| -1970 |
| 1972 |
- Established in Osaka with a capital stock of 33million yen
- Sales offices open in Tokyo and Osaka
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| 1973 |
- MEG Electronics Corporation (presently BOSS Corporation), manufacturer of effects, is established in Osaka
- First participation at the NAMM Show in the USA
- The Hamamatsu factory is completed
- First participation at the Gakki Fair in Japan
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| 1974 |
- Product Leader System is launched as an integrated system from development to production
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| 1975 |
- First participation at the Frankfurt Musikmesse
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| 1976 |
- Holds the “First Synthesizer Tape Contest” for multi-track recordings of synthesizers
- Sales office opens in Nagoya
- Sales partner is established in Australia
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| 1977 |
- Fuji Roland Corporation (presently Roland Corporation) is established in Matsumoto
- The Takaoka factory (Hamamatsu) is completed
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| 1978 |
- Sales partner is established in the USA
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| 1979 |
- Representative office is opened in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as a base for expansion in the European market
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| 1980 |
| 1980 |
- Sales office opens in Fukuoka
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| 1981 |
- Sales partners are established in Germany, the UK, Switzerland, Denmark and Canada
- AMDEK Corporation (presently Roland DG Corporation), a company dealing with effects kits and computer peripherals, is established in Osaka
- Sales offices open in Hiroshima and Sendai
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| 1982 |
- Sales partner is established in Belgium
- Sales office opens in Yokohama
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| 1983 |
- Contributes significantly to the birth of MIDI*, a global standard for electronic musical instruments (*MIDI
 Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
- Sales offices open in Sapporo and Omiya
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| 1984 |
- Opens the Roland Music School in Umeda, Osaka
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| 1985 |
- Participates in international exposition “Science Expo Tsukuba ’85” Techno Cosmos pavilion
- Opens the Roland Music School in Shibuya, Tokyo
- Roland DG headquarters is moved to Hamamatsu
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| 1986 |
- Sales partner is established in Italy
- The Hosoe factory (present headquarters) is completed
- Production company is established in Taiwan
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| 1987 |
- Advocates “ism” as a new way of music education with electronic musical instruments
- Production company is established in Italy
- Sponsors the first New Age Contest of amateur bands nationwide and the “Exploring the Future of Music” concert
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| 1988 |
- Classic-organ production company is set up in the USA
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| 1989 |
- Listed in the second section of the Osaka Stock Exchange. Capital stock reaches 7.6billion yen
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| 1990 |
| 1990 |
- Sales partner is established in Spain
- Participates in the “International Garden and Greenery Exposition” (Osaka) as a member of the Dairinkai
- Distribution center (Hamamatsu) is completed in Hamamatsu
- Sales partner is established in Hungary
- Hamamatsu R&D Center is completed
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| 1991 |
- Kakehashi (presently Special Consultant) receives an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music
- Sales partner is established in Brazil
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| 1992 |
- A new slogan is designated to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the company’s founding
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| 1993 |
- Headquarters is moved to Dojimahama, Kita-ku, Osaka
- Miyakoda Testing Center (Hamamatsu) is completed
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| 1994 |
- Producer System is launched as a unique system for product development
- First issuing of unsecured convertible bonds (amount issued: 5-billion yen)
- The Roland Foundation is established
- 301 Project is launched
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| 1996 |
- Becomes the first musical instrument manufacturer in Japan to be certified for ISO9002, an international standard for quality assurance
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| 1997 |
- Miyakoda factory (Hamamatsu) is completed
- Sales partner is established in Taiwan
- Sales partner is established in France
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| 1998 |
- Sales partner is established in Portugal
- Listed in the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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| 1999 |
- Is certified for ISO14001, an international standard on environmental management
- Listed in the first sections of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Stock Exchange
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| 2000- |
| 2000 |
- Kakehashi (presently Special Consultant) is inducted into Hollywood’s Rockwalk
- Roland DG Corporation is listed in the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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| 2001 |
- Hamamatsu R&D Center is expanded
- Production company is established in China
- Roland Music Studios Corporation (presently Roland Music School) launches music schools nationwide
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| 2002 |
- Roland DG Corporation is listed in the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- “Roland Museum” is completed at the Hamamatsu R&D
- The Planet program is launched in the UK
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| 2003 |
- Distribution company is established in China
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| 2004 |
- Sales partners in Europe are reorganized; France and Belgium are consolidated
- Sales partners in Spain and Portugal are merged under a new company
- Nationwide implementation of the Roland Planet program begins in Japan
- Sales partner is established in Malaysia
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| 2005 |
- Headquarters is moved to Hosoe-cho, Hamamatsu (presently Hosoe-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu)
- Sales partner of professional audio and video equipment is established in the USA
- Atelier Vision Corporation is established
- Realtime 301 Project is launched
- Special Consultant Kakehashi receives an Honorary Professorship from the Central Conservatory of Music in China
- Roland DG’s Miyakoda office is completed
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| 2006 |
- Nationwide implementation of the Roland Foresta program begins in Japan
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| 2007 |
- Sales partner is established in China
- Established “Hamamatsu Electronic Arts Award” by Roland Foundation
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| 2008 |
- Tree planting begins in Indonesia
- Acquires additional shares in a US music-production software-development company; the company becomes a part of the Roland group
- V-LINK standard is proposed for connecting electronic musical instruments and video equipment, and is released to the industry free of charge
- Special Consultant Kakehashi receives an Honorary Professorship from the University of Glamorgan, in the UK
- Nationwide implementation of the Planet X program begins in Japan
- Roland DG’s Miyakoda office is expanded
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| 2009 |
- Sales partner is established in Russia
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| 2011 |
- Contributes to establishing MIDI Visual Control as an international specification
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