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36 Seiko Epson Annual Report 2005
1950-1960 1970 1980
Corporate History and Epson Milestones
September 1968
The EP-101 was the world’s
first compact and lightweight
digital printer and the first
Epson brand printer.
Management
Information-Related
Equipment Segment
Electronic Devices
Segment
Precision Products
Segment
Oct. 1964
Seiko Group selected as the official time-
keeper for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Aug. 1968
Tenryu (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., (now
Singapore Epson Industrial Pte. Ltd.), the
first overseas manufacturing affiliate, estab-
lished to manufacture watch cases, press-
processed parts, and auto-lathed parts.
Sept. 1968
Launched EP-101, the world’s first
mini printer.
October 1980
The compact and lightweight
MX-80 computer printer was
ahead of its time.
Apr. 1975
Epson America, Inc. established as the
first overseas sales subsidiary to market
and sell computers, peripheral equipment
and electronic devices.
June 1975
Epson brand established.
The Epson Brand
Originally developed to print official time records
for the Tokyo Olympic Games, Epson’s EP-101
mini printer rode a wave of demand for printers
accompanying the rapid uptake of calculators to
become a runaway success, shipping a cumula-
tive total of 1.44 million units. Encapsulating the
hope that EP-101 would spawn a proud line of
similarly valuable products, the letters EP (for elec-
tronic printer) were combined with the word SON
to form the “EPSON” brand name.
May 1983
Epson Sales Japan Corporation estab-
lished as a sales company targeting the
Japanese market.
Jan. 1985
Shonai Electrical Industries Co., Ltd.
(currently Tohoku Epson Corporation), a
Japan-based production company, is
established.
Nov. 1985
Suwa Seikosha Co., Ltd., and Epson
Corporation merge to become Seiko
Epson Corporation.
July 1982
The HX-20 offered a new
style of computing as the
world’s first handheld
computer.
1990
The TM-930 created a new
market as a PC-POS pack-
age printer.
1970
The SAM-D rare-earth
bonded magnet paved the
way for Epson’s magnet op-
erations.
April 1971
CMOS ICs for watches were
the starting point for Epson’s
semiconductor operations.
April 1987
SG-615 plastic SMD crystal
oscillators eventually became
a de facto standard.
June 1988
Epson developed the world’s
first LCD panel module used in
color EVFs for video cameras.
June 1956
The Seiko Marvel was an
original design for mechani-
cal watches that became
the basis for Epson’s watch
business.
September 1963
Eliminating the need for an AC
adapter, the Seiko Crystal
Chronometer QC-951 became
the first portable precision
quartz clock.
December 1969
The Seiko Quartz Astron
35SQ revolutionized time-
piece history as the world’s
first quartz watch.
May 1983
The SSR-H series of horizon-
tally articulated precision as-
sembly robots were Epson’s
first commercially sold factory
automation products.