Toshiba TEC - Corporate History
1950 February Due to the Law on Elimination of Excessive Concentration of Economic Power, Tokyo Electric Appliances Co., Ltd. was established and separated from the Ohito Plant of Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.
1952 December Renamed as Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd.
1958 October First in Japan to develop electric adding machines.
1966 October Acquired Tokyo Business Machine Co., Ltd.
1969 August Designated to the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1971 June Started production of electronic cash register, "Maconick"(BRC-30B). Electronic cash register Maconick



Electronic cash register "Maconick"
1977 January Started production of office computers.
1979 May Engaged in printer business. Dot matrix printer 8510



          Dot matrix printer 8510
June First in Japan to export POS Systems to the United States.
November Released first checkout POS System with scale function (bulk system) in Japan.
1985 January TEC's first overseas manufacturing subsidiary established in Singapore. Established Semicon Industries Pte. Ltd.
1989 January Started full-scale bar code business.
1994 April Toshiba's facsimile products and laser beam printer business consolidated with TEC's business in the same fields.
October Merged with TEC Electronics Corporation and changed name to TEC Corporation.
1999 January Copier business transferred from Toshiba, with lighting business moved to Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation. Trading name changed to Toshiba TEC Corporation.
2000 February Created a new corporate logo and company flag to commemorate the 50th anniversary of our establishment. Toshiba TEC Corporate Identity Mark

Toshiba TEC Corporate Identity Mark       

August Began ASP business for the retail industry.
2001 February Engaged in business collaboration with Microsoft Corp., in the field of Internet-based retail industry systems.
2004 January Established new management policy for the Toshiba TEC Group called "Our Five Commitments".
February Created a new corporate logo and company flag to commemorate the 50th anniversary of our establishment.
2005 January Combined and moved Tokyo area offices to new building in
Higashi-gotanda district in Shinagawa.
June Osaki Office received ISO14001 certification for environmental control systems in June.
October Toshiba TEC Business Solutions Corporation started domestic sales of document processing and telecommunication systems equipment.
2006 January Demonstration experiment at a FamilyMart convenience store of EXPRESSPOS, a payment system combining electronic tags and electronic money, as part of the "Japan Future Store Project" promoted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
April Launch of the self-check out system "WILLPOS-Self SS-1000".
June Published TOSHIBA TEC CSR Report as first edition.
September MFP"e-STUDIO3150c" full-color is put on the market by the achievement of a photograph image quality real for the office.
2007 June Home Electric Appliances Group was transferred to Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation.
December "AI Solutions Co., Ltd." has taken over the bar code operations of Tohoku Ricoh Co., Ltd. to strengthen business in that field.

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