2013

March

Cresco sold shares of affiliate Company APPRESSO K.K.

April

Cresco acquired shares of Creative Japan, Ltd. to make it a subsidiary.

May

Cresco invested in LTS,Inc.

2012

April

Cresco acquired shares of Sorun Hokuriku Inc. (now CRESCO HOKURIKU LTD.) to make it a subsidiary.

June

Cresco established the subsidiary Cresco Shanghai Software CO., LTD.

December

Cresco acquired shares of C Three Co. Ltd. to make it a subsidiary.

2010

April

Cresco acquired shares of IOS Co., Ltd. to make it a subsidiary.

 

Cresco acquired shares of Infinide Co., Ltd. (now Cresco KYUSHU Co. Ltd. ) to make it a subsidiary.

2008

February

Cresco acquired shares of Griffin Co., Ltd. (now Cresco-ID Co., Ltd.) to make it a subsidiary.

2007

February

Embedded Solution Division , Department 4 acquired

ISO9001:2000 certificate.

April

Cresco opened Takanawa Center (Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo) in response to expansion in embedded operations.

2006

April

Cresco established the subsidiary Cresco Communication Co., Ltd.

2005

June

Cresco opened Kitashinagawa Center (Kitashinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo ) in order to expand the embedded software development business.

October

Cresco established the subsidiary Wireless Technologies Inc.

December

Car Electronics Head Office achieved CMM^® Level 3.

2004

February

Technology Solution Division Yokohama Center acquired ISO14001 certificate.

May

Head Office (Mita, Minato-ku), Shiba Center, Tamachi Center, and Wireless Solution Center were integrated and relocated to Kounan, Minato-ku.

June

Cresco passed the PrivacyMark accreditation examination.

September

Cresco invested in Open Source Japan Ltd., which specializes in open source technology.

 

Cresco invested in Buerger Consulting Inc., which mainly provides consulting services on information systems.

December

Cresco invested in Appresso K.K., the developers of "DataSpider," a software package for linking data.

2003

July

Cresco sold shares of subsidiary Heart Computer Co., Ltd.

2002

April

Cresco opened Wireless Solution Center to operate the wireless systems business.

2001

March

Cresco opened Hokkaido Development Center (Sapporo, Hokkaido) in order to expand the software development business.

September

Cresco listed on First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

2000

June

Invested in online bank Japan Electronic Settlement Planning Inc. (now Rakuten Bank ).

August

Cresco invested in system developer CRL Brains Co., Ltd. (now Cognitive Research Labs, Inc.).

 

Cresco acquired Heart Computer Co., Ltd., a software developer for the brewing industry.

September

Cresco listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

October

Cresco invested in Internet business Engine Inc.

1999

April

Cresco opened Microcomputer System Center and strengthened firmware development.

 

Cresco established subsidiary Wain Co., Ltd. , which was operated by Chinese software engineers.

August

Cresco changed its share trading unit from 1,000 shares to 100 shares.

December

Cresco invested in telemarketing company Daiichi Ad System Co., Ltd.

1998

September

Cresco established subsidiary Shiba Software Co., Ltd. (now Cresco e-Solution Co., Ltd. ).

1997

July

Cresco listed on the Tokyo OTC Stock Exchange and increased its capital to ¥758,700 thousand.

1996

February

Cresco started a dedicated Internet connection between it and IIJ (Internet Initiative Japan).

1995

April

Head Office (Takanawa, Minato-ku), Software Division (Tsukishima, Chuo-ku), Open System Division (Makuhari, Chiba-shi), and System Division (Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku) were integrated and relocated to Mita, Minato-ku.

1992

July

Cresco invested in NIWS Co., Ltd., a company established by IBM Japan and Nomura Research Institute.

October

Cresco established the Open System Division in response to the downsizing and multi-vendor environment.

1990

February

The then Ministry of International Trade and Industry registered Cresco as a system integration company.

1988

April

Cresco, Ltd. was established with capital of ¥98 million to develop software and develop and sell system equipment.