| Year |
@ |
Items
of Toyo Denki |
| 1918 |
 |
Technical
cooperation with British Dick Kerr and establishment of the
company with the capital of 3 million yen |
| 1919 |
|
Operation
started at Yokohama Factory |
| 1920 |
|
Control
equipments and traction motors delivered directly to Keihan
Electric Railway Co. |
| 1921 |
♦ |
Development
of pantograph, first in Japan |
| 1926 |
|
Start
of manufacturing of three-phase commutator motor (AS motor) |
| 1932 |
♦ |
Development
of electric equipment for trolleybus, first in Japan |
| |
♦ |
Completion
of controller with regeneration brake using compound motor,
first in Japan |
| 1936 |
♦ |
Development
of diesel electric railcar, first in our country, and delivered
to Sagami Railway |
| 1949 |
|
Our
stocks was listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange |
|
|
| 1950 |
♦ |
Development
of ST type three-phase AC Commutator motor (patented) |
| 1952 |
♦ |
Development
of Cardan shaft driving device, first in Japan |
| 1954 |
|
Open
of technical research center |
| 1958 |
|
Completion
of traction motor and controller for the Japan National Railways
gKodamah limited express |
| 1959 |
|
Completion
of automatic train stop |
|
|
| 1960 |
|
Completion
of traction motor and drive for Shinkansen testing car |
| |
|
Order
received for electric towing locomotive for the Panama Canal |
| |
♦ |
Development
of constant-speed operation controller for vehicle, first in
Japan |
| |
♦ |
Development
of hydraulic winch for ship, first in Japan |
| 1964 |
|
Delivery
of pantograph for Shinkansen to Japanese National Railways |
| |
|
Opening
of technical training center |
| 1965 |
♦ |
Development
of thyristor static Leonard equipment series, first in Japan |
| |
|
Completion
of automatic drafting machine |
| 1967 |
|
Completion
of software (ARP-5) for automatic drafting machine |
| 1968 |
♦ |
Development
of inverter for mass-production vehicles, first in the world |
|
|
| 1972 |
♦ |
Development
of brushless motor generator (BLMG), first in the world |
| |
♦ |
Development
of 150kVA 440Hz static CVCF, first in Japan |
| 1973 |
|
Technical
training center transferred to high vocational training school |
| |
|
Completion
of commutation ticket issuing system |
| 1976 |
|
Completion
of large high-speed automatic drafting machine |
| 1977 |
♦ |
Development
of main circuit chopper controller using compound motor, first
in Japan |
|
|
| 1983 |
|
Sales
start of electrostatic plotter type automatic drafting machine |
| 1984 |
|
Completion
of in-train ticket issuing system |
| 1985 |
♦ |
Delivery
of world-first superimposed field excitation control for 205
series electric train of Japanese National Railways |
| 1988 |
♦ |
Completion
of world-first heat-pipe type 8-unit motor batch control VVVF
inverter and delivery of it to Tokyu Electric Railway Co |
| |
|
gPower
supply fault testing equipmenth was awarded as the 40th anniversary
special prize from Japan Electro-Manufacturing Association |
| 1989 |
♦ |
Development
of small VVVF inverter using reverse conductive GTO thyristor,
first in Japan |
|
|
| 1990 |
♦ |
Development
of stroke switching type door closing machine, first in Japan |
| |
♦ |
Development
of intelligent door system, first in Japan |
| 1991 |
♦ |
Development
of light-weight VVVF inverter using 1,500V mass-production type
reverse conductive GTO thyristor, first in our Japan |
| 1992 |
|
Completion
of LED type ordinary-paper plotter type automatic drafting machine |
| 1993 |
|
Inverter
VF61 series selected as good-design commodity in 1993 by the
Ministry of International Trade and Industry |
| 1994 |
|
ISO
9002 certification for gmanufacturing of general-purpose inverterh |
| |
|
ISO
9001 certification for Sagami Works |
| 1995 |
|
Single
arm pantograph completed |
| 1997 |
|
Completion
of in-train ticket issuing machine corresponding to automatic
ticket checker |
| |
|
Completion
of portable credit card processing machine |
| |
|
ISO
9001 certification for Yokohama Works |
| 1998 |
♦ |
Delivery of electric equipment for Beijing
subway east-west line train |
| |
|
Completion
of three-dimensional photo-setting forming equipment (SOUP II) |
| 1999 |
|
Marketing
of new-type inverter VF64 series |
| |
|
Completion
of permanent-magnet motor (ED motor) |
|
|
| 2000 |
|
ISO
9001 certification for Environment Power Source Business Division
(present Society/Environment System Business Division) |
| |
|
Delivery
of ED motor for rotary press to Sankei News Paper Co |
| |
|
Signing
for joint production agreement of electric equipment with Xian
Tang Electric Co (China) |
| |
|
Opening
of Environment Business Division (present Society/Environment
System Business Division) Kyoto Techno Center |
| |
|
2000
Good Design Prize was awarded for "Platform Safety System" (Platform
Door & Platform Step) |
| 2001 |
|
Opening
of Saitama High Speed Railway Line (our products installed in
Saitama High Speed Railway 2000 type). Start of joining between
Eidan North-South Line and Tokyu Meguro Line |
| |
|
"Very
Low Floor LRV Truck Technical Research Association" started.
Our company joined it and started co-development of LRV. |
| |
|
Delivery
of our company's 400kW ED motor of the largest output for mixer
driving to Kobe Steel, Ltd. |
| |
|
Delivery
of commutation ticket issuing machines and multifunctional terminals
(60 units) when the Ooedo Line was opened |
| |
|
Sales
start of "wind-power/mini hydraulic power generating equipment" |
| 2002 |
|
Delivery
of fall detection mat system to Shimokitazawa Station of Inogashira
Line of Keio Electric Railway Co |
| |
|
Delivery
of electrical machine products for shaft-less rotary press to
Yomiuri News Paper Co |
| |
|
Delivery
of electrical machine products and barrier-free equipment (wheelchair
slopes, steps) for next-generation commuter train "AC train
(E933 system)" of JR East Co |
| |
|
Delivery
of electrical machine products for paper-making machine adopting
permanent-magnet type synchronous motor to Maruo Paper Co |
| |
|
Delivery
of 4000kVA gas turbine power generating equipment to Japan Telecom
Ikebukuro |
| |
|
Development
and sales start of Web remote monitoring system "GENES REMOTE" |
| |
|
Delivery
of truck testing equipment corresponding to speed 400km/h to
JR East Research Development Center (Omiya) |
| |
|
Order
received for 24 linear motorcar driving systems of Aichi High
Speed Railway Co "Tobu Kyuryo Line" |
| |
|
Opening
of Tohoku Shinkansen Morioka-Hachinohe. Operation start of JR
East E2 system No.1000 Shinkansen train "Hayate" and JR Hokkaido
789 system limited express "Super Hakucho" equipped with our
company's electrical machine products |
| |
|
Development
of drive control system to prevent slipping of train jointly
with JR East (2-car train introduced for the first time for
JR Musashino Line) |
| |
|
Sales
start of "Ultra Economic Motor (UE motor)" realizing ultra-high
efficiency 94% |
| 2003 |
|
Receipt
of orders for electrical equipment for the Batong Line of the
Beijing Metro |
| |
|
Delivery
of bogie test equipment for high speed trains to the East Japan
Railway Company (JR East) |
| |
|
Development
of in-wheel motors for electric cars |
| |
|
Started
the Grow-Up 123 Plan (mid-term business plan) |
| |
|
Debut
of the all-Japanese, low floor tramcar |
| |
|
Establishment
of Hunan Xiangyang Electric Co., Ltd., in China |
| |
|
Development
of autonomous synchronizing parallel drive redundant auxiliary
power supply (JR East E993 system) |
| |
|
Development
of the Water View water supply monitoring system |
| |
|
Delivery
to Toyota Motor Corporation of a water-cooled, low inertia motor
for vehicle engine development test equipment, with maximum
capacity of 500 kW |
| |
|
Delivery
to the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) of a next
generation conductor's portable terminal with a built-in high-speed
mobile communication function |
| 2004 |
♦ |
Development
of electrical equipment for the world's first micro gas turbine
hybrid vehicle |
| |
♦ |
Joint
development of the first full-flat, super-low floor light rail
vehicle (LRV) produced in Japan |
| |
|
Establishment
of Toyo Denki USA, Inc. |
| |
|
Obtained
ISO 14001 environmental management system certification |
| |
|
Receipt
of orders from JR East for electrical equipment for the next
generation Shinkansen |
| |
|
Receipt
of orders from West Japan Railway Company (JR West) for next
generation conductor's portable terminals for use on the Shinkansen |
| |
|
Development
of a high precision, synchronized positioning control system
for offset rotary presses |
| |
|
Development
of an ASP vehicle monitoring system using vehicle information
equipment |
| |
|
Obtained
ISO 14001 environmental management system certification at the
Yokohama Works |
| 2005 |
|
Delivery
of electrical equipment for the Batong Line of the Beijing Metro |
| |
|
Receipt
of orders for electrical equipment for trains on Line 10 (to
the Olympic venue) of the Beijing Metro |
| |
|
Delivery
to the Aichi Rapid Transit Co., Ltd., of electrical equipment
for Linimo, the normally-conductive magnetic levitation train
line at Aichi Expo |
| |
|
Establishment
of a permanently staffed office in Beijing |
| |
|
Establishment
of Changzhou Taiping Zhanyun Automatic Door Co., Ltd., in China |
| |
|
Delivery
of electrical equipment for the LRV in Dallas, USA |
| |
|
Delivery
of the first pantograph and TD coupling for the Taiwan Shinkansen |
| |
|
Development
of an engineless transmission tester and vehicleless engine
loading equipment |
| |
|
Development
of a fully separate parallel drive auxiliary power supply (JR
East E531 system) |
| |
|
Development
of the ED64 Series inverter for ED motor drives |
| 2006 |
|
Receipt
of orders for electrical equipment for upgrading cars on Line
1 of the Beijing Metro |
| |
|
Completed
the Grow-Up 123 Plan (mid-term business plan) |
| |
|
Started
the Innovation 90 Plan (new mid-term business plan) |
| |
|
Development
of a railway power storage system |
| |
|
Establishment
of Changzhou Ruiyang Transmission Technology Co., Ltd., in China |
| |
|
Development
of station operating equipment with support for smart cards |
| |
|
Establishment
of Tianjin Toyodenki International Trade Co., Ltd., in China |
| |
|
Development
of a low noise drive unit and pantograph for the next generation,
high-speed Shinkansen |
| |
|
Development
of the DG-AMP high-speed computing controller |
| 2007 |
|
Sales
of eco-drive (ED) motors (permanent magnet motors) that were
launched in 2000 exceeded 10,000 units |
| |
|
The
new public transport smart card Pasmo goes into service (delivery
of automatic commuter ticket vending machine with support for
smart card passes and smart card charge machines to station
facilities) |
| |
|
Delivery
to the Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau of the world's first
trolley voltage compensation system for tramcars, and start
of operation |
| |
|
Start
of commercial service of the new N700 series trains on the Tokaido
and Sanyo Shinkansen lines (delivery of traction motors, gear
units, pantographs, TD couplings, static conversion equipment,
etc.) |
| |
|
Receipt
of orders for electrical equipment for each of the 102 cars
of the 17 trains on Line 1 of the subway in Chengdu, China |
| |
|
Start
of sales of the VF66 Series general purpose inverter |
| |
|
Development of μTOPcm/RX remote monitoring equipment |
| |
|
Establishment of new Training Center |
| |
|
Receipt of orders for electrical equipment for the Chengdu Subway Line 1, Sichuan, China |
| |
|
Establishment and delivery of converters, drive inverters, auxiliary power supplies, driving gear units, traction motors and pantographs for the hybrid LRV announced by the Railway Technical Research Institute |
| 2008 |
|
Start of sales of the VF66 inverter |
| |
|
Exhibition at InnoTrans 2008 in Berlin, Germany |
| |
|
Honored at an Olympic award ceremony for contributions to safe transport during the Beijing Olympics |
| 2009 |
|
Start of work on new R&D and design facility |
| |
|
Joint receipt of screening committee special prize in the 38th Japan Industrial Technology Award for the overhead line and on-board battery hybrid Hi-tram |
| |
|
Conclusion of a basic agreement on business alliance with Fuji Electric Systems Co., Ltd., concerning electrical railway equipment for overseas markets |
| |
|
Start of the new Challenge Up medium-term management plan |
| |
|
Start of sales of the Toyo Wireless Measurement System |
| |
|
Receipt of orders for electrical equipment for 528 cars for three lines of the Beijing Subway |
| 2010 |
|
Completion of the R&D and design facility, named the Engineering Center |
