History
- 1966
- Established in Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture (Japan) as a speaker manufacturing plant through the capital contribution of Pioneer Corporation.
- 1974
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Begins car stereo production for Pioneer Corporation.
Builds a press factory for parts production. - 1981
- Constructs Yonezawa Plant to launch labor-saving speaker assembly operations.
- 1984
- Begins factory automation (FA) systems production and marketing.
- 1985
- Obtains N.I.V. (no inspection validation) from General Motors, U.S.A.
- 1988
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Enters North American market. (Establishes a U.S. sales subsidiary)
Begins electronic accessory business. - 1989
- Launches production at the manufacturing subsidiary in Mexico.
- 1993
- Obtains ISO 9001 certification for Tendo Plant and ISO 9002 certification for Yonezawa Plant.
- 1995
- Launches production at the manufacturing subsidiaries in Thailand and China.
- 1997
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Establishes a subsidiary in Hong Kong to procure parts and materials from Asian suppliers.
Succeeds in the world's first mass production of OLED displays.
Obtains QS-9000 certification for HQs, Tendo Plant, Yonezawa Plant and manufacturing subsidiaries. - 1998
- Builds FA Management Office and Precision Molding Center.
- 1999
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Begins mass production of OLED displays for car stereos.
Obtains ISO 14001 certification for HQs, Tendo Plant and Yonezawa Plant. - 2000
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Listed on the Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Starts supplying OLED displays for Motorola mobile phones. - 2002
- Accepts the transfer of optical disc production system business from Pioneer Video Corporation.
- 2003
- Obtains ISO/TS 16949 certification for quality management systems.
- 2004
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Builds an annex to FA facilities in Tendo, Japan.
Establishes new FA office and facilities in Shanghai, China. - 2005
- Establishes a manufacturing subsidiary in Vietnam.
- 2007
- Delisted from the Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange due to TOB by Pioneer Corporation.
- 2011
- Tohoku Pioneer EG Corporation is newly launched for FA business.
- 2015
- Mogami Denki Corporation, one of the affiliates, establishes a manufacturing subsidiary in Vietnam.
- 2017
- Establishes a manufacturing subsidiary (TPMX) in Mexico.
- 2018
- Transfers all stocks of Tohoku Pioneer EG Corporation to DENSO Corporation.
- 2019
- Transfers all stocks of Piotech Corporation to NIPRO Corporation.
- 2022
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Spins off Yonezawa Plant (OLED and ODM/EMS business base).
Obtains ISO 45001 certification.
