Group Companies
History
1966 | Established in Tendo City, Yamagata Prefecture (Japan) as a speaker manufacturing plant through the capital contribution of Pioneer Corporation. |
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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. |