History

Tohoku Pioneer Corporation

1966	Established in Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture (Japan) as a speaker manufacturing plant through the capital contribution of Pioneer Corporation.
1974	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	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	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	Begins mass production of OLED displays for car stereos. Obtains ISO 14001 certification for HQs, Tendo Plant and Yonezawa Plant.
2000	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	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.