-cadmium carbon-zinc battery were released
Sep. IC card readers/writers were released
Oct. Transponder batteries were released
1992 Yugoslavia disbanded
Riot in Los Angeles
Riot against Thai government
PKO Law passed
China-S.Korea diplomacy resumed
PKO officers to Cambodia
Jan. HDD thin-film heads developed
- Non-mercury alkaline batteries were released
Mar. "Clean Energy" batteries were released
Apr. FDK Electronics established
Apr. VCO were released
Jun. Flash ROM cards were released
1993 EC Market unified
Liberal-Democrats in strife
Czechoslovakia divided
Record lean rice harvest
Israel recognizes PLO
Constructors' bribery races
Yeltsin quelled Congress
Apr. LAN Tester were released
Jun. Super High Performance Visual Inspector for solder developed
Jun. COM developed
Jul. Iwaki merged FDK Powertronics
Jul. Optical switches developed
Oct. FDK Sales estblished
Oct. Digital pumps were released
1994 Mandela elected President
Kim I.S. passed away
Mar. Xiamen FDK founded in China
Mar. GPS antennas were released
Sep. FDK Hong Kong established
Dec. Nanjing FDK established
1995 Hanshin earthquake
Sarin gas attack by AUM
U.S.-Vietnam deplomacy resumed
Yen soared to \74.75/$1
May Eel cutting machines were released
Apr. THOMSON FDK FRANCE founded
Apr. IPO opened in FDK Hong Kong
Aug. Shanghai FDK established
Oct. MR heads placed were released
1996 HIV lawsuit compromised Mar. FDK Lifetec established
Jan. File cards put were released
1997 - Mar. Optical attnuator developed
1998 - Sep. FDK ELECTRONICS UK LIMITED founded
1999 - - Multilayer inductors for high frequency were released

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