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Corporate History
July 1875
A shop-cum-factory (called Tanaka Seizo-sho from 1882; later Shibaura Engineering Works Co., Ltd.) opened in Tokyo.
Apr. 1890 Hakunetsu-sha & Co., Ltd. (from 1899 Tokyo Electric Company) founded.
June 1904 Shibaura Engineering Works Co., Ltd. established.
Sep. 1939 Shibaura Engineering Works Co., Ltd. merged with Tokyo Electric Company to become Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.
Oct. 1942 Absorbed Shibaura Mazda Industry Co., Ltd. and Nippon Medical Electric Co., Ltd., expanding home appliance line-up.
July 1943 Absorbed Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. and Toyo Fire Brick Co., Ltd., expanding line-up of communications equipment.
Feb. 1950 Under the Law on Elimination of Excessive Concentration of Economic Power, a group of 14 companies, including Tokyo
Electric Appliances Co., Ltd., now Toshiba TEC Corp., was separated from Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.
Apr. Absorbed Toshiba Rolling Stock Co., Ltd., expanding rolling stock products.
Nov. 1955 Absorbed Dengyo-sha Prime Mover Works Ltd.
Nov. 1961 Absorbed Ishikawajima-Shibaura Turbine Co., Ltd, expanding line-up of turbines.
Oct. 1974 Transferred plastic and insulating materials business to Toshiba Chemical Corp. (now KYOCERA Chemical Corp.)
July 1978 English official trade name changed to “Toshiba Corporation.”
Apr. 1984 Japanese official trade name changed to “Toshiba Corporation.”
Dec. 1989 Absorbed Nippon Atomic Industry Group Co., Ltd.
June 1998 Introduced corporate executive officer system.
Apr. 1999 Introduced in-house company system.
July 2001 Changed registered headquarters from Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, to Minato Ward, Tokyo.
Aug. Announced “01 Action Plan.”
Oct. 2002 Transferred transmission & distribution system business to TM T&D Corp.
Mar. 2003 Transferred CRT business to MT Picture Display Co., Ltd.
June Adopted the Company with Committees system.
Oct. Transferred electric equipment for manufacturing plants business to TMA Electric Corp. (now Toshiba
Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corp.).
Jan. 2004 Joined the United Nations Global Compact.
Apr. 2005 Acquired T&D business from TM T&D Corp.
Oct. 2006 Acquired Westinghouse Group.
Jan. 2009 Announced “Action Programs to Improve Profitability.”
June Raised funds by public offering for the first time since 1981.
Oct. Acquired HDD business from Fujitsu Ltd.
Oct. 2010 Merged mobile phone business with that of Fujitsu Ltd. and transferred it to Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Ltd.
(now Fujitsu Mobile Communications Ltd.).
July 2011 Acquired Landis+Gyr AG.
Mar. 2012 Transferred all shares of Toshiba Mobile Display Co., Ltd. to Japan Display Inc., a company established with co-funding by
Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, Toshiba Corporation, Sony Corporation and Hitachi, Ltd.
Aug. 2012
Toshiba TEC Corporation acquired the retail store solutions business of US-based IBM (International Business Machines Corporation).
Corporate History
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