|
|
| 1950 |
Mar. |
Hikohachi Sato established TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. in Suginami-ku, Tokyo. |
|
| Sep. |
Marketed a barium titanate tubular ceramic capacitors. |
|
|
|
| 1954 |
Sep. |
Developed ferrite cores. |
|
|
|
| 1955 |
- |
Marketed an ultra-small tubular ceramic capacitors (US type) for transistor radio IFT. |
|
|
|
| 1964 |
Mar. |
Opened a technical research laboratory in Haruna-machi, Gunma-gun, Gunma. |
|
|
|
| 1965 |
- |
Marketed inductors (H Series) employing a ferrite core it had developed. |
|
|
|
| 1967 |
May |
Established a local subsidiary TAIWAN TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. in Taiwan. |
|
|
|
| 1969 |
Oct. |
Marketed thick film hybrid ICs. |
|
|
|
| 1970 |
Mar. |
Stock listed on Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
|
|
|
| 1973 |
Jan. |
Stock listed on First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
|
|
|
| 1974 |
Jul. |
Marketed the world's first semiconductor (Sr-BL) grain boundary insulation type ceramic capacitors consisting of strontium titanate. |
|
|
|
| 1975 |
May |
Marketed the world's first ring stannic oxide varistors (SNR varistors) for micromotors. |
|
|
|
| 1976 |
Jul. |
Marketed the world's first axial leaded ceramic capacitors. |
|
|
|
| 1977 |
Apr. |
Marketed axial leaded inductors. |
|
| Oct. |
Marketed the world's first tubular type ceramic capacitors. |
|
|
|
| 1984 |
Jul. |
Marketed the world's first 1210 case size (1µF) nickel electrode high capacitance multilayer ceramic capacitors. |
|
|
|
| 1986 |
Jun. |
Established the EMC Center. |
|
|
|
| 1988 |
Oct. |
Marketed SMT (automatic mounter) supporting DC-DC converters. |
|
| Oct. |
Marketed the world's first recordable compact discs "That's CD-R" |
|
|
|
| 1992 |
Oct. |
Marketed multilayer ferrite chip beads BK series. |
|
|
|
| 1993 |
Oct. |
Marketed multilayer chip inductors for high frequency HK series. |
|
|
|
| 1997 |
Sep. |
Secured ISO14001 certification at TAIWAN TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. first in the Taiyo Yuden Group. |
|
|
|
| 1998 |
Oct. |
Announced establishment of commercializing 4.7GB DVD-R. |
|
| Nov. |
Opened TAIYO YUDEN R&D CENTER in Haruna-machi, Gunma-gun, Gunma. |
|
|
|
| 2001 |
Apr. |
Qualified the world's first Bluetooth® standard version 1.1 for Bluetooth® full module. |
|
| Sep. |
Established a local subsidiary TRDA INC. in San Diego, CA, U.S.A. |
|
|
|
| 2003 |
Mar. |
Developed world's first ultra miniature ceramic chip antenna for ultra wideband (UWB) technology. |
|
| Oct. |
Reformed the pension and retirement fund system, and it shifted to the definite donation pension and the prepayment retirement fund system. |
|
|
|
| 2004 |
Oct. |
Launched in earnest the recycling business of polycarbonate substrates which are materials for optical disc. |
|
|
|
| 2005 |
Jul. |
Launched a radio regulatory measurement and certification service for low power radio equipment used in data telecommunication system. |
|
|
|
|
| 2008 |
Feb. |
Launched world’s first recordable Blu-ray Disc using an organic dye recording layer |
|
| Oct. |
Victor Advanced Media Co., Ltd. made into a consolidated subsidiary |
|
|
|
