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Dec. 1946 Established Kasuga Radio Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Kenwood Corporation) in Komagane, Nagano Prefecture [Photo
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Feb. 1947
Succeeded in manufacturing high-performance radio parts (high-frequency coils)
Jun. 1949 Trio’s high-frequency coil passed the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) approval certificate for the first time in Japan
Jan. 1950 Renamed Kasuga Radio Industry Corporation
Feb. 1955 Established the Tokyo office in Ota-ku, Tokyo, and began mass production of audio, communications and measuring equipment
Apr. 1957 Began exporting FM tuners for the first time as a Japanese manufacturer [Photo
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Jan. 1958 Relocated the head office from Akaho, Komagane, Nagano Prefecture to the Tokyo Plant in Yukigaya, Ota-ku, Tokyo
Jan. 1960 Renamed Trio Electronics, Inc. [Photo
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Oct. 1961 Listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Sep. 1962 Launched the industry’s first transistor amplifier [Photo
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Jul. 1963 Established the Hachioji Business Center in Hachioji, Tokyo
Dec. 1963
Set up Company’s first overseas sales firm in the U.S. (present Kenwood U.S.A. Corporation) and began full-scale overseas operations
Jun. 1965 Relocated the head office from Ota-ku, Tokyo to Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Jan. 1966 Fully transistorized audio products for the first time in the industry
Oct. 1969 Listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Aug. 1971 Relocated the head office from Shibuya-ku, Tokyo to Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Mar. 1978 Entered the commercial wireless radio equipment field, by introducing commercial wireless radio terminal in Japan
Apr. 1979 Set up Company’s first overseas production firm in Singapore (present Kenwood Electronics Technologies (S) Pte. Ltd.)
Apr. 1980 Entered the car audio field, launching car audio systems in the U.S. [Photo
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Dec. 1980 Relocated the head office from Meguro-ku, Tokyo to Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Jul. 1981 Set up production subsidiary Tohoku Trio (present Kenwood Yamagata Corp.) in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture
Aug. 1981 Decided on “KENWOOD” as the corporate brand
Sep. 1982 Entered the portable audio field, introducing portable FM radio [Photo
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May 1983 Entered the Business & Industry sector of commercial wireless radio field, by beginning to sell Land Mobile Radio
equipment in the U.S. [Photo
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Jun. 1986 Renamed Kenwood Corporation [Photo
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Aug. 1989 Established the Yokohama Business Center in Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Aug. 1989 Entered the public safety sector of commercial wireless radio field, by beginning to sell Land Mobile Radio equipment,
establishing the base for commercial wireless radio business [Photo
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Jun. 1990 Set up production subsidiary Kenwood Nagano Corporation in Ina, Nagano Prefecture
Oct. 1991 Developed the radio systems for F1 world championship race and began an official supplier contract
with the Team McLaren [Photo
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Mar. 1992 Entered the car navigation system field, launching the industry’s first 1DIN-size GPS car navigation system [Photo
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Mar. 1994 Entered the mobile phone field, introducing digital mobile phones
Dec. 1996 Entered the mobile phone field for overseas markets, by launching GSM phones
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