Company History - Fujitsu10 - read 1973 and others
1920 Kawanishi Machine Works estasblished
1949 Kawanishi Machine Works dissolved due to dissolution of financial cliques and Kobe Industories established.
1955 Started deliverry of car radio for Toyota Motor Corporation's Crown.
Started production of car radios for the aftermarket.
1956 Started production of radio communications equipment for taxis.
1959 Developed the first "all-transistor" car radio in Japan.
1967 Marketed Japan's first-8-track Car stereo system.
Ten Onkyo Co. Ltd. established.
1968 Kobe Industories Corp. merged with Fujitsu Limited, and the car radio and car stereo department belonged to the Kobe Industories Division of Fujitsu Limited.
1972 The car radio and car stereo department was separated from Fujitsu Limited, and established as FUJITSU TEN LIMITED with a capital of 550 million yen.
1973 The capital was increased to 1,000 million yen with investment by Toyota Motor Corporation, Denso Corporation and Fujitsu Limited. Started Deliverly of electronic devices for controlling safety belt and gas emission to Toyota Mortor Corporation.
1975 Nakatugawa Ten Ltd. established.
1976 FUJITSU TEN CORP. OF AMERICA established.
1977 Marketed a component car stereo.
1978 Started deliverly of electronic devices for cruise control to Toyota Motor Corporation.
1979 Capital increased to 1,300 million yen.
Started deliverly of car stereos equipped with electronically tuned radio and recording functions to Toyota Motor Corporation.
1980 Marketed AVM(Automatic Vehicle Monitoring) system.
Marketed the component car stereo, Biyo.
1981 Started delivery of the electronic device for electronically controlled automatic transmission to Aishin Seiki Co., Ltd.
1982 Marketed MCA (Multi Channel Access) mobile radio equipment. Jointly developed an electronic mobile height control device with Aishin Seiki Co., Ltd. and started delivery of the product to the company.
1983 Marketed personal mobile radio communications equipment, Pasocall Biyo. Started delivery of preheat timer devices for diesel engines to Toyota Motor Corporation. Jointly developed the world's first in-car use CD player with Toyota Motor Corporation. Started delivery of a control unit for an electronically controlled fuel injection device (EFI) to Toyota Motor Corporation.
1984 A vehicle electronics building constructed in the main plant. Started delivery of a mobile security system to Toyota Motor Corporation.
1985 Jointly developed the Live Sound System with Toyota Motor Corporation, and started delivery of the product to Toyota.
New production facilities constructed in the main plant.
Capital increased to 3,300 million yen.
1987 Nakatsugawa Ten Ltd. merged with FUJITSU TEN LIMITED.
Marketed the bus location system. Rushville Indiana Operation of FUJITSU TEN CORP. OF AMERICA established.
1988 Marketed DAT (Digital Audio Tape) player for in-car use.
Marketed the new "ECLIPSE" series of car audio to the U.S. aftermarket.
1989 Technical facilities constructed in the main plant.
Developed world's first in-car use DSP Sound Processor.
Marketed the new ƒ¿ series of car audio.
The symbol mark renewed.
1990 FUJITSU TEN (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. established.
FUJITSU TEN (AUSTRALIA) PTY. Ltd. established.
FUJITSU TEN CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES established.
Acoustics Development Center opened in the main plant.
1991 Production facilities constructed in the Nakatsugawa factory. A new manufacturing building constructed for FUJITSU TEN CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. Capital was increased to 5,300 million yen.
1992 Started delivery of anti-lock braking system (ABS) control units to Toyota Motor Corporation.
FUJITUS TEN ACTY LIMITED established.
FUJITSU TEN RESEARCH LIMITED established.
1993 Jointly developed, and started delivery of the vehicle position tracking system to Asahi Security Systems Co., Ltd.
1994 FUJITSU TEN CHUBU SALES LIMITED established.
FUJITSU TEN WEST JAPAN SALES LIMITED established.
FUJITSU TEN Social Contribution Fund founded.
Marketed the world's first multimedia player for in-car use, "Car Marty." Marketed the following distance warning device, Radar Alarm.
1995 Operation of the main plant was suspended for four days due to the Hanshin Earthquake. Marketed the new series of car audio, ECLIPSE, for the Japanese domestic market.
TIANJIN FUJITSU TEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. established.
1996 FUJITSU TEN de MEXICO, S.A. de C.V. established.
Started producing car audio in Europe. Started delivery of VICS units for car navigation to Toyota Motor Corporation.
Certification of the 1S09001 Series international standard for quality assurance systems acquired.
1997 FUJITSU TEN (NEW ZEALAND) LTD. established.
Started delivery of the world's first 1-din 6-disc CD changer to Toyota Motor Corp. Construction of the factory of FUJITSU TEN de MEXICO, S.A. de C.V. completed. Nakatsugawa Technical Center constructed. Construction of the factory of TIANJIN FUJITSU TEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. completed. Obtained international environmental management system standard IS014001 certification. Marketed 2-Din AVN, an integrated car navigation and audio-visual system. Began supplying MONET (Mobile Information Network) control modules to Toyota Motor Corp.
Started supplying CTI(Computer Telephony Integration)taxi dispatch systems.
1998 Developed the world's smallest 60GHz scan-type millimeter-wave radar for automobiles and began sample shipment of the radar system. Obtained QS-9000 quality control standard certification, meeting criteria established by America's Big Three. Started delivery of the VNR system - the world's first product to use digital signal processing to minimize image disturbances on car-mounted TVs - to Toyota Motor Corp.
Marketed the DVD car navigation system. Began using the electronic "kanban" system for parts procurement, a first in the car audio industry.
1999 Opened Kobe Logistics Center.
Developed the world's smallest 60GHz scan-type millimeter-wave radar for automobiles and began sample shipment of the radar system.
2000 Developed world's first in-car use DVD 5.1ch reproducing system applied (the Haas effect) in-car use DVD system.
Constructed its factory in FUJITSU TEN (THAILAND) COMPANY LIMITED. Started supplying DVD-AVNs that integrate world's first DVD Navigation and Audio Visual System in 2DIN size to Toyota Motor corp. Introduced Environmental Accounting.
Introduced ECLIPSE After-market Audio Products in Korea and Thailand. Obtained Automotive EMC Accreditation for ISO/EIC17025, International Standard at the Nakatsugawa Technical Center. 2001 Made a fresh debut Egg-Shaped Speakers and Power Amplifiers "ECLIPSE TD" for Home Use.
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