Toshiba Corp.
History
| Year | Detail |
|---|---|
| 1875 | Setup a factory, beginning of Toshiba |
| 1890 | Fujioka established Hakunetsu-sha Co. Ltd. |
| 1894 | The company produced waterwheel power generators (60 kW) and electric fans. |
| 1895 | Company-produced induction motors. |
| 1896 | Tokyo Hakunetsu Dentokyuu Seizo Co. Ltd. Established (renamed Tokyo Electric Company in 1899) |
| 1904 | Shibaura Engineering Works Co., Ltd. Established |
| 1915 | Manufactured X-ray tubes |
| 1919 | Produced radio transmission tubes |
| 1921 | Invented the double coil electric bulb |
| 1923 | Manufactured 40-ton DC electric locomotive |
| 1924 | Started trial manufacture of cathode-ray tubes and manufactured radio receivers |
| 1930 | Manufactured electric washing machines and refrigerators |
| 1931 | Released vacuum cleaners |
| 1936 | Completed 150kilowatt broadcast transmitter for NHK |
| 1939 | Tokyo Electric Company merged with Shibaura Engineering Works Co. Ltd. and established Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. Ltd. |
| 1940 | Manufactured fluorescent lamp |
| 1942 | They acquired Shibaura Mazda Industry Co. Ltd. and Nippon Medical Electric Co. Ltd. |
| 1943 | Absorbed Tokyo Electric Co. Ltd. and Toyo Fire Brick Co. Ltd. |
| 1949 | Completed gas turbine for electricity generation |
| 1952 | Completed TV broadcast transmitters and TV microwave relay system |
| 1955 | Acquired Dengyo-sha Prime Mover Works Ltd. and later released electric rice cookers |
| 1960 | Developed color TV |
| 1961 | Acquired Ishikawajima-Shibaura Turbine Co. Ltd. |
| 1963 | Completed 12,500kW nuclear power turbine generators |
| 1967 | Completed the world's first automatic zip code reader |
| 1978 | The official English trade name of the company became "Toshiba Corporation." |
| 1984 | Japanese official trade name of the company became "Toshiba." |
| 1989 | Introduced notebook personal computer Dynabook |
| 2001 | Commercialized the world's first HDD & DVD video recorder |
| 2003 | Transferred electric equipment for manufacturing plants business to TMA Electric Corporation (now Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation) |
| 2006 | Acquired Westinghouse's nuclear power business |
| 2009 | They acquired the HDD business from Fujitsu Ltd. |
| 2011 | Acquired Landis+Gyr AG and its group of companies and closed Hino Works |
| 2012 | Toshiba Tec Corporation acquired the retail store solutions business of US-based IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) |
| 2017 | Opened an Integrated Hydrogen Application Center at Fuchu Complex |
| 2021 | Launched Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system business |
| 2022 | Developed world‘s first Lightweight, Compact, High-Power Superconducting Motor Prototype for Mobility Applications |
| 2023 | Established "Regenerative Innovation Centre" in Germany and further opened "Quantum Technology Centre“ in the UK |
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