Hosiden Kyushu Corporation

Company is established with a capital stock of 10 million yen through advancement under the Coal Producing Area Development Act.

Established a company with capital of 10 million yen through expansion under the Mining Area Promotion Law.

With the completion of the factory building, the company begins manufacturing magnetic heads.

Started manufacturing magnetic heads upon completion of factory building.

Begins production of electret condenser microphones.

Started manufacturing electret condenser microphones.

Begins production of drivers for telephones.

Started manufacturing telephone drivers.

Increases capital stock to 90 million yen as new capital.

Increased capital stock to 90 million yen.

Begins production of microphones for video cameras and stereo microphones.

Started manufacturing microphones and stereo microphones for video cameras.

Kyushu Hosiden Corporation is renamed Hosiden Kyushu Corporation. : (Change applies company-wide to Hosiden Group in Japan)

Changed the company name from Kyushu Star Electric Co., Ltd. to Hoshiden Kyushu Co., Ltd. : (Hoshiden Group domestic rebranding)

Obtained ISO 9001 certification.

Obtained ISO9001 certification.

Begins mass production of the world’s slimmest (1 mm thick) microphone.

Started mass production of the world's thinnest (1mm thick) microphones.

Cumulative shipments of ECMs reach 1 billion units.

Achieved cumulative shipment of 1 billion ECMs.

Expansion B is completed and operations commence.

Expansion B building completed and operational.

Obtained ISO 14001 certification.

Obtained ISO14001 certification.

Expansion A is completed and operations commence.

Expansion A building completed and operational.

Begins mass production of MEMS microphones.

Started mass production of MEMS microphones.

Cumulative shipments of ECMs reach 4 billion units.

Achieved cumulative shipment of 4 billion ECMs.

In-house production line for MEMS microphones begins operation.

Started in-house production line operation for MEMS microphones.

Obtained ISO/TS 16949 certification.

Obtained ISO/TS16949 certification.

Obtained IATF 16949:2016 certification.

Obtained IATF16949:2016 certification.

Cumulative shipments of MEMS microphones reach 400 million units.

Achieved a total of 400 million MEMS microphones shipped

Installation of solar power generation equipment.

Installation of solar power generation equipment

Built an anechoic chamber.

Construction of an anechoic chamber

Achieved cumulative shipments of 500 million MEMS microphones.

Achieved a total of 500 million MEMS microphones shipped