KENWOOD (TRIO)
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| December 1946 |
Establishes Kasuga Radio Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Kenwood Corporation) in Komagane, Nagano prefecture. |
| January 1949 |
High-frequency transformer passes the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) approval certificate for the first time in Japan. |
| January 1950 |
Renamed Kasuga Radio Industry Corporation. |
| February 1955 |
Establishes the Tokyo office in Ota-ku, Tokyo, and begins mass production of audio, communications and measuring equipment. |
| January 1960 |
Renamed Trio Electronics, Inc. |
| September 1962 |
Launches the industry's first transistor amplifier. |
| December 1963 |
Sets up a sales firm in the U.S., and begins full-scale overseas operations. |
| January 1966 |
Fully transistorizes audio products for the first time in the industry. |
| October 1969 |
Lists on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| February 1978 |
Begins selling commercial wireless radio equipment in Japan. |
| June 1979 |
Sets up the Company's first overseas production firm in Singapore. Starts manufacturing abroad. |
| June 1980 |
Enters the car audio field. |
| December 1980 |
Launches Corporate Identity activities, and determines Kenwood as the corporate brand. |
| June 1986 |
Renamed Kenwood Corporation. |
| August 1989 |
Establishes the Yokohama Business Center in Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (closes the Tokyo office). |
| March 1991 |
Begins selling license-free transceivers. |
| October 1991 |
Signs an official supply contract with McLaren to provide wireless radio equipment for the F1 world auto-racing championship. |
| March 1992 |
Enters the car navigation system field. |
| July 1995 |
Mounts amateur radio equipment on Russian space station Mir. |
| September 1996 |
Changes the subsidiary name from Trio-Kenwood to Kenwood, coinciding with the Company's 50th anniversary. |
| June 1997 |
Becomes Japan's first manufacturer to launch car-mounted DAB receivers. |
| January 1999 |
Jointly develops the world's first mobile digital broadcast receiving system. |
| February 2002 |
Develops a network interface module (NIM) for digital broadcasts via a communications satellite (CS). |
| May 2002 |
Sells shares in Kenwood TMI Corporation (withdraws from the test and measuring equipment business). |
| June 2002 |
Relocates the head office to Hachioji, Tokyo. |
| May 2003 |
Posts a record net income in the fiscal year through March 2003. |
| May 2004 |
Posts a record net income for the second consecutive year in the fiscal year through March 2004. |
| March 2005 |
Forms a technical and capital alliance with Icom Inc. to jointly research the standardisation of technical specifications for digital wireless radio equipment. |
| March 2005 |
Kenwood Nagano Corp. acquires certification to "ISO/TS 16949," the international standard for quality management specific to the automotive industry. |
| February 2006 |
Releases self development AV integrated car navigation system for the first time in the Company. |
| April 2006 |
Shanghai and Malaysia factories receive ISO/TS16949: 2002 certification for automotive quality management system. |
| April 2007 |
Kenwood announces 144/430 (440) MHz FM Dual bander TM-V71 series, compatible with EchoLink(R) radio VoIP system, enabling communications with all amateur radio operators around the world. |
| April 2007 |
Kenwood won the first trial of lawsuit against manufacturers of imitation products for infringement of trademark and design right in China. |
| May 2007 |
Announcement of completion of acquisition of the US systems-based communication company Zetron Inc. |
| July 2007 |
Kenwood announces 144/430 (440)MHz FM dual bander TM-D710 series, equipped with “APRS®” data communication system capable of exchanging positional information, messages and operating frequency, enabling multi communication with all amateur radio operators around the world. |
| August 2007 |
Invested 20.0 billion yen and formed a strategic business alliance with Victor Company of Japan, Limited. |
| October 2008 | Notice of establishment of JVC Kenwood Holdings Inc. |