1948 |
Apr |
Founder Masatomi Osako established what later became ZENRIN Publishing in Beppu, Oita, and began publishing residential maps. |
1954 |
Mar |
Head office was moved to the city of Kokura, Fukuoka (present day Kokurakita-ku in the city of Kitakyushu). |
1983 |
Jul |
Changed company name to ZENRIN CO., LTD. |
1984 |
May |
Established Automatic Residential Map Production Systems and launched the Residential Map Application System. |
1992 |
Jun |
Released ZENRIN Navisoft National in-car navigation software that complies with standards developed by the Navigation System Researchers' Association. |
1994 |
Sep |
Listed on the Fukuoka Stock Exchange. |
1995 |
Nov |
Opened European representative office in Dusseldorf, Germany. |
1996 |
Jul |
Opened U.S. representative office in San Francisco. |
1996 |
Sep |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Securities Exchange. |
1997 |
Apr |
Established consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN EUROPE B.V., on the outskirts of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. |
2000 |
Apr |
Established consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN USA INC. in San Francisco. |
2000 |
Apr |
Established consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. to handle Internet distribution of digital maps. |
2000 |
Jun |
Launched the ZENRIN Digital Mobile Phone Map digital map distribution service for mobile phones. |
2001 |
Aug |
Established consolidated subsidiary GEO Technical Laboratory Co., Ltd. to conduct R&D aimed at developing 3-D mapping technologies. |
2005 |
Oct |
Dissolved ZENRIN EUROPE B.V. in response to changing market conditions and established ZENRIN EUROPE GmbH in Düsseldorf, Germany. |
2006 |
Feb |
Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. established a business and capital alliance with Recruit Co., Ltd. |
2006 |
Mar |
Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
2007 |
Jun |
Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. established a business and capital alliance with NTT DoCoMo, Inc. with the aim of expanding and promoting map services for mobile phones. |
2007 |
Oct |
Developed Guidable City Model (GCM) for the North American and European markets. |
2009 |
Mar |
ZENRIN formulated and released its long-term management initiative, the ZENRIN GROWTH PLAN 2013. |
2009 |
Apr |
Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. converted ZENRIN PROMO Co., Ltd. (consolidated subsidiary), a novel sales promotion company, into a subsidiary. |
2009 |
Jul |
Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. converted consolidated subsidiary Knockin'on, Inc., which operates Internet-focused advertising agencies, into a subsidiary. |
2009 |
Aug |
Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO., LTD. established a business and capital alliance with NTT DoCoMo, Inc. with the aim of enhancing services in the location information distribution business using mobile phones. |
2010 |
Mar |
Announced the inauguration of Actiz, a new communication media business, to support regional revitalization. |
2010 |
Oct |
Consolidated subsidiary ZENRIN DataCom CO.,LTD., underwrote new shares issued through the third-party allocation of ZERO-SUMTM, LTD., which handles developments of applications for overseas mobile devices market. |
2011 |
Jun |
Formed a business and capital affiliation with C.E.Info Systems Pvt. Ltd. a large Indian map company. |
2011 |
Nov |
Issued printed residential maps featuring emergency temporary housing and information on areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. |
2011 |
Dec |
Started releasing Maketing Contents Series. |
2012 |
May |
ZENRIN formulated and released its middle-term management initiative, the ZENRIN GROWTH PLAN 2015. |
2012 |
Oct |
Launched the ZENRIN Residential Map distribution service for smartphones. |
2012 |
Dec |
Established unconsolidated subsidiary ZENRIN PlusOne with the aim of strengthening the editing system of publishing business. |
2013 |
Apr |
Integrated Tokyo head office functions and established Tokyo Head Office |
2014 |
Oct |
Converted Septeni Direct Marketing to a subsidiary, including the company naming change to ZENRIN BIZNEXUS |
2015 |
May |
Announced the Mid - Long Term Business Plan " ZENRIN GROWTH PLAN 2020 (ZGP2020)" |
2016 |
Jan |
Commercial release of the first series of map designed stationary goods "mati mati"utilizing map data. |
2016 |
Apr |
Subsidized GIS marketing company ZENRIN GEO INTELLIGENCE CO., LTD. to enhance GIS business. |
2016 |
Sep |
Subsidized Abalta Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiary company Abalta Technologies EOOD to to enhance global business. |
2017 |
Jun |
Completed the full coverage for residential map data of Japan by publishing the first release of "Residential Map" of 7 towns within islands of Tokyo. |
2017 |
Sep |
Subsidized DAITO Marketing Solutions Inc. to enhance marketing solution business. |