| 1965 | Company founded |
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| 1971 | Name changed to UNIKA CO., LTD. Unika Concrete Drill launched |
| 1981 | Gumma Factory built near Tatebayashi City; manufacture of hole cutter products began |
| 1987 | Head Office and Tokyo Office combined and moved to current location, to accommodate business expansion. |
| 1991 | Iwate Factory built to increase production capacity and manufacture new products with ceramic, diamond and other special materials |
| 1995 | UR21 Multifunction Core Drill Series W recognized with the Good Design Award of the Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry New factory opened near Beijing, China, as LANGFANG RIZHI MACHINERY & TOOL CO., LTD |
| 1997 | Distribution Center established on the grounds of the Gunma Factory Vie-Pan Industrial Co., Ltd. established in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam as a base for expansion in Southeast Asia |
| 1998 | Launch of the first “environmentally friendly” product, the Q-Bit Dust Suction Drill System First cordless drills launched |
| 1999 | New factory completed by Langfang Rizhi Machinery & Tool in China Production department of Gunma Factory integrated into Iwate Factory |
| 2000 | The entire Japan staff toured the new factory in China |
| 2001 | Iwate Factory production area expanded |
| 2002 | Unika and obtained ISO 9001:2000 certification |
| 2003 | US sales initiated through a national retail chain |
| 2005 | UNIKA MACHINERY & TOOL CO., LTD. founded to expand production and marketing capacities in China China factory began consignment production for an American company |
| 2008 | UNIKA VIETNAM CO., LTD. established in connection with construction of a new Vietnam factory Unika Vietnam Co. acquired majority interest in Vie-Pan Industrial Co. which was renamed UNIKA VIE-PAN CO., LTD. |
| 2009 | Unika Vietnam factory obtained ISO 9001:2008 certification |
| 2010 | China factories at Langfang Rizhi Machinery & Tool and Unika Machinery & Tool obtained ISO 9001:2008 certification |
| 2011 | Japanese company name changed to UNIKA HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED, as a pure holding company structure was introduced UNIKA CO., LTD. reincorporated as a tool production and marketing company |
| 2012 | Representative office was established in Bangalore, India |
| 2013 | Indian representative office was locally incorporated and UNIKA INIDIA PVT. LTD. was founded as a sales office for India, the Middle and Near East, and African countries. UNIKA ASEAN TRADING CO., LTD. founded as sales office for ASEAN nations. VIE-PAN INDUSTRIAL PARK CO., LTD. founded to develop an industrial park for Japanese small and medium sized companies, “VIE-PAN TECHNO PARK”. |
| 2015 | Q-Bit UX Dust Suction Drill System registered with the New Technology Information System (NETIS) of the Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. |
| 2017 | Europe representative office was established in Strasbourg, France |
| 2018 | Iwate Factory production area was expanded. Unika Vietnam Factory was relocated and newly built in the area of VIE-PAN TECHNO PARK. UNIKA EUROPE SAS was founded as sales office for Europe. |
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