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Corporate Data
Company History
Established December 21, 1946
Paid-in Capital ¥11.1 Billion (As of March 31, 2006)
Number of Consolidated 4,424
Employees Non-Consolidated 1,540
(As of March 31, 2006)
Address Head Office / Hachioji Office
2967-3, Ishikawa-machi, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo,
192-8525 Japan
Phone: 81 (42) 646-5111
Fax : 81 (42) 646-7960
URL : http://www.kenwood.com/
Yokohama Office
1-16-2, Hakusan, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi,
Kanagawa, 226-8525 Japan
Phone: 81 (45) 939-7000
Fax : 81 (45) 939-7090
Show Room Kenwood Square Marunouchi
Shin-Kokusai Building 3-4-1, Marunouchi,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo,
100-0005 Japan
Phone: 81 (3) 3213-8775
Japanese sales 23bases
offices (As of March 31, 2006)
Dec. 1946
Jun. 1949
Jan. 1950
Feb. 1955
Jan. 1960
Sep. 1962
Aug. 1963
Dec. 1963
Jan. 1966
Oct. 1969
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Jun. 1979
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Dec. 1980
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Oct. 1982
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Jun. 1986
Jun. 1986
Feb. 1989
Aug. 1989
Jun. 1990
Mar. 1991
Oct. 1991
Establishes Kasuga Radio Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Kenwood Corporation) in Komagane, Nagano Prefecture (Photo①)
High-frequency transformer passes the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) approval certificate for the first time in
Japan
Renamed Kasuga Radio Industry Corporation
Establishes the Tokyo office in Ota-ku, Tokyo, and begins mass production of audio, communications and measuring
equipment
Renamed Trio Electronics, Inc. (Photo②)
Launches the industry’s first transistor amplifier (Photo③)
Establishes the Hachioji office in Hachioji, Tokyo
Sets up a sales firm in the U.S., and begins full-scale overseas operations
Fully transistorizes audio products for the first time in the industry
Lists on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Begins selling commercial wireless radio equipment in Japan
Sets up the Company’s first overseas production firm in Singapore. Starts manufacturing abroad
Enters the car audio field (Photo④)
Launches Corporate Identity activities, and determines Kenwood as the corporate brand
Sets up production subsidiary Tohoku Trio (present Kenwood Yamagata Corp.) in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture
Enters the general audio field (Photo⑤)
Begins selling commercial wireless radio equipment in the U.S. (Photo⑥)
Renamed Kenwood Corporation (Photo⑦)
Becomes the primary sponsor for “Kenwood Cup,” one of the world’s four biggest yacht races (Photo⑧)
Enters the mobile satellite communications equipment business
Establishes the Yokohama office in Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (closes the Tokyo office)
Sets up production subsidiary Kenwood Nagano Corporation in Ina, Nagano Prefecture
Begins selling license-free transceivers (Photo⑨)
Signs an official supply contract with McLaren to provide wireless radio equipment for the F1 world auto-racing
championship
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