| 1949 |
The history of Foster |
| 1949 |
Founded |
| 1949-06 |
Shigehiro Nishimura and Hiroaki Shinohara established the Shinano Acoustic Laboratory in Shibuya, Tokyo, and began manufacturing speakers. Shigehiro Nishimura became the president. |
| 1949-06 |
Shigehiro Nishimura and Hiroaki Shinohara founded the Shinano Acoustic Laboratory in Shibuya, Tokyo, and started manufacturing speakers |
| 1953-05 |
Reorganized into Shinano Acoustic Co., Ltd. Trademark registered as 'Foster'. |
| 1953-05 |
Reorganized into Shinano Acoustic Co., Ltd., and registered the trademark "Foster" |
| 1959-05 |
Renamed to Foster Electric Co., Ltd. |
| 1959-05 |
Renamed to Foster Electric Co., Ltd. |
| 1960-03 |
Construction of Akishima factory. |
| 1960-03 |
Construction of Akishima Factory |
| 1962-02 |
Started manufacturing microphones. |
| 1962-02 |
Started manufacturing microphones |
| 1962-05 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1962-05 |
Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 1964-04 |
Started manufacturing headphones. |
| 1964-04 |
Started manufacturing headphones |
| 1965-02 |
Established Foster Hong Kong. |
| 1965-02 |
Establishment of Foster Hong Kong |
| 1966-04 |
Started manufacturing audio amplifiers and tuners. |
| 1966-04 |
Started manufacturing audio amplifiers and tuners |
| 1966-08 |
Hiroaki Shinohara became the president. |
| 1966-08 |
Hiroshi Shinohara appointed as President |
| 1969-02 |
Established Foster Taiwan. |
| 1969-02 |
Establishment of Foster Taiwan |
| 1969-07 |
Relocated headquarters to Akishima City, Tokyo. |
| 1969-07 |
Relocated headquarters to Akishima City, Tokyo |
| 1970-12 |
Established Foster Transport Co., Ltd. |
| 1970-12 |
Established Foster Transport Co., Ltd. |
| 1972-07 |
Established Foster Singapore. |
| 1972-07 |
Establishment of Foster Singapore |
| 1972-10 |
Established Foster U.S.A. |
| 1972-10 |
Establishment of Foster U.S.A. |
| 1973-10 |
Established Foster Europe in West Germany. |
| 1973-10 |
Established Foster Europe in West Germany |
| 1976-05 |
Established Foster Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| 1976-05 |
Founded Foster Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| 1979 |
Since 1979, automatic manufacturing machines have been introduced to factories, but they still had many malfunctions and were difficult to handle. |
| 1981 |
In 1981, inquiries were received from GM (Delco) in the United States for in-vehicle speakers. There was a strong demand for uniform quality, and developing automatic machines became essential for manufacturing speakers for GM. |
| 1986-11 |
Merged with Tonegenn Co., Ltd. |
| 1986-11 |
Merged with Tonegenn Corporation |
| 1987-09 |
Started manufacturing speakers in the United States. |
| 1987-09 |
Started speaker manufacturing in the United States |
| 1988-08 |
Started subcontracted processing in China. |
| 1988-08 |
Started OEM processing in China |
| 1989-06 |
Held a commemorative ceremony for the 40th anniversary of founding. |
| 1989-06 |
Held a commemorative ceremony for the 40th anniversary of founding |
| 1991-03 |
Established Foster Indonesia. |
| 1991-03 |
Established Foster Indonesia |
| 1994-07 |
Ko Takada appointed as President. |
| 1994-07 |
Takada Mitsugu appointed as President |
| 1995-10 |
Established a holding company. Integrated three US subsidiaries into one. |
| 1995-10 |
Established a holding company and integrated three U.S. subsidiaries into one |
| 1997-02 |
Established a sales office in Detroit, USA. |
| 1997-02 |
Opened a sales office in Detroit, U.S. |
| 1997-11 |
Built a logistics center in El Paso, USA. Built a Bintan factory in Indonesia. |
| 1997-11 |
Built a logistics center in El Paso, U.S., and a Bintang factory in Indonesia |
| 1999-06 |
Held a commemorative ceremony for the 50th anniversary of founding. |
| 1999-06 |
Held a commemorative ceremony for the 50th anniversary of founding |
| 1999-09 |
Designated as First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1999-09 |
Designated as First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| 2000 |
In the 2000s, expanded the mobile phone market and accelerated in-house production of parts, leading to rapid growth. |
| 2001-04 |
Established a sales office in Taipei, Taiwan. |
| 2001-04 |
Established a sales office in Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2001-10 |
Established Guangzhou Fengda Electric Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, China. |
| 2001-10 |
Established Guangzhou Fengda Electric Co., Ltd. in Guangzhou, China |
| 2002-10 |
Established a sales office in Shanghai, China. Established Chubu Sales Office in Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture. |
| 2002-10 |
Established a sales office in Shanghai, China, and a Chubu sales office in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture |
| 2003-04 |
Merged with Fostex Corporation. |
| 2003-04 |
Merged with Fostex Corporation |
| 2005-06 |
Tao Higashi appointed as President. |
| 2005-06 |
Toyo Takada appointed as President |
| 2006-01 |
Established Foster Vietnam. |
| 2006-01 |
Established Foster Vietnam |
| 2006-10 |
Established a new sales office in San Jose, USA. |
| 2006-10 |
Opened a sales office in San Jose, U.S. |
| 2007-11 |
Established Fudata Electric (Nanning) Co., Ltd. in Nanning, China. |
| 2007-11 |
Established Tongda Electric (Nanning) Co., Ltd. in Nanning, China |
| 2008-04 |
Founded Foster IPO in Thailand. |
| 2008-04 |
Foster IPO established in Thailand |
| 2008-06 |
Established Foster Danang in Vietnam. |
| 2008-06 |
Foster Danang established in Vietnam |
| 2009-03 |
Made ESTec Co., Ltd. Korea a consolidated subsidiary. |
| 2009-03 |
Consolidated subsidiary of Korea ESTec Co., Ltd. |
| 2009-06 |
Yukio Miyata appointed as President. |
| 2009-06 |
Yukio Miyata appointed as President |
| 2010-01 |
Established Fudata Acoustic (Heyuan) Co., Ltd. in Heyuan City, China. |
| 2010-01 |
Established Tongda Acoustic (Heyuan) Co., Ltd. in Heyuan, China |
| 2010-03 |
Established Foster Bak Ninh in Vietnam. |
| 2010-03 |
Foster Bac Ninh established in Vietnam |
| 2011-03 |
Established Fudata Electric (Chongzuo) Co., Ltd. in Chongzuo City, China. |
| 2011-03 |
Established Tongda Electric (Chongzuo) Co., Ltd. in Chongzuo, China |
| 2012-07 |
Foster Myanmar established |
| 2012-11 |
Relocated headquarters to Tsutsujigaoka, Akishima City, Tokyo. |
| 2013-02 |
Established Foster Quang Nhai in Vietnam. |
| 2014-01 |
Transferred small audio component business from Star Micronics Co., Ltd. |
| 2014-01 |
Transferred small acoustic parts business from Star Micronics Co., Ltd. |
| 2014-04 |
Hirozo Yoshizawa appointed as President. |
| 2014-12 |
Established Foster Tira in Myanmar. |
| 2015-08 |
Fostex showroom "Anfelit" opened. |
| 2017-01 |
Signed the United Nations Global Compact. |
| 2017-10 |
Made FSK (Thailand) Co., Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary. |
| 2018-05 |
Established a sales office in Nanjing, China. |
| 2020-06 |
Atsushi Narikawa appointed as President. |
| 2021-09 |
Established Guangzhou Fuxing Electric Voice Technology Co., Ltd. in China. |
| 2021-10 |
Foster Business Service Co., Ltd. was established through a company split |
| 2022-04 |
Transition to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market |
| 2022-12 |
Establishment of Foster Hungary in Hungary |
| 2023-06 |
Hiroshi Kishi appointed as President |
