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