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History

Former Toshiba Electronic
Industry Co

Former Tokyo Electronic
Equipment, Inc.

Former Toshiba
Communications Systems, Inc.
1940 Formed as Kobe Factory of Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., began manufacturing marine radio equipment.
1950 In corporate restructuring due to antitrust laws, began life as Tokyo Electric Radio Co., a Toshiba group company.
1959 Name changed to Toshiba Electronic Industry Co.
1964 Head office moved to Yokohama.
1948 Began as Tokyo Electronic Heating Research. Began manufacturing of communications equipment and high frequency heating equipment.
1958 Received capital investment from Toshiba and Tokyo Broadcasting System, began manufacturing of television cameras, imaging equipment, audio equipment, and communications equipment. Name changed to Tokyo Electronic Equipment.
1953 Manufactured first domestically-produced ITV at Komukai Factory of Tokyo Shibaura Electric's Telecommunications Division.
1968 Moved to the Hino Factory of Tokyo Shibaura Electric's Electrical Telecommunications Division.
2002 Toshiba Telecommunications Systems Construction merged with Toshiba Telecommunications System Engineering, integrated with telecommunications system design and manufacturing organizations from the Toshiba Hino Factory to form Toshiba Telecommunciations Systems.
January 2004 In corporate reorganization, Toshiba Telecommunications Systems acquired Toshiba Consumer Telecommunications Systems business.

Former Tokyo Electronic Industry Co.
1967 Companies merged and were renamed to Tokyo Electronic Industry Co. Head office moved to Hino-shi, Tokyo. Initial capital is 1.3 million yen (72.8% Toshiba, 20% Tokyo Broadcasting System).
1985 Capital increased to 260 million yen.
1994 Achieved ISO9001 certification (for imaging equipment).
1997 Achieved ISO9001 certification (for information equipment and high frequency power supplies).
2000 Achieved ISO14001 certification.

Toshiba teli, Inc.
2004 October Name changed to Toshiba teli, Inc.