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History of Japan Die and Mold Industry Association

Nov 1957	JaDMA was established as a nationwide organization of die and mold manufacturers.
Dec 1959	Japan Mold & Die Export Co., Ltd(presently renamed Japan Tool & Die Co., Ltd.<JTD>)was established to promote die and mold exports.
Apr 1965	Die and Mold industry was registered as a designated industry by promoting modernization of small- and medium-sized enterprises law.
Nov 1967	The 10th anniversary was held at Kikai Shinko Kaikan building in Tokyo.
May 1969	The East Japan Die and Mold Manufacturers' Pension Fund was established. The fund was later expanded to nationwide and renamed to the Japan Die and Mold Pension Fund.
Sep 1970	JaDMA Central division dispatched the inspection team to Europe and inspected die and mold industrial circumstances of Europe.
May 1971	The Tokyo Die & Mold Manufacturers' Health Insurance Union was established. The union established for die and mold manufacturers mainly in Tokyo. And later, the union renamed to Eastern Die and Mold Industry Health Insurance Association and the area was expanded to the Kanto, Koshinetsu, and Shizuoka areas.
Feb 1972	The Die & Mold Cooperatin Parts Co,. Ltd (presently renamed The Nihon Kanagata Buhin Kogyo Co,. Ltd.)was established as a cooperative enterprise by investment of 116 member companies to promote cooperative production of die and mold parts.
Apr 1972	JaDMA attended the 4th ISTA Conference held in Washington D.C., USA as an observer.
Nov 1973	JaDMA sent the inspection team to Chicago, USA. And the team inspected die and mold manufacturers, mainly in Chicago.
Sep 1974	JaDMA joined ISTMA joined the International Special Tooling Association(ISTA). Representatives of JaDMA attended the 1st ISTA International Conference held in Belgium.
Nov 1974	The 1st JaDMA memorial ceremony was held at Kikai Shinko Kaikan building in Tokyo. Since then, this ceremony has been held every year in 25th Nov.
Nov 1977	The 20th anniversary was held at Kikai Shinko Kaikan building in Tokyo.
Jan 1980	JaDMA had send the committee members to ISTMA Standardize Committee held in Switzerland, to cope with the internationalized standards.
Apr 1980	JaDMA Western division held the 1st die and mold management school and had been held every two years.
Sep 1985	JaDMA international technology forum was held at Kikai Shinko Kaikan building in Tokyo. The number of attendance reached to 1033.
Oct 1985	JaDMA researched 5-year perspective for die and mold demand and made reports.
Apr 1986	JaDMA dispatched the team to inspect CAD/CAM system technology to USA and promoted the relationship with USA.
Jan 1987	JaDMA researched the die and mold delivery trend and reported to all members.
Nov 1987	The 30th anniversary was held at Capitol Hotel Tokyu in Tokyo.
Oct 1988	The world trade conference on die and mold industry and metal pressing industry was held in Singapore by MITI(METI). The delegate from JaDMA attended the conference.
May 1989	JaDMA made report of 5-year perspective of die and mold demand.
Jun 1989	The 1st FA Exhibition cosponsored by JaDMA Central division and Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun Ltd. was held in Nagoya.
Mar 1990	INTERMOLD JAPAN90 was held in Osaka under the sponsorship of JaDMA and TV Osaka. From this year, INTERMOLD has been held in Tokyo or Osaka each year.
Apr 1991	ISTA Conference was held at Hakone Kowakuen Hotel for the first time. The delegates from 12 countries attended the conference.
Dec 1991	The world trade conference for die and mold industry held in Thailand by MITI(METI).
Sep 1992	FADMA had established by 6 countries of Asia include Japan. The 1st FADMA Conference had held in Singapore and the delegate of JaDMA attended to the conference.
Jul 1994	JaDMA reorganized to Incorporated Association.
Sep 1995	Die and Mold industry was designated as a special industry by law to promote modernization of small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Mar 1996	JaDMA started the 1st Die and Mold Industry management school and held 24 coursed for 1 year.
Jun 1997	JaDMA consented to the 5-year business plan to improve the structure of small- and medium-sized enterprises of die and mold industry made by MITI(METI).
Aug 1997	JaDMA had run the 3-year business to promote the employment for the aged worker of die and mold industry.
Aug 1998	JaDMA had run the business to help the buildup of Design & Manufacturing Support Center
Apr 1999	JaDMA had started the business to make and revise JIS benchmark related to die and mold industry.
Jul 1999	ISTMA Conference was held at Kyoto international Hotel.
Mar 2000	JaDMA organized the inspection team and attended to FADMA Conference held in Singapore.
May 2001	JaDMA organized the inspection team and attended to ISTMA Conference held in Chicago, USA.
	JaDMA had started to make the guideline to promote the employment for the aged workers of die and mold industry.
Jan 2002	ISTMA Executive Committee Meeting was held at Shin-Takanawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo.
	JaDMA attended to FADMA Conference held at Thailand, and 7 countries attended to this conference.
Mar 2002	As the industrial foundation development policy implemented by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, JaDMA sent the inspection team to China.
Jun 2002	English abbreviation has been changed from JDMA to JaDMA.
Nov 2002	As the industrial foundation development policy implemented by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, JaDMA sent the inspection team to Malaysia and Thailand.
Nov 2003	The 1st “Japan・Korea International Die and Mold Forum” was held at Seoul National University of Technology in Korea.
Apr 2004	The 2nd “Japan・Korea International Die and Mold Forum” was held at COSMOSQUARE Hotel Osaka.
May 2004	JaDMA has delegated the team to attend ISTMA conference held at Bangkok.
Nov 2004	JaDMA organized the inspection team in Dalian and delegated the team.
	JaDMA held the ceremony in Tokyu Capitol Hotel as the 10th anniversary of Incorporated Association.
Jan 2005	As the commissioned project by Institute of Trade and Industry, JaDMA sent the inspection team to Korea and Shanghai, China.
Sep 2005	JaDMA has organized the inspection team in Shanghai, China. The inspection team has visited Die and Mold Exhibition sponsored by Shanghai Die and Mold trade association and made agreement to cooperate each other.
Nov 2005	The 3rd “Japan・Korea International Die and Mold Forum” was held at Seoul, Korea.
	The team to inspect die and mold industrial circumstances of Czechoslovakia and Germany, and EUROMOLD.
Nov 2006	The 4th “Japan・Korea International Die and Mold Forum” was held at Mielparque Tokyo.
Mar 2007	JaDMA sent the team to inspect die and mold industrial circumstances of Xi’an, China.
Oct 2007	JaDMA sent the team to visit “K Trade Fair” in Germany.
Nov 2007	The 5th “Japan・Korea International Die and Mold Forum” was held at Seoul, Korea.
Feb 2008	The team to inspect die and mold industry circumstances of Philippines was dispatched.
Mar 2008	JaDMA has inspected the die and mold industry circumstances of Kitakyushu and Nagasaki.
Nov 2008	The team to inspect die and mold industry circumstances of Viet Nam was dispatched.
Apr 2009	The 1st Japan・Korea・China university Die and Mold grand prix was held during the period of INTERMOLD2009.
Apr 2010	The 2nd Japan・Korea・China university Die and Mold grand prix was held during the period of INTERMOLD 2010 at INTEX OSAKA.
May 2010	The team to inspect die and mold industry circumstances of Harbin and Dalian, China was dispatched.
Nov 2010	The inspection team was dispatched to Indonesia for the 1st business matching
May 2011	Inspection for the member companies which advanced to Shanghai was held
Sep 2011	The 3rd university Die and mold grand prix was held during the period of MECHATRONICS TECHNOLOGY 2011 at PORTMESSE NAGOYA.
Feb 2012	The inspection team was dispatched to Indonesia for the 2nd business matching
Apr 2012	FADMA conference was held for the first time in Japan at Hyatt Regency Hotel Osaka and 10 countries including Japan has attended to the conference.
	The 4th university Die and Mold grand prix was held during the period of INTERMOLD 2012 at INTEX OSAKA.
Apr 2013	Authorized into Japan Die and Mold Industry Association (General Incorporated Association).
	The 5th university Die and Mold grand prix was held during the period of INTERMOLD 2013 at TOKYO BIG SIGHT.
Nov 2013	JaDMA has participated in FABTECH2013(Chicago, Illinois, USA) from 18 to 21 Nov 2013.
Apr 2014	The 6th university Die and Mold grand prix was held during the priod of INTERMOLD 2014 at INTEX OSAKA.
Jun 2014	FADMA Annual General Conference has been held at Shanghai, China. And JaDMA held the JaDMA Shanghai district meeting.
	The team to inspect die and mold industry circumstances of Mexico was dispatched.
Oct 2014	FADMA Office Bearers Meeting has been held at Beijing, China. China Die and Mold Industry Association (CDMIA) 30th anniversary celebration has been held at Beijing Guoyi Hotel and JaDMA had sent the celebration flowers as a token of friendship between CDMIA and JaDMA.
Apr 2015	The 7th university Die and Mold grand prix was held during the priod of INTERMOLD 2015 at TOKYO BIG SIGHT.