World Timeline
|
Year |
eCustoms Timeline
|
| IBM sells first Personal Computer;
Compact discs enter the market |
1981 |
MSR eCustoms begins operations
with a staff of three |
| Motorola breaks new ground
with 32-bit, 25MHz microprocessor; Beginning of the end of Soviet
era as Gorbachev takes control |
1985 |
Receives Novell Certification;
Sets up company's first Internet access |
| Space shuttle launches first
commercial satellite payload |
1986 |
Implements first DOS-based
import solution on dual processor Unix system with over 100 users
(for Chrysler) |
| The number of
internet hosts surpasses the 10,000 mark |
1987 |
Designs and implements
first DOS-based compliance system (for L-3); MSR eCustoms systems
selected for use by colleges training students of international
trade |
| Virtual reality becomes reality;
U.S. and Canada sign free trade agreement |
1988 |
MSR eCustoms' Practical Guide
to Importing and Exporting becomes a best-seller, with sales of
more than 10,000 copies; Implements Customs-approved CADEX solution
|
| HTML protocol developed; Nintendo's
Gameboy hits the market; Harmonized Tariff System Introduced as
new global trade standard; Berlin Wall is dismantled |
1989 |
Installs first compliance
solution at Honeywell; Introduces Harmonized Tariff Classification
software; Debuts landmark export solution; Moves from 3,000 sq
ft offices to 15,000 sq ft facility |
| Philips releases the CD-Interactive
format; Java technology created; Kuwait liberated from Iraqi occupation;
Collapse of the Soviet Union |
1991 |
Establishes EDI Customs Brokers,
Customs uses MSR solutions to familiarize employees with compliance
systems |
| Intel releases the Pentium
chip; U.S. unveils plans to enforce Customs laws in an automated
environment |
1993 |
Automates Department of Defense
customs compliance program |
| NAFTA implemented in the U.S.,
Canada and Mexico; Yahoo launches as world wide web search engine |
1994 |
Launches NAFText software
providing "intelligent access" to NAFTA rules and regulation |
| Microsoft and Netscape lock
horns in browser war; Sun Microsystems plays major role in Toy
Story, the first all computer generated feature film; World Trade
Organization established |
1995 |
LCBO – world's largest liquor
importer – selects MSR's import solution; eCustoms receives Microsoft
Certification |
| More than 10 million people
are members of AOL; Britain hands Hong Kong's sovereignty back
to China |
1997 |
Develops first fully automated,
paperless customs clearance process (for Federal Mogul) |
| World prepares
for Y2K challenge |
1999 |
Rolls out Visual
Compliance to meet the compliance needs of U.S. exporters; moves
to own 40,000 sq ft building |
| Dotcoms consolidate; Human
genome deciphered |
2000 |
Establishes U.S. Customs Brokerage
operation; Sets up International Trade Consulting Division; Receives
Oracle Certification |
| Apple iPod portable music
player is released; War against terrorism stepped up following
9/11 attacks; U.S. invades Afghanistan |
2001 |
Releases Customs IQ for comprehensive online HTS classification;
Receives Citrix Certification |
| IBM sells Personal Computer
division to Chinese company; Google IPO; U.S. begins rolling out
AEI, as Canada introduces ACI |
2004 |
Unveils AEI, ACI solutions |
| Hurricane Katrina floods New Orleans; the first fully-functional neuro-cybernetic limbs |
2005 |
Releases Visual License for controlled goods export licensing, and
QP/WP Gateway, ACE e-Manifest, and RNS online solutions |
| The number of websites with domain names and content on them surpassess 100 million. |
2006 |
Provides innovative new compliance solutions for colleges and universities |
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2008 |
For 27 years the industry leader |
