History
Maxell was formed in 1960 when a dry-cell manufacturing plant was created at the company's headquarters in Ibaraki, Osaka. In 1961, Maxell Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. was created out of the dry battery and magnetic tape divisions of Nitto Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (now Nitto Denko Corp.).
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