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History of Marubeni Solutions Corp. and its group of companies   History of the former Marubeni Information Systems Co., Ltd.
May 1965
  MI Technical Services Co., Ltd., official predecessor of today's Marubeni Information Systems, established
1960  
April 1971
  Marubeni Electronics Co., Ltd. established
December 1974
  Martec International Corp. (now MSOL USA) established as joint venture with Marubeni Corp.
1970  
June 1981
  MSOL USA opens branch in Santa Clara, California, USA
October 1981
  Former Marubeni Electronics Co., Ltd. splits into new Marubeni Electronics Co., Ltd. and Marubeni Hi-Tech Corp.
April 1984
  MSOL USA opens a branch in Singapore
1980
August 1981
  Marubeni Information Systems Co., Ltd. established by spinning off Marubeni Corp. Computer Center
October 1981
  Begins providing integrated IT operations services for Marubeni Corp.
April 1983
  Launches software development services
October 1988
  Launches general type-II telecommunications services
April 1989
  Merges with Ryutsu Jouhou Service Co., Ltd.
December 1995
  Toyobeni Microelectronics Co., Ltd., a joint venture, established in China (operations eventually transferred to HaiHong Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. in 2002)
October 1997
  Marubeni Hi-Tech Corp. and Marubeni Electronics Co., Ltd. merge; company name changed to Marubeni Solutions Corp. (MSOL)

 

1990
April 1994
  Merges with Marubeni Telecom International Ltd.
March 1996
  Attains certification under Secure Information Systems Accreditation Scheme for Information Processing Service Companies
September 1996
  Attains license from the Governor of Tokyo for telecommunications construction business
September 1999
  Attains ISO9002:1994 certification
January 2000
  MSOL USA becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSOL
September 2001
  ISO 14001: 2004 certification attained
June 2002
  HaiHong Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., joint venture with Sunhelm Investment Co., Ltd., established in China
May 2005
  A portion of the networking operations belonging to Marubeni Network Systems Co., Ltd. transferred to MSOL
March 2006
  Information Security Management System certification attained
May 2006
  Privacy Mark certification attained
December 2006
  Information Security Management System certification shifts from ISMS certification standard ver. 2.0 to ISO/IEC 27001: 2005
2000
March 2000
  Attains certification as a specific system operations company; registered and certified as a systems integration service company
October 2000
  Merges with Marubeni Software Co., Ltd.
January 2002
  Attains Information Security Management System certification
November 2002
  Concludes comprehensive business and capital partnership agreement with Hitachi, Ltd.
April 2003
  Attains ISO 9001: 2000 certification
Attains joint certification under Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Program for Hosting and Application Services and HP SP Signature Certified program (ITIL basis)
September 2003
  Attains Privacy Mark certification
November 2004
  Attains BS 7799-2: 2002 certification
December 2006
  Information Security Management System certification shifts from ISMS certification standard ver. 2.0 to ISO/IEC 27001: 2005/JIS Q 27001: 2006
March 2007
  Becomes wholly-owned subsidiary of Marubeni Corp.
August 2007
  Merger of Marubeni Information Systems Co., Ltd. with Marubeni Solutions Corp. announced
Merger forms new Marubeni Information Systems Co., Ltd.
October 2007
  New Marubeni Information Systems Co., Ltd. established
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