history of SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES 1946-2022

Brightening the Future Since 1946

1965-1946

A New Light for People and for Society

Our manufacturing started with the recycling business of household lightbulbs in post-war Japan. In anticipation of a new era, we focused all of our efforts on developing new products. This effort is the source of our current technological innovation.

1963
  • Sent engineers to GTI, a US company, for training in plating technology.

Opened the Kohoku Plant in Kohoku-village, Sarashina-gun(now Oshimada-machi, Nagano-City), Nagano Prefecture.

更北工場開設
1964
  • Named Shohei Sato the 3rd President and Representative Director.
1961

Began assembling television tuners.

TVチューナーの組立
  • Sent Takekio Mitsunobu (then Executive Managing Director) to GTI(Glass-Tite Industries), a US company, to observe both large-scale production technology for glass-to-metal seals and plating technology for later adoption by the Company.
  • Began publishing SHINKO News, the company newsletter.
1960
  • Formed the Shinko Electric Workers Union.
1959

Began supplying TO-1 glass-to-metal seals for transistors to Kobe Kogyo Corporation (now Denso Ten Ltd.).

トランジスタ用ガラス端子・TO-1
  • Relocated the head office to the Kurita Plant.
1957

Increased paid-in capital to 8 million yen with an investment by Fujitsu Ltd., to expand into the field of semiconductors.

Opened the Kurita Plant in Nagano-City, Nagano Prefecture.

栗田工場開設

Began assembling relay components and manufacturing neon lamps.

リレー部品組立開始、<br>
                ネオンランプ生産開始
1955
  • Relocated the head office to Itabashi-ku, Tokyo.
  • Named Shigo Shinoda the 2nd President and Representative Director.
1956

The 10th anniversary of the establishment.

1953

Began manufacturing glass-to-metal seals for diodes.

1950
  • The economic boom caused a surge in demand of No.2 lamps.
1949
  • Relocated the head office to Ota-ku, Tokyo.
1948

Began supplying No.2 lamps to Fujitsu Ltd. The following year, began supplying to the Japan Ministry of Telecommunications.
(now Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT))

通信機用電球・2号型ランプ
1947
  • Began manufacturing ring tubes and mercury switches.
1946
  • Named Koji Okuda the 1st President and Representative Director.

Reorganized and renamed Nagano Katei Denki Saisei-jo, creating SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.

Took over the facilities and workforce of Nagano Branch of Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.'s Research Department and established Nagano Katei Denki Saisei-jo as a limited partnership.

1944
  • Fuji Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (now Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.) borrowed Fujitsu Ltd.'s Nagano Works in Ishido, Nagano-City, to use it as Nagano Branch of Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.'s Research Department.
1942
  • Fuji Tsushinki Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (now Fujitsu Ltd.) began manufacturing lamps for telephone exchanges in Ishido, Nagano-City.
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