Historedia
Group or institution

Western Electric Co., Inc.

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1898–1899

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Western Electric Co., Inc., with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. NEC organized as first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital

    1898–1899

    Role: Investor and Joint Venture Partner

    1. 31 August 1898 · JapanEstablishment of Nippon Electric Limited Partnership

      Kunihiko Iwadare and Takeshiro Maeda established Nippon Electric Limited Partnership on 31 August 1898, using facilities bought from Miyoshi Electrical Manufacturing Company.

    2. 17 July 1899 · Minato, Tokyo, JapanFirst Japanese Joint Venture with Foreign Capital

      Western Electric invested in a 54% share of Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. in 1899, becoming the first company to join a Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.

    3. 17 July 1899 · JapanRevised Treaty Effectiveness

      The revised treaty between Japan and the United States went into effect on 17 July 1899, enabling the reorganization of the partnership into a joint-stock company.

Sources

  1. Western Electric Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-16