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25JVC KENWOOD Holdings, Inc.
1946 Established Kasuga Radio Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Kenwood Corporation)
1947 Succeeded in manufacturing high-performance radio parts (high-frequency coils)
1957 Began exporting FM tuners for the first time as a Japanese manufacturer [1]
1960 Renamed to Trio Electronics, Inc. [2]
1962 Launched the industry’s first transistor amplifier [3]
1966 Fully transistorized audio products for the first time in the industry
1978 Entered the commercial wireless radio equipment field in Japan
1980 Entered the car audio field in the U.S. [4]
1983 Entered the Business & Industry sector of commercial wireless radio field in the U.S. [5]
1986 Renamed to Kenwood Corporation [6]
1991 Developed the radio systems for F1 world championship race and began an official supplier contract with
the Team McLaren
1992
Entered the car navigation system field, launching the industry’s first 1DIN-size GPS car navigation system [4]
1997 Supplied Real Focus Sound System for Forester and 2nd Legacy of Subaru, establishing the base for the OEM
business
2004 Acquired the wireless radio operations of Toyo Communication Equipment Co., Ltd.
2005 Formed a technical and capital alliance with Icom Inc. to jointly research the standardization of technical
specifications for digital wireless radio equipment
2007 Entered into a tie-up with a company of the group headed by the leading European aerospace and
defensed corporation EADS, to mutually supply Digital Land Mobile Radio equipment
Launched the voluntary organization jointly in Europe in order to establish standards for commercial digital
wireless radio equipment
Converted Zetron, Inc., a U.S. systems-based communication company into a subsidiary
Formed a management integration Capital alliance with Victor Company of Japan, Limited
Formed a new aftermarket collaboration agreement for AV-integrated navigation systems for the consumer
aftermarket with Garmin, the largest PND maker in U.S.
[7]
2008 Agreed on a Management Integration through the Establishment of a Joint Holding Company with Victor
Company of Japan, Limited
Launched a voluntary organization jointly to contribute to the development of land mobile radio in the
Americas
2009 Launched Simultaneous Communications System, VoIP Radio Dispatch System [8]
[5] Land mobile radio launched in the U.S. [6] Kenwood logo [7] AV-integrated navigation systems for the
consumer market
[8] VoIP radio dispatch system