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Yamaha Annual Report 2005 73
1987 YSK (currently Yamaha Fine Technologies Co., Ltd.) is
established
Yamaha Kagoshima Semiconductor Inc. is incorporated
Yamaha English School operations begin
The Company name is officially changed to “Yamaha
Corporation”
1988 Yamaha Electronique France S.A.S. (Croissy-
Beaubourg) is established
YST active servo technology is launched
1989 AVITECSTM soundproof room is launched
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, selects the wind
MIDI controller “WX7” for its permanent collection
Production of automobile interior wood components
begins
PT. Yamaha Music Manufacturing Indonesia (Jakarta) is
established
Tianjin Yamaha Electronic Musical Instruments, Inc.
(China), is established
1990 Yamaha Musica Italia S.p.A. (Milan) is established
1991 Yamaha Electronics Manufacturing Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
(Ipoh) is established
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, selects the
“YST-SD90” active servo speaker for its permanent col-
lection
Yamaha Livingtec Corporation is established
Yamaha Metanix Corporation is established
KiroroTM resort opens
1993 Silent PianoTM debuts
Network karaoke developed with Daiichikosho Co., Ltd.
1994 Yamaha Music Media Corporation is established
1995 Theater sound system is launched
Guangzhou Yamaha-Pearl River Piano Inc. (China) is
established
ISDN remote router is launched
Silent BrassTM system is launched
1996 “DTXTM” Silent Session DrumTM is launched
Yamaha Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (China), is estab-
lished
Yamaha KHS Music Co.,Ltd. (Taiwan), is established
Yamaha Electronics Asia Pte., Ltd. (Singapore), is estab-
lished
1997 Silent ViolinTM is launched
Stanford University and Yamaha unveil the SONDIUS-
XGTM joint licensing program
Yamaha Music Gulf FZE (U.A.E.) is established
Xiaoshan Yamaha Musical Instruments Co., Ltd. (China),
is established
PT. Yamaha Musical Products Indonesia (East Java
Province) is established
PT. Yamaha Music Manufacturing Asia (Indonesia) is
established
Yamaha Business Support Corporation is established
1998 Silent CelloTM is launched
1999 Shipments of LSI sound chips for mobile phones begin
PT. Yamaha Electronics Manufacturing Indonesia (East
Java Province) is established
2000 Mobile phone ringing melody distribution service begins
Record company, Yamaha Music Communications Co.,
Ltd., is established
MusicFrontTM service for discovering new artists and dis-
tributing music over the Internet begins
BraviolTM, an acoustic violin, is launched
Yamaha Music InterActive Inc. (New York) is established
2001 Yamaha Electronics Trading (Shanghai) Ltd. is estab-
lished
All Yamaha production sites achieve ISO14001 certifi-
cation
Yamaha Music Korea Ltd. (Seoul) is established
Silent GuitarTM is launched
2002 Management subsidiaries for each of Yamaha’s resorts
are established
Yamaha Music & Electronics (China) Co., Ltd. (Beijing), is
established
Yamaha Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. (China), is estab-
lished
Yamaha Music Holding Europe G.m.b.H. (Rellingen,
Germany) is established
“NEW CFIIIS” is used at the 12th “Tchaikovsky
International Competition”
(Piano section winner: Ayako Uehara)
2003 Yamaha Instrument Rental system is launched
Level 1 American Depositary Receipt program is initiated
Yamaha Electronics Marketing Corporation begins oper-
ations
Hangzhou Yamaha Musical Instruments Co., Ltd.
(China), is established
2004 STAGEATM, an electronic organ, is launched
Yamaha Artist Services Inc. (New York) is established
ArtidaTM, an acoustic violin is launched
Business alliance with Klipsch Audio Technologies (USA)
Easy trumpet EZ-TPTM is launched
Digital Sound ProjectorTM technology is jointly developed
with 1 Ltd. (UK)
Digital Sound ProjectorTM YSP-1 is launched
2005 Portable PA system STAGEPASTM300 is launched
Steinberg Media Technologies G.m.b.H. is acquired