History
| 1988 | Manufacturers Comittee for Ultrasonic was established |
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| 1991 | Manufacturers Comittee for Eddycurrent was established |
| 1997 | Manufacturers Comittee for Eddycurrent was established The 1st NDT Forum was held by cooperation of 3 committee at International Forum Hall |
| 2000 | Manufacturers Comittee for Industrial X-Ray was established 2nd NDT Forum was held by cooperation of 4 committee at International Forum Hall |
| April 21, 2001 | Japanese Inspection Instruments Manufacturers' Association was formed under merger of committees of ET, MT/PT and RT. The office was set at Ukima, Kitaku, Tokyo. The shorten name is called as "JIMA". |
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| April 2002 | New category for Ultrasonic was added. |
| July 2002 | The 1st test piece for X-Ray as called "Microchart" was started to sell. |
| September 2002 | PL seals by JIMA was started sales. |
| April 2003 | The 1st Exhibition as JIMA was held at Tokyo Big Site: JIMA 2003. Concurrent Exhibition: Test 2003, Sensor 2003, Ceramics 2003 |
| April 2003 | Test pieces for Penetrant Testing was started sales. |
| June 2003 | Test Pieces for MT and PT were started sales. |
| October 2003 | JIMA sent a party to ASNT Fall Conference, Pitsburge USA for observation. |
| August 2004 | JIMA sent a party to WCNDT Conference, Montreal Canada for observation. |
| October 2004 | Test pieces for foreign object inspection by X-Ray were started sales. |
| April 2005 | The 2nd Exhibition as JIMA 2005 was held at Tokyo Big Site. Concurrent Exhibition: Test 2005, Sensor 2005, Ceramics 2005 |
| April 2007 | The 3rd Exhibition as JIMA 2007 was held at Tokyo Big Site. Concurrent Exhibition: Test 2007, Sensor 2007, Ceramics 2007 |
| June 2007 | Opened branch office for test pieces at Kohjimachi, Chiyodaku, Tokyo. |
| September 2007 | Test pieces for Eddycurrent inspection were started sales. |
| January 2008 | JIMA was registered as a Limited General Association to obtain official organization. |
| October 2008 | JIMA sent a party to WCNDT Conference, Shanghai China for observation. Meeting with China NDT Association. |
| March 2009 | Test pieces for Ultrasonic inspection were started sales. |
| April 2009 | The 4th Exhibition as JIMA 2009 was held at Tokyo Big Site. Concurrent Exhibition: Test 2009, Sensor 2009, Ceramics 2009 |
| JUne 2009 | Along with the change of Law for General Association, JIMA changed the name as General Association JIMA |
| June 2010 | JIMA sent a party to ECNDT Conference, Moscow, Russia for observation. Meeting with Russian NDT Association. |
| November 2010 | The 5th Exhibition as JIMA 2010 was held at Tokyo Big Site. Concurrent Exhibition: Measure 2010, Sensor 2009 |
| July 2011 | JIMA obatained own office in Kudan and moved to. |
| October 2012 | The 6th Exhibition as JIMA 2012 was held at Tokyo Big Site. Concurrent Exhibition: Measure 2012, Sensor 2012. |