| 1973 |
Idea Institute founded with the principal
objective of providing global communication services
in multiple languages. Immediately receives orders
from Japan's largest export-oriented companies
for catalog, advertisement, and manual translation
work for overseas markets. Services available
in 20 languages.
|
| 1975 |
Begins offering design and layout work plus
printing services. Orders pour in from government-affiliated
companies. Continues to broaden the scope of
operations. |
| 1979 |
Becomes one of the first companies in the
Japanese translation industry to acquire U.S.-made
computerized typesetting equipment for Western
languages, causing productivity to soar. |
| 1984 |
Enters the technical writing field. |
| 1985 |
Introduces a U.S.-made electronic editing
system, which leads to a marked increase in desktop
publishing productivity. |
| 1986 |
Capital increased to ¥38.4 million. |
| 1988 |
Government and government-affiliated corporation
orders increase. Acquires a wider range of desktop
publication programs. Computer inventory vastly
expanded in order to construct more efficient
intra-office systems. |
| 1996 |
Acquires translation support software, leading
to another major surge in translation and desktop
publishing productivity.
|
| 1998 |
Offers Web site design services. |
| 1999 |
Offers localization services for online help
and software. |
| 2003 |
Idea moves into its own building in Ebisu,
Tokyo. |
| 2004 |
Capital increased to ¥80 million.
Support available in over 50 languages. |
