Corporate History

This section displays the timeline of the Company from the days as Nippon Electronics Development Co., Ltd. （NED） until present. It also describes in detail case examples of system development and R&D.

• May. 1965
  Established NED
  Capital: ¥10 million
• Jan. 1968
  Established Research Institute
• Feb. 1974
  Appointed to represent the Business Process Software Module Association's board of directors concerning technical research
• Sep. 1974
  Collaborated with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) and the Tanegashima Space Center in the development of the software to launch test rocket N1 from Osaki Launch Complex
  Launched full software system development business in the field of space development
• Nov. 1975
  Collaborated with NASDA in the development of the software to launch its Engineering Test Satellite and was commended by NASDA
• Oct. 1979
  Received official commendation from MITI for contributing to the advancement of computerization
• May. 1986
  Participated in the establishment of the Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF) as the sole software company (directing company)
• Jul. 1986
  Established Osaka Branch
• Jun. 1987
  Established Hachimanyama Office
• Dec. 1988
  Certified By METI asa System Integrater (SI) (one of the first in Japan)
• Jan. 1990
  Established Kyushu Branch
• Apr. 1990
  Established Chubu Technical Center
• Feb. 1991
  Established Hokkaido Technical Center
• Oct. 1994
  Established ERP (R/3) operation together with SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
• Jan. 1996
  USEF successfully recovered SFU, NED played a strategic role in the development of the Application Mgt System
• Sep. 1996
  Acquired ISO 9001 certification in the control system field
• Oct. 1996
  Launched sales of the business operation package for Lotus Notes, "mycabi" series
• Sep. 1998
  "Mycabi kinmu" was honored with the Best Design award by Lotus Development Corporation (USA)
• Apr. 1999
  Honored with the SAP Award of Excellence 1999 by SAP Japan Co., Ltd
• Sep. 1999
  Acquired ISO 9001 certification for the whole company
• Feb. 2000
  Acquired Privacy Mark certification
• Apr. 2000
  Honored with the SAP Award of Excellence 2000 by SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
• Jan. 2001
  Company name changed to "Keyware Solutions Inc."
• Mar. 2001
  Established subsidiary Keyware Service Inc.
• May 2001
  Honored with the SAP Award of Excellence 2001 by SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
• Aug. 2001
  Head office operations moved to Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Apr. 2002
  Established subsidiary Keyware Management Inc.
  Honored with the SAP Award of Excellence 2002 by SAP Japan Co., Ltd.
  Acquired ISMS certification (Head office)
• Mar. 2003
  Approved as SO company by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Apr. 2003
  Established subsidiaries Keyware Hokkaido Inc., Keyware Nishinippon Inc., and Keyware Kyusyu Inc.
• Jul. 2003
  Acquired ISMS certification (Keyware Group level)
• Jun. 2004
  Initiated EA consulting operations
• Sep. 2004
  Acquired NEC UNIVERGE Application Partner Authorization
• Mar. 2005
  Acquired NEC UNIVERGE Sales Partner Diamond Authorization
  Established the “Keyware UNIVERGE Shinjuku Solutions Center” (IP telephony demonstration room for corporate customers) at head office
• Apr. 2005
  Initiated keyCOMPASS operations
• Dec. 2005
  Acquired environment management system certification (Keyware Group level)
• Jun. 2006
  Keyware’s shares listed on the JASDAQ system (Stock code: 3799)
  Capital raised to ¥1,737 million
• Mar. 2008
  Keyware’s shares listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Stock code: 3799)
• Apr. 2008
  Acquired CREVA SYSTEMS Co., Ltd.
• Mar. 2009
  Honored with the TSE Disclosure New Face Award (Fiscal 2008)
• Feb. 2010
  Concluded special agreement with NTT DATA INTRAMART CORPORATION for Bizintegral solutions sales
• Nov. 2010
  Honored with the Excellent Project Partner's Award of the Autumn 2010 Bizintegral Award by NTTDATA BIZINTEGRAL CORPORATION
• Apr. 2011
  Initiation of joint operations with Oracle Corporation Japan for consulting service for the implementation of Oracle Exadata Database Machines
• Jun. 2011
  Conclusion of basic business partner agreement with IFS Japan K.K.
• Apr. 2012
  Merged with Keyware Management Inc.
  Established Tohoku Branch
• Jun. 2012
  Head office operations moved to Hachimanyama Office
• May. 2013
  Honored with the Sales Partner’s Award of the Spring 2013 Bizintegral Award by NTTDATA BIZINTEGRAL CORPORATION
• Apr. 2015
  Established branch offices in Sapporo, Osaka, and Fukuoka
• May. 2017
  Established a joint venture company, Iter Corporation.
  Honored with the Excellent Award of the 2017 Bizintegral Award by NTTDATA BIZINTEGRAL CORPORATION
• May. 2018
  Honored with the ASTERIA Contribution Award 2018 by Asteria Corporation
• Jun. 2018
  Honored with the WebPerformer Excellent Award (Fiscal 2018) by Canon IT Solutions Inc.
• Jun. 2019
  Honored with the WebPerformer Excellent Award (Fiscal 2019) by Canon IT Solutions Inc.
• Jul. 2019
  Concluded capital and business alliance with HBA Corporation
  Concluded capital and business alliance with Tecnos Data Science Engineering Inc.
• Jul. 2020
  Honored with the Excellent Award of the 2020 Bizintegral Award by NTTDATA BIZINTEGRAL CORPORATION
• May. 2021
  Concluded capital and business alliance with KANEMATSU ELECTRONICS LTD.
  Concluded capital and business alliance with Canon Marketing Japan Inc.
  Honored with the WebPerformer Partner Excellent Award (Fiscal 2021) by Canon IT Solutions Inc.
• Jun. 2021
  Honored with the Superior Award of the 2021 Bizintegral Award by NTTDATA BIZINTEGRAL CORPORATION
• Aug. 2021
  Established subsidiary OGAL Inc.
• Nov. 2021
  Concluded capital and business alliance with JR East Information Systems Company
• Jul. 2022
  Established subsidiary Keyware Tohoku Inc.
• May. 2023
  Honored with the WebPerformer DX Promotion Award by Canon IT Solutions Inc.
• Jun. 2023
  Honored with the Special Project Award of the 2023 intra-mart Award 2023 by NTT DATA INTRAMART CORPORATION
• Jul. 2023
  Honored with the Excellent Award of the 2023 Bizintegral Award by NTTDATA BIZINTEGRAL CORPORATION
• Sep. 2023
  Honored with the Award of Privacy Mark 25th Anniversary Award by JIPDEC