| 1982. |
Apr.: |
Daiwabo Co., Ltd. establishes Daiwabo Information System Co.,
Ltd., headquartered in Higashi-ku (now Chuo-ku), Osaka, with capital
of 20 million yen as part of a plan to expand into the non-fiber sector,
that is, the information field. |
| 1983. |
Jun.: |
A sales agent agreement is signed with NEC Corp. |
| Aug.: |
Saga Branch was opened.  |
| Oct.: |
Izumo Branch was opened. Sales of PCs and Office Automation Systems
begins. |
| 1984. |
Jun.: |
Takatsuki Branch was opened. Sales of Factory Automation Systems
begin. |
| Sep.: |
Kanazawa Branch was opened. |
| 1985. |
Oct.: |
Nagoya Branch was opened in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya. |
| Dec.: |
Sales of PCs begin at Takatsuki Branch. |
| 1986. |
Aug.: |
Matsue Branch was opened. |
| Sep.: |
Hamamatsu Branch was opened. |
| 1987. |
May: |
Head Office store is converted into the Osaka Branch and moved to
the Sumitomo Seimei Kyobashi Bldg. in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka. |
| Jun.: |
Tokyo Branch was opened in Taito-ku, Tokyo. Sales of PCs begin. |
| 1988. |
Feb.: |
Takamatsu Branch was opened. |
| Jul.: |
Himeji Branch was opened. |
| Sep.: |
Matsuyama Branch was opened. |
| 1989. |
May: |
Shinjuku Branch was opened in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. |
| Jul.: |
Hiroshima Branch was opened in Naka-ku, Hiroshima. |
| Oct.: |
Kariya Branch was opened. Kobe Branch was opened in Chuo-ku, Kobe. |
| Nov.: |
Fukuoka Branch was opened in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka. |
| 1990. |
Apr.: |
Tokyo Head Office was opened in Taito-ku, Tokyo. |
| Jul.: |
Kitakyushu Branch was opened in Kokura Kita-ku, Kitakyushu. |
| Sep.: |
Tokyo Product Center was opened in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo. |
| Oct.: |
Shin-Osaka Branch was opened in Yodogawa-ku, Osaka. Yokohama Branch
was opened in Kohoku-ku, Yokohama. |
| Nov.: |
Gifu Branch was opened. |
| 1991. |
May: |
Okayama Branch was opened. |
| Jun.: |
Yokkaichi Branch was opened. |
| Aug.: |
Kyoto Branch was opened in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto. |
| Oct.: |
Omiya Branch was opened. |
| Nov.: |
Sendai Branch was opened.
Company listed with the Securities Dealers Association of Japan
for over-the-counter stock transactions.
 |
| 1992. |
Jan.: |
Tokyo Head Office is moved from Taito-ku to Minato-ku. |
| Jul.: |
Chuo (Ibaraki) Logistics Centers was opened. |
| Sep.: |
Chiba Branch was opened in Chuo-ku, Chiba. |
| Oct.: |
Hommachi Branch was opened in Chuo-ku, Osaka. |
| Nov.: |
Sapporo Branch was opened in Chuo-ku,
Sapporo. Daiwabo Computer Trading Co., Ltd. is established in
Chuo-ku, Osaka with capital of 40 million yen.
 |
| Dec.: |
Niigata Branch was opened.
Ichinomiya Center was opened in Ichinomiya-shi, Gifu.
DIS Logistics Co., Ltd. is established in Cho-ku, Osaka with capital
of 50 million yen to branch into distribution.
 |
| 1993. |
Feb.: |
Kumamoto Branch was opened. |
| Oct.: |
Nagasaki Branch was opened. |
| Dec.: |
Tachikawa Branch was opened. |
| 1994. |
Jan.: |
Matsumoto Branch was opened. |
| May: |
DIS information Equipment Sales Co., Ltd. is established for
store sales of PC equipment and peripheral goods.
First "Pasocon no Yakata" shop was opened in Nipponbashi, Osaka. Morioka
Branch was opened.

Morioka Branch was opened. |
| Sep.: |
"Pasocon no Yakata" Tenjin shop was opened. |
| Oct.: |
Tottori Branch was opened. |
| Nov.: |
Shiba Branch was opened in Minato-ku, Tokyo.
"Pasocon no Yakata" Kanazawa shop was opened. |
| Dec.: |
Koriyama Branch was opened.
Logistics Center was opened in Narashino. |
| 1995. |
Apr.: |
Akihabara Annex was opened in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. |
| May: |
"Pasocon no Yakata" Nansan shop was opened in Nipponbashi, Osaka. |
| Jun.: |
System Communication Division, Office Automation System Division
and System Technology Division are combined to establish DIS System
Trading Co., Ltd. in Chuo-ku, Osaka with capital of 95 million yen.
 |
| Jul.: |
Ibaraki Branch merges with Hommachi Branch. |
| Aug.: |
Mishima and Sakai Branches were opened. |
| Sep.: |
DIS Internet Co., Ltd. and Osaka Internet Co., Ltd. are established
in Chuo-ku, Osaka with capital of 10 million yen to provide Internet
services.
DIS Technical Service Co., Ltd. is established in Chuo-ku, Osaka with
capital of 10 million yen to provide a service system for the multimedia
age, from sales to trading and maintenance.
"Pasocon no Yakata" Sendai shop was opened. |
| Oct.: |
Logistics Centers was opened in Tsukushino and Okayama Prefecture
(Tokubo-gun, Hayashima-cho).
Obihiro and Asahikawa Branches were opened in Hokkaido. |
| Dec.: |
Shiga Branch was opened.
Ichikawa Logistics Center was opened. |
| 1996. |
Jan.: |
DIS Tokyo Techno Co., Ltd. is established in Minato-ku, Tokyo. |
| Feb.: |
Convertible bonds are issued (aggregate principal amount: SFr. 70
million). |
| Apr.: |
Sapporo Logistics Center was opened. |
| May: |
Company splits stock: 1 share into 1.1 shares. |
| Jul.: |
Takasaki Branch was opened.
Logistics Center was opened in Fukuroi-shi, Shizuoka.
Nipponbashi Annex was opened in Chuo-ku, Osaka.
"Pasocon no Yakata" Hamamatsu shop was opened.
DIS Cyber Sales Co., Ltd. is established in Chuo-ku, Osaka. |
| Aug.: |
Minimum stock purchase of new shares lowered from
1000 to 500.
Akita Branch was opened.
Hakodate Branch was opened.
PASOCON NO YAKATA Hiroshima store was opened. |
| Sep.: |
Stock investment increases (2.5 million shares, capital of 6.4 billion
yen afterwards).
Kagoshima Branch was opened.
Sasebo Sales office was opened. |
| Oct.: |
Nipponbashi Annex becomes Nipponbashi Branch. |
| Nov.: |
Shinagawa Branch was opened. |
| Dec.: |
Toyama Branch was opened. |
| 1997. |
Feb.: |
Sendai Logistics Center was opened in Miyagi.
Kanto Logistics Center was opened in Saitama.
Tokushima Branch was opened. |
| Mar.: |
Kobe Distribution Center and its training center was opened.
Kyushu Number-2 Center was opened in Tsukushino. |
| Aug.: |
DIS Digital Peripheral Sales Co., Ltd. is established. |
| Sep.: |
Shizuoka Branch was opened.
Chubu Logistics Center was opened in Komaki. |
| Oct.: |
Nagano Branch was opened. |
| Nov.: |
Chubu Distribution Center was opened in Komaki. |
| Dec.: |
Oita Branch was opened.
Stock shares are approved for listing on the Second Section of
both the Tokyo and Osaka Securities Exchanges. |
| 1998. |
Feb.: |
Mishima Branch is combined with Shizuoka Branch.
Naniwa Branch is combined with Takatsuki Branch. |
| Mar.: |
Ichinomiya Center is combined with Chubu Center. |
| July.: |
Sasebo Branch is combined with Nagasaki Branch.
Hommachi Branch is combined with Shin-Osaka Branch.
Tokyo Branch, Shinjuku Branch, Shinagawa Branch, and Akihabara Annex
of Tokyo Branch are reorganized as Tokyo Daiichi (1st) Branch, Tokyo
Daini (2nd) Branch, Tokyo Daisan (3rd) Branch, and Tokyo Daiyon (4th)
Branch. |
| Dec.: |
Narashino Center is combined with Kanto Logistics Center. |
| 1999 |
Mar.: |
Kanto Daini (2nd) Center and Kanto Daisan (3rd) Center were opened
in Kazo-shi, Saitama-Pref.
"Pasocon no Yakata" Fukui shop is opened. |
| Apr.: |
DIS Tokyo Techno Co., Ltd. is merged into DIS Technical Service
Co., Ltd. DIS Internet Co., Ltd. is merged into DIS System Trading
Co., Ltd. Sakai Branch is changed to Minami Osaka Branch. |
| May: |
Tomakomai Branch was opened in Tomakomai-shi, Hokkaido.
DIS Logistics Co., Ltd. obtains ISO14001. |
| Oct.: |
Ibaraki Branch was opened in Tsuchiura-shi, Ibaraki Prefecture. |
| Dec.: |
Capital is increased by public offering at current value (capitalized
at 9,318,140,000 yen after capital increase of 2,000,000 shares).
Apple Business Division was opened to deal exclusively with Apple
Computer's products.
"Pasocon no Yakata" Toyama Shop is opened. |
| 2000. |
Jan.: |
DIS Computer Selling Co., Ltd. is merged into the parent company
Daiwabo Information System Co., Ltd. (DIS).
Tokyo 5th Branch was opened in Taito-ku, Tokyo. |
| Feb.: |
Osaka Branch, Shin-Osaka Branch, Takatsuki Branch, and Nipponbashi
Branch are reorganized into Osaka 1st Branch, Osaka 2nd Branch, Osaka
3rd Branch and Osaka 4th Branch. |
| Mar.: |
"Pasocon no Yakata" Himeji shop was opened. |
| Apr.: |
Kofu business office was opened in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture and
Atsugi business office was opend in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture. |
| Jun.: |
"Pasocon no Yakata" Akita shop was opened. |
| July: |
Extranet "iDATEN" starts operating in earnest.
Yamaguchi business office was opend in Yoshiki-gun, Yamaguchi Prefecture. |
| Sep.: |
Listing stocks on the first section of the Tokyo and Osaka stock
exchanges. |
| Oct.: |
Utsunomiya business office was opened in Utsunomiya, Tochigi.
Miyazaki business office was opend in Miyazaki. |
| Nov.: |
Yamagata business office was opened in Yamagata. |
| 2001. |
Jun.: |
Okinawa business office was opened in Naha-shi, Okinawa. |
| Oct.: |
DIS Technical Service Co.,Ltd. acquires ISO9001 certification for
PC support services. |
| Nov.: |
Retail sales operations spun off as Nagashima Information &
Communication as part of restructuring. |
| 2002. |
Mar.: |
DIS Logistics Co.,Ltd. extends ISO14001 certification to entire
company. |
| Apr.: |
Merged and took over operations of DIS Digital Peripheral Trading
Co.,Ltd.
DIS Nagashima Corporation created from merger of Nagashima Information
& Communication and DIS Information Equipments Sales Co.,Ltd.
Solution Business Promotion Dept. added to Sales Division to increase
and strengthen solution business. |
| Jul.: |
Sales head offices were reorganized into four head offices to improve
organizational efficiency.
Numazu Business Office was opened in Numazu-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture. |
| Oct.: |
Environmental Management Dept. was established to strengthen efforts
to deal with global environmental issues.
Fukui Business Office was opened in Fukui-shi, Fukui Prefecture. |
| Nov.: |
"Pasocon no Yakata" Tsuruga shop was opened |
| Dec.: |
DIS System Trading acquired ISO9001 certification for all operations. |
| 2003. |
Apr.: |
The Metropolitan Sales Department of the East Japan Sales Division
was split into two sales departments so as to stir up demand and expand
sales using a more articulate strategy and closer relations with sales
areas.
The Tokyo #6 Branch was opened in Taito-ku, Tokyo. |
| Jun.: |
Procurement & Sales Promotion Division, Sales Planning Department
and Solution Business Promotion Department (Tokyo Head Office) acquired
ISO14001 certification. |
| 2004. |
Mar.: |
Capital participation in Tomen Cyber Business was made to strengthen
the systems solution business. |
| Apr.: |
The Procurement & Sales Promotion Division was restructured
into 2 sections and 10 groups in order to improve efficiency of operations. |
| Jun.: |
Acquisition of ISO14001 certification was extended to Osaka Head
Office, Tokyo Head Office, Tokyo Sales Department, and Kansai Sales
Department. |
| Jul.: |
4 branch offices were opened under the Tokyo Sales Department, making for a total of 10 branch offices.
Osaka #5 and #6 branch offices were opened under the Kansai Sales Department.
Wakayama Business Office was opened in Wakayama. |
| Oct.: |
DIS Nagashima Corporation changed its name to ZOA Corporation.
Osaka Internet Co., Ltd. was restructured and DIS Solution Co., Ltd. was started up in order to strengthen the solution business.
Business sites in Tokyo were relocated and merged into Tokyo Branch in Oi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.
Convertible bonds with pre-emptive right were issued. |
| 2005. |
Jan.: |
CSR Management Dept. was started to strengthen activities for the company's social commitments. |
| Mar.: |
Kochi Business Office was opened in Kochi-shi. |
| Apr.: |
DIS Artworks Co., Ltd. was established to expand the content business. |
| Jun.: |
All companies of the Daiwabo Group acquired ISO14001 certification.
ZOA Corporation listed on the JASDAQ Stock Exchange. |
| Oct.: |
Nationwide Sales #4 Branch and Special Sales #4 Branch opened in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.
Chiba Center opened in Shirai-shi, Chiba. |
| 2006 |
Jul.: |
House-to house sales section of the business reorganized into the Nationwide & Special Sales Div., East Japan Sales Div., West Japan Sales Div., and Consumer Sales Div.
E-Commerce Promotion Dept. established to strengthen the e-commerce function. |
| Oct.: |
Two branches established in the Tokyo Sales Dept. to reorganize it as a 6-branch organization.
Sales Promotion Administration Dept. established to improve sales promotion system. |
| 2007 |
Mar.: |
System Planning Dept. acquires ISO27001 certification. |
| Apr.: |
Sales Administration Dept. established in Nationwide & Special Sales Div.
Mitaka Branch opened in Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo.
Yokohama Branch reorganized into #1 Yokohama Branch and #2 Yokohama Branch
#4 Osaka Branch opened in Kansai Sales Dept. |
| Jul.: |
Cisco Business Dept. established in the Procurement & Sales Promotion Div. to strengthen and improve the Cisco Business. |
| 2008 |
Jul.: |
Fukuoka Branch reorganized into the Fukuoka #1 Branch and the Fukuoka #2 Branch. |
| Oct.: |
Nationwide Sales #5 Branch established within the Nationwide Sales Dept.
Tokyo #7 Branch established within the Tokyo Sales Dept. |
| 2009 |
Feb.: |
Advance repayment of convertible bonds |
| Mar.: |
Business merger with Daiwabo Co., Ltd. through share exchange |
| Apr.: |
Procurement & Sales Promotion Div. reorganized into the Procurement & Sales Promotion Dept. and Marketing Dept.
Nationwide & Special Sales Div., East Japan Sales Div, and West Japan Sales Div. integrated and reorganized to establish the Technical Promotion Div., Metropolitan & Kanto Sales Div. and Corporate Sales Div.
Technical Promotion Dept. and Customize Promotion Dept. established within the Technical Promotion Div.
Nationwide Sales Administration Dept., Metropolitan Sales Dept., Kanto Sales #1 Dept., and Kanto Sales #2 Dept. established within the Metropolitan & Kanto Sales Div. |