SANKOSHA U.S.A., INC.

Sankosha was established at 22 Shin-Saiwai-cho in Tokyo

Moved to present location at 4-3-8 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

Koshinsha subsidiary was established at Meguro-ku, Tokyo

The company was incorporated

Koshinsha factory moved to Kitamagome in Ota-ku and test equipment manufacture began

Became NTT Authorized Cable Terminal Box manufacturer

Became Japan National Railways Authorized �R� Type Protector manufacturer

Developed the world�s first self restorable overvoltage gas tube arrester with a bimetal strip

Improved S Type Arrester and became approved supplier to the electric power companies

Koshinsha was incorporated

Established Telecommunications Equipment Division. Began manufacture of Power Monitoring Systems, Paging Systems, Cordless Telephone and sales to Power Companies, Police Department, etc

Koshinsha developed automatic electric rice cooker which was then sold beginning in October under the Toshiba Corporation brand name

Created and Chaired Japan Telephone and Telegram Public Corporation terminal box suppliers committee

Sanko Tsushinki Company subsidiary was established

Began production at new Sagami Factory

Created and chaired Telecommunications Equipment Committee Cable Materials Sub-committee

Became Japan National Railways Official Supplier of various protective devices for the Tokaido Shinkansen (Bullet Train). Developed cable protectors

Koshinsha opened Omiya Factory. Began manufacture of household electric appliances

Received Hatsumei Kyokai (Invention Institute) �Invention Promotion Award� for the development of gas filled discharge tube manufacturing techniques

Koshinsha�s Omiya Factory became a JIS (Japan Industrial Standards) approved electric oven manufacturer

World Products Inc. became an Authorized US Distributor of Sankosha gas tube arresters

Received �Ohm Technical Prize� for static induction powered Airway Obstruction Light

Sankosha Engineering (S) Pte., Ltd. was established in Singapore

Received Hatsumei Kyokai (Invention Institute) �Invention Promotion Award� for the development of Multi-Element Discharge Tube and required manufacturing equipment

Received Rural Electrification Administration (REA) Approval for ceramic gas tube arresters

Became Northern Telecom’s Authorized Distributor in Japan

Koshinsha Co. and Sankosha Tsushinki Co. were consolidated and the company was renamed Sankosha Corporation

Paid-In capital was increased to ¥975,000,000

Sankosha U.S.A., Inc. was established in Los Angeles, California

Developed, manufactured and began selling fiber optic distribution boxes

Krone became an Authorized Distributor of Sankosha gas tube arresters

First issue Sankosha commercial bonds totaling ¥100,000,000

Second issue Sankosha commercial bonds totaling ¥100,000,000

Received Science and Technology Agency Award for research in signal systems using existing power distribution networks

Received Shibusawa Award for 500,000V transmission line current checker development

Third issue Sankosha commercial bonds totaling ¥100,000,000

Franklin Japan Corporation, Weather Information Provider, was established

Opto Techno Co., Ltd. was established

Energy Saving Systems Department was established

US Companies Lightning Location and Protection, Inc. (LLP), Atmospheric Research Systems, Inc. (ARSI) and GeoMet Data Services, Inc. (GDS) were acquired and consolidated to form Global Atmospherics, Inc

Established Indonesian joint venture P.T. Santelindo Kencana.

Provided weather information in support of the 18th Winter Olympic Games at Nagano using Dual Polarization Doppler Weather Radar System

Obtained ISO 9001 Certification

Won ¥48th Electrical Science and Engineering Award for Development and Operation of Driven-Arc-Type Fault Current Limiter for 6.6 kV Class distribution lines

Sagami Factory was renamed Sagami Techno Center

Obtained ISO 14001 Certification

Established Sankosha office in Hong Kong

Development and sale of F Series 3 GHz coaxial protectors

Development and sale of simple CCTV monitoring system using webcams

JIS Compliant Surge Protector development

Developed energy saving Airway Obstruction Light Model OM-3C

Sankosha’s home grounding kit, “Home Earth” sales began

Hosted seminar in celebration of our 75th year in business

Sankosha Guangzhou Inc. was established

Organized Japan’s first Lightning Protection System Industrial Group and was designated a Director of the group and elected to chair the technical committee

Won the Japan Electric Association’s Shibusawa Award for achievements in the area of lightning protection for electric and electronic equipment

Sankosha Corporation and Taiseikensetsu Company received the 21st Technology Sector Society Award for the development of the electromagnetic field analysis simulation system to estimate current flow in buildings

Won the “Certificate of Appreciation for Achievement in Trade” from the United States Department of Commerce for sales of US Made products in Japan

Our Representative Office in Beijing, China was established

Received the “Third Engineering Encouragement Award” for joint research in Total Lightning Protection Technology from the engineering association of Japan

“Surge Print” received the 2011 “Good Design Award”

Developed a “Smart SPD” equipped with the capability to monitor deterioration in protection and notify the user when replacement is recommended

Sankosha employee received the Chairperson’s Award from the IEC Activity Promotion Council

Received a letter of thanks from the Hokuriku Electric Power Company for our work on the upgrade of their central commissioning office system

Developed “Smart SPD” system with the capability to count and record the number of protection operations

The Smart SPD Model SMB-MZSR200JK1 won the 2012 “Good Design Award”

Received the “Electrotechnical Science and Technology Award” from the Japan Science and Technology Education Foundation for the development of a system able to detect and locate winter lightning

Airway Obstruction Light Model OM-6C equipped with medium light intensity LED’s was approved by the Aviation Bureau

Smart SPD equipped with “time to replace” indicator was registered with the New Technical Information System of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

Sankosha Korea Corporation was established in Seoul

Sankosha Vietnam was established in Hanoi

Introduced 10G Base-T (Cat 6) Local Area Network (LAN) Protector using isolating transformer technology

Sankosha employee awarded the 7th Hoshino Prize

Sankosha employees receive the IEC 1906 Award

SAN-EARTH approved for use grounding broadband cabinets at British Telecom

Sankosha employee received IEC 1906 Award recognizing exceptional achievement

Surge Protector Model GPSP1-L1 was developed to protect GPS equipment from surges entering through the antenna port

Sankosha Engineering Thailand Co., LTD. was established in Bangkok

BetaTech and its subsidiary Ace Lion (-Lightning protection system company) were acquired and made wholly owned subsidiaries

90th Anniversary