History
With more than 50 years of experience in construction and the operation of business information systems
The CAC group started as Computer Applications Co., Ltd. (CAC), the first independent software company in Japan, in 1966 under the philosophy “to construct user-oriented information systems from a neutral standpoint independent of hardware manufacturers.” Up to the present, as the prime contractor, we have steadfastly maintained our management policy to develop and provide information systems optimum for our clients and users following their needs based on the founding philosophy to be fully liable for our products and services as well as to be independent and neutral and user-oriented. Since April 2014, we have formed a corporate group under a holding company structure, centered on CAC Holdings Corporation.
Since our founding, while we engaged in system development for a wide range of industries, our business has expanded into system integration (SI), including construction of system infrastructure. In addition, based on the idea that “a specialist company should undertake the operation and management of the information systems of our customers in order to support their business,” our group company, Nippon System Service Co., Ltd. (SSK), was reorganized into the first company dedicated for outsourcing service of information processing in 1971. In 1973, System Utility Co., Ltd. (SUC) was launched, focusing on information processing and document-filing service. Thus our group came to offer comprehensive information service.
In 1994, the above mentioned three companies were merged and rebranded as CAC Co., Ltd., consolidating our system to seamlessly offer full service of the process from planning to development and operation of a system. CAC went public in 1999.
Since 2000, ARK System Co., Ltd., ORBIS CORPORATION (present CAC ORBIS CORPORATION), MARUHA SYSTEMS CORPORATION (present CAC MARUHA NICHIRO SYSTEMS CORPORATION) and others, which had been subsidiary IT companies of our clients and users, have become our affiliates, which allowed us to expand the outsourcing business.
Since 2006, we had expanded the CRO service lineup through acquisitions of CRO companies, etc., and in April 2012, we spun off the CRO business into a separate company to grow this business. However, at the end of June 2021, we sold our CRO business in order to focus our management resources on the facilitation of DX in the IT business, a core business of us.
In recent years, we obtained shares of an Indian based company, Accel Frontline Limited (present Inspirisys Solutions Limited), and an Indonesian based company, Mitrais Pte. Ltd., in order to enhance our global service capabilities.
| 1966 | Established under the name Computer Applications Co., Ltd. as Japan's first independent software company. |
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| 1971 | Invested in Nippon System Service Co., Ltd. (SSK) SSK changed business focus to outsourcing, becoming the first such company in Japan. |
| 1973 | Established System Utility Co., Ltd. (SUC). |
| 1986 | Formally entered the system consulting business. |
| 1988 | Received certification under the newly established System Integrator Registration and Certification System. |
| 1989 | Established CAC America in New York. |
| 1990 | Established CAC Europe in London. |
| 1994 | CAC, SSK and SUC merged operations to form CAC Co., Ltd. |
| 1995 | Re-certified under the CAC Co., Ltd. name as a system integrator by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) Certified as a system operation service provider by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). |
| 1996 | Entered the business of Integrated Management services for distributed systems. |
| 1999 | Registered on the OTC Market. |
| 2000 | Acquired share of ARK System Co.,Ltd. Established subsidiary, CAC PACIFIC CORPORATION, in San Jose, CA, USA. Established CAC Shanghai Corporation in Shanghai, China, with 100% investment by CAC Pacific. Listed on the 1st section of the Tokyo Stock Exchanges. |
| 2002 | Acquired share of GoldenTech Computer Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. Acquired share of YUASA KNOWLEDGE INDUSTRY Co., Ltd., and changed the company name to CAC Knowledge Co., Ltd. Launched "PRASMA"a total support service for reserch and development of new drugs. |
| 2003 | Acquired share of ORBIS CORPORATION(Presently CAC ORBIS CORPORATION). Acquired share of MARUHA SYSTEMS CORPORATION(Presently CAC MARUHA NICHIRO SYSTEMS CORPORATION). |
| 2005 | Moved the head office to Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. |
| 2006 | Acquired shares of Arm Systex Co., Ltd., making the company and Arm Co., Ltd. our subsidiaries. |
| 2007 | Established kizasi Company, Inc. Acquired 100% share of Medical Ecology Co., Ltd. (name subsequently changed to CAC ClinIT Co., Ltd.) and made it a subsidiary. |
| 2009 | Acquired shares of clinical trust Co., Ltd and made it a subsidiary. |
| 2010 | Merged CAC ClinIT Co., Ltd., Arm Systex Co., Ltd., and Arm Co., Ltd. Made Sogo Rinsho Holdings Co., Ltd. an equity-method affiliate. Established CAC India in Mumbai, India. |
| 2012 | Established CAC EXICARE Corporation after a company split. |
| 2014 | Acquired shares in Accel Frontline Limited(Presently Inspirisys Solutions Limited) to make it a subsidiary of the Company. Shifted to a holding company structure, changing its corporate name to CAC Holdings Corporation. Established CAC Corporation as a new entity through a company split, and had it succeed to the business operations of the former CAC Corporation. |
| 2015 | Acquired shares of Sierra Solutions Pte. Ltd. and made it a subsidiary. |
| 2016 | Established CAC Croit Corporation through the merger of CAC EXICARE Corporation and Clinical trust Co., Ltd. |
| 2017 | Transfers all the shares of Sierra Solutions Pte. Ltd. |
| 2019 | Acquired shares of Mitrais Pte. Ltd. and made it a subsidiary. |
| 2021 | Transfers all the shares of CAC Croit Corporation |