History

1950s

Management and Others

March 1950

Hikohachi Sato establishes TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.

May 1956

Takasaki Plant (now Takasaki Global Center) opens

October 1958

Haruna Plant opens

Products

September 1950

Commercialization of barium titanate ceramic capacitors

September 1954

Start of small ferrite core production

1960s

Management and Others

September 1964

Technical Research Institute opens

May 1967

Establishment of the company's first overseas subsidiary TAIWAN TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.

December 1969

Nakanojo Plant opens

Products

1965

Commercialization of inductors using in-house manufactured ferrite cores

1970s

Management and Others

March 1970

Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

January 1973

Designated to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

September 1977

Tamamura Plant opens

Products

July 1976

World's first commercialization of axial leaded ceramic capacitors

October 1977

Development of the world's first tubular chip type ceramic capacitor

1980s

Management and Others

October 1984

Establishment of Taiyo Yuden Women's Softball Team

June 1986

EMC Center opens

October 1986

Yawatabara Plant opens

Products

July 1984

Commercialization of the world's first nickel electrode high-capacity multilayer ceramic capacitor

September 1988

Commercialization of the world's first write-once optical recording media "CD-R"

1990s

Management and Others

December 1994

Establishment of the company's first overseas factory for multilayer ceramic capacitors in Malaysia

November 1998

R&D Center (Research and Development Center) opens

1999 - 2000

Simultaneous launch of four overseas production bases

Products

June 1991

Commercialization of multilayer chip inductors

June 1998

Commercialization of wire-wound chip inductors for power circuits

October 1998

Commercialization of 4.7 GB capacity DVD-R

2000s

Management and Others

April 2003

Opened an Anechoic Chamber Test Facility within the R&D Center (Haruna-machi, Gunma-gun, Gunma Prefecture, now Takasaki City)

January 2007

Established NIIGATA TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.

February 2007

Made Shoei Electronics Co., Ltd. (now TAIYO YUDEN ENERGY DEVICE CO., LTD.) a subsidiary

Products

April 2001

First in the world to obtain Bluetooth® specification Ver.1.1 certification

February 2004

Commercialization of SMD power inductor NR Series

February 2008

World's first commercialization of write-once Blu-ray disc LTH type with organic dye recording layer

2010s

Management and Others

March 2010

Made TAIYO YUDEN Mobile Technology Co., Ltd. a subsidiary

April 2018

Made ELNA CO., LTD. a wholly-owned subsidiary

Products

April 2010

World's first commercialization of 0.1μF in a 0402 size multilayer ceramic capacitor

May 2012

Commercialization of metal power inductor MCOIL™

June 2015

World's first commercialization of 0.022μF in a 0201 size multilayer ceramic capacitor

December 2017

World's first commercialization of 0603 size 4-terminal multilayer ceramic capacitor

May 2018

World's first commercialization of 1,000μF multilayer ceramic capacitor

2020s

Management and Others

April 2022

Transitioned to the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange

Products