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Fact	Years	Records	Passage
Chicago Musical Instrument Co. (CMI) owns Epiphone^[1]	1957–1969	Epiphone, Chicago Musical Instrument Co. (CMI)	"In 1957, Chicago Musical Instrument Company (CMI), the parent company of Gibson, acquired Epiphone."
Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) ran Gibson Qingdao^[1]	2004–now	Gibson Qingdao, Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	"In 2004, Gibson opened a factory in Qingdao… owned by Gibson"
Epiphone China built at Gibson Qingdao (full build)^[1]	2004–now	Epiphone, Gibson Qingdao	"In 2004, Gibson opened a factory in Qingdao… owned by Gibson"
Epiphone China built at Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan) (full build)^[1]	2000–now	Epiphone, Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan)	"Several Chinese factories have produced Epiphone guitars"
Epiphone Indonesia built at PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro (full build)^[1]	1995–now	Epiphone, PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro	The company has produced guitars for Epiphone under an OEM agreement since 1995.
Epiphone Japan special models built at FujiGen (full build)^[1]	1998–now	Epiphone, FujiGen	In 1998, the company received a full license to produce Epiphone guitars.
Epiphone Japan special models built at Terada Gakki (full build)^[1]	2002–now	Epiphone, Terada Gakki	In 2002, Terada signed an OEM agreement with Epiphone.

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"In 1957, Chicago Musical Instrument Company (CMI), the parent company of Gibson, acquired Epiphone."Chicago Musical Instrument Co. (CMI) owns Epiphone, 1957–1969
"In 2004, Gibson opened a factory in Qingdao… owned by Gibson"Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) ran Gibson Qingdao, 2004–now
"Several Chinese factories have produced Epiphone guitars"Epiphone China built at Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan) (full build), 2000–now
The company has produced guitars for Epiphone under an OEM agreement since 1995.Epiphone Indonesia built at PT Cort Indonesia, Ngoro (full build), 1995–now
In 1998, the company received a full license to produce Epiphone guitars.Epiphone Japan special models built at FujiGen (full build), 1998–now
In 2002, Terada signed an OEM agreement with Epiphone.Epiphone Japan special models built at Terada Gakki (full build), 2002–now

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