Top Page > Corporate Profile > History       Company History Apr.1934 Established as Tokyo Iida Seisakujo Co., Ltd. in Oi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. Dec.1944 Head Office moved to the Samezu district, Oi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. Jul.1958 Company name changed to Toshiba Kankyu Kizai Co., Ltd. May.1970 Head Office moved to Ogura, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Feb.1972 Merged Toshiba Buhin Kogyo Co., Ltd. and renamed its facility the Echigo Kawaguchi Works. Sep.1977 Nagai Works built in Nagai City, Yamagata Prefecture. Apr.1991 Head Office/Fukushima Works built in Fukushima City, with the former Head Office transferred to the new location. Company renamed Toshiba Shomei Precision Corporation. May.1999 ISO 14001 accreditation acquired. Sep.2000 ISO 9001 accreditation acquired (Fukushima Works). Oct.2001 Shenzhen Shenzhi Precision Parts Co., Ltd. established in Shenzhen City, China. Mar.2003 Nagai Works transferred to and integrated with Fukushima Works. May.2003 ISO 9001 accreditation acquired (Kawasaki Office). Mar.2004 ISO 9001 accreditation acquired (Niigata Works). May.2005 Beijing Branch of Shenzhen Shenzhi Precision Parts Co., Ltd. established in Beijing City, China. Nov.2006 Manufacturing operations of Beijing Branch of Shenzhen Shenzhi Precision Parts Co., Ltd. integrated with Shenzhen Works. Mar.2007 Shanghai Dong Zhong Precision Parts Co., Ltd., a joint venture, established in Shanghai, China. Sept. 2008 R&D Center established at Head Office (Fukushima City). Mar. 2009 Accredited to OHSAS 18001. Sept. 2009 Shanghai Dong Zhong Precision Parts Co., Ltd. in China closed. Product History 1934 General-use electric bulb bases, special bases, miniature electric bulb bases. 1965 Mass-production of aluminum bases for fluorescent lamps and glow starters. 1967 Mass-production of flash lamp bases (embossed) and infrared heating lamp bases. 1970 Mass-production of wedge bases. 1978 Production of “Circline” (circular fluorescent lamp) bases. 1981 Production of lead-in wires begins. 1983 Production of “Neo Ball” (bulb-type fluorescent lamp) parts begins. 1985 Production of CRT panel pins begins. 1987 Production of “U-Line” fluorescent lamp bases begins. In-house production of metal press mold dies begins. 1990 Mass-production of hose clips begins. 1991 Production of LMCD begins. 1992 Production of rechargeable battery cases begins. 1996 Production and assembly of light-guiding plates begins. Production and assembly of rechargeable battery sealer parts begins. 1998 In-house production of plastics forming dies begins. Production of high-intensity guide light display units begins. 1999 Production of lead-in wires for CCFL lighting begins. 2001 Insert forming technology developed; production begins. 2004 LED-use lens forming begins. 2005 Production of onboard LED modules begins. 2006 New material-based electrode for CCFL lighting developed; production begins. 2007 Production of plastic basse for onboard HID begins. 2009 High-intensity cup electrodes for CCFLs (cold cathode fluorescent lamps) developed and production begins. 2010 On-vehicle-use large-size rechargeable battery cases and gasket parts developed. 2011 Mass-production of on-vehicle-use large-size rechargeable battery cases and gasket parts begins.     Back to Top

TOSHIBA SHOMEI PRECISION CORPORATION 1-1 Aza Machida, Tsuchifune, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture 960-2152, Japan Tel: +81-(0)24-593-5550 Fax: +81-(0)24-593-5559