-- 1972 --

• Established in Osaka with capital of ¥33 million.
• Tokyo and Osaka sales offices opened.
  
  
  

-- 1973 --

• Hamamatsu factory opened.
• First NAMM Show appearance in the U.S.
• First appearance in Japan's musical instrument fair.

-- 1975 --

• First appearance in Frankfurt Musikmesse.

-- 1976 --

• Joint venture set up in Australia.
• Nagoya sales office opened.
  
  
  

-- 1977 --

• Takaoka factory opened in Hamamatsu.

-- 1978 --

• Joint venture set up in the U.S.A.

-- 1980 --

• Fukuoka sales office opened.

-- 1981 --

• Joint ventures set up in the U.K., Germany, Denmark and Canada.
• Capital investment made in Musitronic AG, Switzerland.
• Hiroshima and Sendai sales offices opened.

-- 1982 --

• Joint venture set up in Belgium.
• Yokohama sales office opened.

-- 1983 --

• MIDI accepted as the world standard for inter-electronic musical instrument communication.
• Sapporo and Omiya sales offices opened.

-- 1984 --

• Roland Music School opened in Umeda, central Osaka.

-- 1985 --

• Joint venture set up in New Zealand.
• Roland Music School opened in Shibuya, Tokyo.
• Roland offers technology and equipment for a pavilion at Tsukuba EXPO '85.

-- 1986 --

• Joint ventures set up in Italy and Taiwan.
• Hosoe factory completed in Inasa, Shizuoka Prefecture.

-- 1987 --

• Capital investment made in S.I.EL. S.p.A, Italy.
• "The First New Age Contest" and concert "In Search of Music's Future" held.

-- 1988 --

• Rodgers Instrument Corporation set up in the U.S.A.
• Joint venture set up in Switzerland.
• S.I.EL. S.p.A. renamed Roland Europe S.p.A. and introduces E-10 and E-20 Intelligent Synthesizers.

-- 1989 --

• Rodgers Organ appears on the Japanese market.
• Company stock listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange SecondSection (December).
• Capital increased to 7.6 billion yen.

-- 1990 --

• Production of D-series synthesizers tops 300,000 units.
• Joint venture set up in Spain.
• Co-sponsorship of a pavilion at Expo '90 in Osaka.
• Hamamatsu distribution centre and Hamamatsu laboratory completed.
• Capital investment made in Intermusica Ltd., Hungary.
• Roland Audio Development Corp. established in the U.S.A.

-- 1991 --

• Lake Hamana studio completed.
• President Kakehashi (now Chairman) awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music.
• Roland Brasil Ltda. established.

-- 1992 --

• Celebration of 20th anniversary with new slogan, catchphrase and corporate symbol.

-- 1993 --

• Head office relocated to Dojimahama, Kita-ku, Osaka.
• Miyakoda testing laboratory completed.
  
  
  
  
  
  

-- 1994 --

• Internal organization changed from "Product Leader" system to "Producer" system.
• First issue of unsecured convertible debentures (total value 5 billion yen).
• Roland Foundation established.
• Roland Audio Development Corp. (U.S.A.) begins production of amplifiers.
• Edirol Corporation North America established.
• "301 Project" launched.

-- 1995 --

• Worldwide sales of GS sound modules tops one million.

-- 1996 --

• Roland becomes Japan's first musical instrument manufacturer to receive ISO 9002 certification.
• Roland Europe stock listed on the Milan Stock Exchange.

-- 1997 --

• Joint venture set up in Taiwan (Roland Taiwan Enterprise Co., Ltd.).
• Celebration of 25th anniversary.
• Miyakoda factory opened.
• Roland France S.A. established.

-- 1998 --

• Tecnologias Musica e Audio, Roland Portugal S.A. and Edirol (Europe) Ltd. established.

-- 1999 --

• Company stock listed on the Tokyo & Osaka Stock Exchange First Section (September).
  
  
  

-- 2000 --

• Chairman Ikutaro Kakehashi (now Special Consultant) inducted into Hollywood's Rockwalk.
• Roland DG Corporation stock listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section (October).
  
  
  

-- 2001 --

• R&D Centre expansion completed.
• Manufacturing company established in China.

-- 2002 --

• Roland DG Corporation stock listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange First Section (April).

-- 2003 --

• Logistics and distribution company established in China.
• Sales of BOSS compact series reaches 8 million mark.

-- 2004 --

• European subsidiaries reorganized, and Roland Central Europe and Roland Iberia established.
• Roland Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd. set up in Malaysia.

-- 2005 --

• Manufacturing company established in China for Chinese domestic market.
• Roland DG Corporation’s new factory (digital factory) under construction.
• Headquarters office moved to Hosoe in city of Hamamatsu.