| 1946-09-10 |
Kosei Saito founded Ikegami Tsushinki Seisakusho in Ohta-ku, Tokyo to manufacture transformers, choke coils and power supply components. |
| 1948-02-21 |
The company was incorporated. |
| 1950 |
Developed Automatic Frequency Response Recorder and contributed to development of audio equipment in Japan as first component equipment. |
| 1951 |
Company name changed to Ikegami Tsushinki Co., Ltd. Began manufacturing and selling TV studio related equipment. |
| 1955 |
Developed Monoscope Camera to supply all domestic TV receiver manufacturers as first domestic model of TV transmitter. |
| 1956 |
Developed Flying Spot Scanner. |
| 1958 |
Kawasaki Factory established. |
| 1960 |
Mito Factory established. Developed “TK-31T” transistorized TV camera (1st model) to establish self as full-fleded TV camera manufacturer. Organized TV Satellite equipment in various Japanese towns, contributed to dissolve difficult sight and hearing area. |
| 1961 |
Fujisawa Factory established. Listed in second of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1962 |
Supplied CBS of the U.S.A. with first version of a broadcast quality portable TV camera for the live coverage of launch of artical satellite Aurora 7. Developed Microwave/STL equipment, promoted line of transmitter units through development of microwaverelay units. |
| 1964 |
American subsidiary established in New York. (Transferred to Maywood, New Jersey in Dec. 1978). |
| 1967 |
Developed “TGK-6TC” Color Flying Spot Scanner. |
| 1968 |
Developed Optical Character Recognizer (OCR) in-house product with view to entering computer related market. |
| 1969 |
Utsunomiya Factory established. Developed “VF-7001” industrial color camera. |
| 1970 |
West Germany Representative Office established in Dusseldorf. Developed “TK-301” Color Camera, played active role in airborne coverage of Osaka International Exposition. |
| 1971 |
Developed “TK-301A” Color Camera based on TK-301. Supplied to NHK and many broadcast stations. Developed Money Changing Machine for Thousand-yen Bills. |
| 1972 |
Developed “HL-33” Portable Color Camera, used as ENG Camera. |
| 1973 |
Developed “MKC-309″Medical Camera and started approaching medical electronics market. |
| 1976 |
Offered a complete line of ENG systems to set up system ordering organization. |
| 1978 |
Developed “HL-79A” Portable Color Camera, top-of-the-line portable for program production. |
| 1979 |
Developed “PF-701” Compact Microwave Equipment, providing high performance, high reliability, and low power consumption. |
| 1981 |
Developed “IM Series” Image Frame Memory. Won Emmy Award for development of digital computers of automatic adjustment of color studio cameras. |
| 1982 |
Developed sorting mechanisms for copying machines, “Mr. Look Series” Video Information System, and started approaching security market. |
| 1983 |
Haneda Branch of Ikegami Factory established. Won Emmy Award for Electronic Cinematography Camera (EC-35). Promoted development of HDTV system components. |
| 1984 |
Shiohama Branch of Kawasaki Factory established. Listed in first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. Completed nationwide video information network. |
| 1985 |
Developed Super-Micro Medical CCD Color Camera. Developed “TF-3000/TFF-2000/TFF-1000” Still Picture Filing System. |
| 1986 |
Developed New Helicopter Microwave System. Developed “TPP-1000” Ultra-high Precision Color Projector. |
| 1987 |
Beijing Representative Office established. Developed “DSS-5108C” Video Switcher and “MVS-9” Color Multi-Vision System. |
| 1988 |
Developed “HL-55 UNICAM” 3CCD Portable Color Camera and “MKC-100A” Ultra-Compact CCD Color Camera. |
| 1989 |
Developed 3D Television Camera System, combining video technology and ergonomics for high-quality 3D images. |
| 1990 |
Developed “TPP-1600HLB” Ultra-high Precision Color Projector. Developed “HL-V55”, a Betacam SP VCR one-piece camera. |
| 1991 |
A subsidiary, Techno Ikegami Co., Ltd., established. Singapore Representative Office established. |
| 1992 |
Established Ikegami Elder Co., Ltd. Developed “MUCCS45”, 45Mbits/Digital Coding System with KDD. |
| 1993 |
Established Item Co., Ltd. Moved sales HQs into JS Progres building. Developed “THD-100” Super-Micro Color Camera and “LCM-900” 9” Color Monitor. |
| 1994 |
Won Emmy Award for Skin-Tone Detail, Control Edge Enhancement technology. Developed “DRS Series” Digital Recording System with HDD. |
| 1995 |
Developed broadcasting camera recorder with digital disk recorders. |
| 1996 |
Developed “HL-V77 Series” DVCPRO Digital Camera/Recorder. Played active role in Olympics. Developed “HK-388/388P” and “HK-388W/388PW” Ultra-wideband Digital CCD Camera System. |
| 1997 |
Developed “SKC-100” High-Resolution Mono-chrome Camera. Developed “THD-330” Compact Digital Process 3CCD Color Camera. Developed “PF721” Multi-Band Microwave Link. |
| 1998 |
Received large order for 49 Studio Cameras from Doordarshan India. Supplied digital TSL to Tokyo Broadcasting System. Developed “HC-400” Digital Video Camera and “HDK-790D/79D” Full Digital HDTV Camera System. |
| 1999 |
Developed the hard disk camera (Editcam2) with lightweight Fieldpak2 for non-linear recording. |
| 2000 |
Developed 0.18 micro meter rule ASICs, first installed into the most advanced broadcast camera in the world. |
| 2001 |
Developed “HDK-790E/79E” full digital HDTV Camera System with 0.18μm rule ASIC. |
| 2002 |
Many broadcast quality cameras used for worldwide sport event in Japan. Developed “ICD-800 series” high performance digital processing CCD camera. Made alliance with DX ANTENNA CO., LTD. for CCTV equipment. |
| 2003 |
Developed the world’s first microwave digital Hi-Vision wireless system. Developed portable disk recorder DNE-31 for broadcasting. |
| 2004 |
Developed Editcam3 (DNS-33W). Received 3000 orders for ICD-808P monitoring color camera for RATP. |
| 2005 |
Developed PCS-25, a high resolution and highly sensitive dome camera. |
| 2006 |
Developed and marketed T-Sip IP surveillance system, including IPD-Q01 camera and INR-Q500 recorder. Developed full digital camera HDL-45. |
| 2007 |
Toshiba and Ikegami Tsushinki agreed on capital alliance. Ikegami successfully captured high definition images from lunar orbiter satellite “KAGUYA (SELENE)”. |
| 2008 |
Developed SKC-171 mega-pixel black & white camera. Developed HDL-F30 compact digital HDTV camera. |
| 2009 |
Developed MKC-300HD medical grade camera. Developed IPD-BX100/BX100/DM100 H.264 mega-pixel IP network cameras. |
| 2010 |
Ikegami wins the 62nd Annual Technology and Engineering Emmy® for contribution to the development and production of portable tapeless acquisition. |
| 2011 |
Developed “HDK-97A” UnicamHD, a 16-bit full digital HDTV camera. Developed HDL-45E/E1, a 14-bit multifunctional camera. |
| 2014-04 |
Established Ikegami Electronics Asia Pacific Private Limited in Singapore. |
| 2020 |
Developed UHK-X700, a 4K/HD Portable Camera System. |
| 2024 |
Developed HDK-X500, an HD Portable Camera System. |
