| 1918 |
Namiki Manufacturing Company, forerunner of PILOT CORPORATION, founded. Started production and sales of fountain pens. |
| 1926 |
Overseas branches / offices established in London, New York, Shanghai and Singapore. Started sales of ink throughout Japan. |
| 1927 |
First mechanical pencils produced and sold. |
| 1938 |
Name of company changed to THE PILOT PEN CO., LTD. |
| 1948 |
Nagoya Ink Plant and Hiratsuka Plant established. Started sales of stationery |
| 1950 |
Nagoya Ink Plant became THE PILOT INK COMPANY, LTD.
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| 1952 |
Branch office opened in Osaka (became Western Sales Division in 1986) |
| 1954 |
PILOT PEN DI BRASIL, S.A. established. |
| 1959 |
First First oil-based ink markers produced and marketed. |
| 1960 |
PILOT KIKO CO., LTD (now THE PILOT PRECISION CO., LTD) established to increase production of mechanical pencils. |
| 1961 |
Started production and sales of ball point pens and Metaruby.
PILOT listed on second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange (Capital : 0.5 billion yen) |
| 1962 |
Hiratsuka Main Plant opened.
PILOT listed on first section of Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges (capital : 0.8 billion yen)
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| 1964 |
Started computer ribbon production and sales.
Established Kanto Branch (became Eastern Seals Division and Tokyo Sales Division in 1986), Hokkaido Branch (became HOKKAIDO PILOT CO., LTD. in 1981) and Kyushu Branch (became Kyushu Pilot Co., Ltd. in 1972) |
| 1965 |
Capital increased to 1.2 billion yen |
| 1966 |
Started production and sales of Wytebord. |
| 1967 |
Established liaison office in Europe (became THE PILOT PEN EUROPE GmbH in 1975) |
| 1972 |
Established PILOT CORPORATION OF AMERICA |
| 1976 |
Started sales of water-based ink ball point pens. |
| 1978 |
Tokyo plant operations transferred to Isesaki Plant and Higashi-Matsuyama Plant
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| 1979 |
Established THE PILOT PEN COMPANY (UK) LIMITED. |
| 1981 |
Established NYKOR PILOT PEN ITALIA, S.R.L. IN Italy. |
| 1984 |
Established PILOT PEN (S) PTE LTD in Singapore.
Established PILOT PEN COMPANY (HONG KONG) LIMITED. |
| 1987 |
Established PILOT PEN (FRANCE) S.A. (now PILOT EUROPE S.A.) |
| 1993 |
Established THE PILOT PEN (TAIWAN) CO., LTD. |
| 1994 |
Established PT. PILOT PEN INDONESIA
Established PILOT INDUSTRY EUROPE S.A. (now PILOT EUROPE S.A.) in France |
| 1998 |
Corporate logo changed.
Established PILOT PEN SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD.
Established PILOT PEN (DEUTSCHLAND) GmbH.
Established PILOT EUROPE S.A. (combined with PILOT PEN (FRANCE) S.A. & PILOT INDUSTRY EUROPE S.A.) |
| 1999 |
Established PILOT PEN SVERLGE AB in Sweden |
| 2000 |
Established representative office in Shanghai |
| 2001 |
Established PILOT CORPORATION OF EUROPE S.A. |
| 2002 |
Established PILOT Holdings Corporation. |
| 2003 |
PILOT Group Holdings Corporation and the former Pilot Corporation were merged, and the corporate name selected was PILOT CORPORATION. |
