CSK HOLDINGS : Corporate History


1968	•	Establishes Computer Services Corporation in Okawacho, Higashi Ward, Osaka (present Kitahama, Chuo Ward, Osaka)
	•	Starts system development services and FM (facility management) services

1970		Establishes Tokyo and Nagoya offices to expand operations in the Kanto and Chubu areas

1977		Moves the head office from Osaka to Tokyo (Shinjuku Ward)

1980		Registers stock as an over-the-counter stock with the Tokyo District Office of the Japan Securities Dealers Association

1982	•	Lists on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
	•	Establishes Business Extension Corporation to start the database business

1983	•	Establishes INS Corporation (whose name changed to ServiceWare Corporation in 1997) as a joint venture with The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

1984	•	Takes a stake in and participates in the management of SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD.
	•	Establishes UNITED NET Corp. (VAN) (which spun off its ASP business and network business into CSK Network Systems Corporation 2004 and taken over by CSK CORPORATION)
	•	Establishes ASCII Network Technology Inc. (which changed its name to ANT, Inc. in 2002)

1985	•	Shifts to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
	•	Established Japan Information Engineering Co., Ltd. (which changed its name to JIEC Co., Ltd. in 2000), whose main business is advanced system engineering services, as a joint venture with IBM Japan, Ltd.

1986	•	Establishes The Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications

1987	•	Changes Company name to CSK CORPORATION
	•	Establishes Japan Card Center (which changed its name to QUO CARD Co., Ltd. in 2003) to pursue the prepaid card business

1988	•	CSK Information Education Center completed in Tama, Tokyo

1989	•	Takes a stake in and participated in the management of Bellsystem24, Inc. to make inroads in telemarketing services
	•	Establishes CSI Co., Ltd. (which changed its name to CSI SOLUTIONS Corporation in 2004) as a joint venture with IBM Japan, Ltd. to bolster the sale of IBM Japan products and the development of software

1990	•	Establishes CSK Hokkaido System Corporation (which changed its name to HOKKAIDO CSK CORPORATION in 2002) and CSK Fukuoka System Corporation (which changed its name to FUKUOKA CSK CORPORATION in 2002) in a franchise formula

1991	•	Acquires capital in and participates in the management of SUPER SOFTWARE COMPANY LTD. to enter the CAD system field
	•	Launches a venture incubation business (establishes CSK VENTURE CAPITAL CO., LTD.)

1992	•	Establishes Tokyo Green Systems Corporation as a third-sector corporation that CSK CORPORATION, the Tokyo metropolitan government, and Tama invested in promoting the employment of persons with severe disabilities

1995	•	Takes a stake in ADO ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (whose name changed to CSK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION in 1999), whose main business is the personal computer business

1996	•	Invests in NextCom K.K. to bolster the network business
	•	Establishes CSK SYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. as a base for system development in China

1997	•	Establishes OKINAWA CSK CORPORATION (merges with CSK Communications Corporation in 2004) as a regional base

1998	•	Establishes CSK Call Center Okinawa Co., Ltd. (which changed its name to CSK Communications Corporation in 2000) as a regional base
	•	Takes a stake in ASCII Co., Ltd., whose main business is a content business including publication, game software, and education
	•	Establishes Japan Future Information Technology & Systems Co., Ltd. (JFITS) to develop information systems specialized for the securities and financial fields

1999	•	Acquires capital in International Investment (which changed its name to ISAO Corporation) to bolster the network business

2001	•	Honorary Chairman Isao Okawa, CSK founder, passes away
	•	Sets up Okawa Center, a research facility that follows and realizes the founder's idea that children lead the creation of information society
	•	Launches CAMP activities designed to cultivate children's ability to think
	•	Five Group companies go public: JFITS, ServiceWare Corporation, JIEC Co., Ltd., CSK NETWORK SYSTEMS CORPORATION, and CSK Communications Corporation
	•	Establishes VeriServe Corporation to expand the verification business
	•	Sets up Fukui CSK Corporation as a regional base
	•	Establishes ServiceWare Kyushu Corporation

2002	•	Transfers shares in CSK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION and ASCII Co., Ltd. and the management rights of the companies
	•	Acquires capital in Plaza Asset Management Co., Ltd.
	•	Sets up CSK e-Service Data Center in Inzai, Chiba
	•	Adds to the Nikkei Stock Average 225 (Nikkei 225)
	•	Establishes SHIMANE CSK Corporation and IWATE CSK CORPORATION as regional bases

2003	•	Establishes CSK SYSTEMS (DALIAN) Co., LTD. as a base for the BPO (business process outsourcing) business in China
	•	Makes CSK Communications Corporation, CSK VENTURE CAPITAL CO., LTD., CSK NETWORK SYSTEMS CORPORATION, and ServiceWare Corporation wholly owned subsidiaries as part of the restructuring of the Group's businesses
	•	Moves the head office from Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo to Minato Ward, Tokyo (CSK Aoyama Bldg.)
	•	Begins to promote a real-estate securitization business
	•	Implements management reforms whose pillars were the reform of the Board of Directors and the introduction of an executive officer system
	•	VeriServe Corporation listed on TSE Mothers
	•	Transfers shares in SEGA Corporation

2004	•	Takes a stake in Cosmo Securities Co., Ltd. for new developments in the securities business
	•	Transfers shares in Bellsystem24, Inc.
	•	Makes JFITS and QUO CARD Co., Ltd. wholly owned subsidiaries as part of the restructuring of the Group's businesses
	•	Establishes CSK MARKETING CORPORATION as a new call center company
	•	Establishes CSK SYSTEM MANAGEMENT CORPORATION to consolidate system operation management services within the Group
	•	Establishes CSK BUSINESS SERVICE CORPORATION (which changed its name to CSK ADMINISTRATION SERVICE CORPORATION in 2007) to pursue total optimization in the administrative support business of the entire Group
	•	Establishes CSK PRINCIPALS CO., LTD. to promote the investment business and consulting about management

2005	•	Makes Plaza Asset Management Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary as part of the restructuring of the Group's businesses
	•	Starts a comprehensive securities services provider business (establishes CSK Securities Service CO., Ltd.)
	•	Transfers shares in NextCom K.K.
	•	Shifts to a holding company structure to maximize the corporate value of the entire Group
	•	CSK CORPORATION changes its name to CSK HOLDINGS CORPORATION
	•	Transfers all the businesses of CSK CORPORATION to CSK SYSTEMS CORPORATION, which took over JFITS
	•	Makes ANT, Inc. (which changed its name to CSK WinTechnology Corporation in 2006) a wholly owned subsidiary as part of the restructuring of the Group's businesses
	•	Establishes OITA CSK CORPORATION as a regional base
	•	Establishes CSK Green Service Corporation that cultivate, sell, and rent flowers in collaboration with Tokyo Green Systems Corporation

2006	•	Establishes CSK Institute for Sustainability, Ltd. (CSK-IS) as a think tank to conduct research for sustainability (sustainable development of society)
	•	Acquires data center facilities in Sanda, Hyogo (CSK Sanda Center)

2007	•	CSK SYSTEMS CORPORATION transfers its securities business to CSK Securities Service CO., LTD.
	•	Establishes CSK-RB SECURITIES CORPORATION as a securities firm for regional financial institutions
	•	Agrees with Xavel, Inc. to start an e-commerce service platform joint venture and established CSK PRESCENDO CORPORATION
	•	Makes ISAO CORPORATION a wholly owned subsidiary as part of the restructuring of the Group's businesses
	•	The CSK Tama Center is constructed in Tama, Tokyo as a base for research and the greenery business and a facility for training for employees
	•	Restructures CSK SYSTEMS CORPORATION, CSK NETWORK SYSTEMS CORPORATION, and CSK FIELD SERVICE CO., LTD. into four companies: CSK SYSTEMS CORPORATION, CSK SYSTEMS NISHINIHON CORPORATION, CSK SYSTEMS CHUBU CORPORATION, and CSK-IT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
	•	Makes SUPER SOFTWARE COMPANY LTD. a wholly owned subsidiary as part of the restructuring of the Group's businesses
	•	Acquires shares in Koyo Capital Management Co., Ltd. (which changed its name to Plaza Capital Management Co., Ltd.) to expand financial services
	•	VeriServe Corporation moves to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
	•	Establishes CSK Agricole Corporation, aiming to launch agricultural business initiatives in earnest

2008	•	Carries out an organizational restructuring of three companies: ServiceWare Corporation, ServiceWare Kyushu Corporation (whose name changed to Kitakyushu CSK Corporation), and CSK Communications Corporation
	•	Makes Cosmo Securities Co., Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary as part of the restructuring of the Group's businesses

2009	•	CSK ServiceWare was established through the merger of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) service businesses of ServiceWare, CSK Marketing, CSK Communications, Fukui CSK, SHIMANE CSK, IWATE CSK, OITA CSK, and Kitakyushu CSK.
	•	CSK Nearshore Systems was established through the merger of the near shore development businesses of CSK Communications, Fukui CSK, SHIMANE CSK, IWATE CSK, and OITA CSK.
	•	Transfers shares in CSK FINANCE CO., LTD.
	•	Transfers shares in Plaza Capital Management Co., Ltd.