NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation is listed on NASDAQ (NIPNY). . A. History and Development of the Company. NEC's legal and commercial name is Nippon Denki Kabushiki Kaisha in Japanese, or NEC Corporation in English. NEC was incorporated on July 17, 1899 as a joint stock corporation ( kabushiki kaisha ) in Japan under the Commercial Code ( shoho ) of Japan, or the Commercial Code. NEC's principal executive offices are located at 7-1, Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8001, Japan. NEC's telephone number is +81-3-3454-1111. History NEC was formed as a joint venture between Western Electric Company of the United States and two Japanese individuals. Initially, NEC acted as a sales agent for telephone equipment manufactured by Western Electric, but it soon commenced production of similar equipment in Japan. In 1925, Western Electric's interests in its foreign affiliates, including NEC, were sold to International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation, or ITT.

Neenah Paper Inc.

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