History
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| 1971 | April | SUNCORPORATION established in Konan, Aichi Prefecture to manufacture and sell electronic equipment. |
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| April | Manufactured single-function automatic ticket machines for Tateisi Electric Manufacturing Co., (presently OMRON Corporation).
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| 1974 |
May | Developed and launched a computer for pachinko parlors. ![]() |
| 1978 |
October | Developed and launched a commercial video game machine. ![]() |
| December | Developed READY1 personal computer.
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| 1980 |
March | Developed and marketed control boards for pachinko machines. |
| 1983 | March | Completed the corporate headquarters building in Konan, Aichi Prefecture. ![]() |
| 1984 | April | Developed and launched SUNTAC-PC series personal computers.
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| 1985 | July | Developed and launched home-use game software. ![]() |
| 1988 |
December | Acquired 100% ownership of Aiwa Kasei, Co., Ltd. (presently eDream Corporation) to further improve manufacturing. |
| 1990 |
April | Established a fully-owned subsidiary SUN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo to expand the telecommunications equipment business. |
| 1994 |
April | Launched SUNTAC series modems under the SUNCORPORATION brand.
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| June | Launched the industry’s first networked pachinko parlor computer system King Zaurus System.
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| 1997 | October | Launched pachinko parlor computer system Pyber Mebius System that enables member management and medal exchange processing. |
| 2002 |
March | Listed on the JASDAQ stock market.
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| August | Obtained ISO 14001 certification.
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| 2003 | August | Launched Shanghai i Puzzle site for mobile phone games.
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| 2005 | August | Launched an on-line shopping site Grand Repos to "Enjoy a Beautiful and Healthy Life."
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| October | Started a contents & server service business to provide Podcasts. | |
| October | Exhibited in WORLD PC EXPO 2005 for the first time. | |
| November | Launched an official game site Shanghai Puzzle V for Vodafone.
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| November | Launched an official game site Shanghai Puzzle EZ for Ezweb.
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| 2006 | January | Opened an official game site Shanghai Puzzle for CLUB AIR-EDGE. |
| 2007 | July | Acquired Israeli company Cellebrite Mobile Synchronization Ltd. |
| 2008 | April | Merged SUN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION. |
| December | Established Sun (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in China. | |
| 2009 | October | Acquired NIFCO Advanced Technology Inc. |
| 2011 | April | SUNCORPORATION will celebrate its 40th anniversary. |


















