| 1983 |
- Established SHINKO COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPORATION (wholly owned by Kobe Steel, Ltd.) as the forerunner of KOBELCO SYSTEMS CORPORATION
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| 1987 |
- Consolidated with the Systems Departments in the Kobe Steel Head Office and the Engineering Division, followed by a change in trade name to KOBELCO SYSTEMS CORPORATION
- Opened the Tokyo Office
- Opened the Computer Center
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| 1988 |
- Obtained certification as a system integrator from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
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| 1991 |
- Established an affiliated company, KOBELCO SOFT KOBE CORPORATION
(Changed its trade name to KOBELCO SOFT KANSAI CORPORATION in 1999)
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| 1992 |
- Consolidated with the Kobe Steel Shintetsu and Kakogawa Systems Departments
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| 1993 |
- Merged with KOBELCO TELECOM CORPORATION
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| 1994 |
- Consolidated with the Kobe Steel Information Electronics department as well as the Systems departments in the Aluminum & Copper and Welding Rod divisions, thus becoming responsible for the deployment of IT in all departments in Kobe Steel
- Opened the Nagoya Sales Office
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| 1995 |
- Established an affiliated company, KOBELCO SOFT TOKYO CORPORATION
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| 1999 |
- Obtained ISO9001 certification
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| 2000 |
- Obtained PrivacyMark certification (for protection of personal information)
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| 2002 |
- Received 51% equity participation from IBM Japan (for a broad alliance as part of the Kobe Steel/IBM Japan IT strategy)
- Merged two affiliates, KOBELCO SOFT KANSAI and KOBELCO SOFT TOKYO, forming KOBELCO SOFT SERVICE CORPORATION
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| 2003 |
- Obtained ISMS certification (Information Security Management System)
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| 2006 |
- Established Corporate Vision (renamed as Corporate Philosophy in 2017)
- Renamed the Tokyo Office as the Tokyo Head Office
- Opened the Kobe Data Center
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| 2007 |
- Won the grand prize in the National Enterprise Quality Award (sponsored by the Tochigi Quality Award Council)
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| 2009 |
- Obtained the Kurumin certification mark under the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children
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| 2013 |
- Received a commendation as a “PrivacyMark System Contributor”
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| 2014 |
- Received a commendation for long-term registration in the ISMS (Information Security Management System)
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| 2017 |
- Established Long-term Corporate Vision
- Obtained ISMS certification (IBM Japan Group ISMS Certification)
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| 2020 |
- Opened the Hiroshima Office
- Obtained the Platinum Kurumin certification mark under the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children
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| 2023 |
- Received the 34th Ministerial Awards for Contributions to Environmental Preservation (”Midori no Aigo”) from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
- Restructured the sales organization and closed the Nagoya Sales Office
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| 2025 |
- Established Our Purpose
- Received a special commendation for long-term registration in the ISMS（Information Security Management System)
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