| 1955 |
Established Toko Radio Coil Laboratories in Tokyo.
Started production and sales of coils for vacuum tube portable radios. |
| 1956 |
Developd
the world's first IFT (Intermediate frequency transformer). |
| 1957 |
Developed the epoch-making IFT, type 10F, which laid the foundation of today's
TOKO. |
| 1960 |
Starteded operation Saitama plant. |
| 1961 |
Opened Osaka business office. |
| 1962 |
Listed in the second section of Tokyo stock exchange.
Developed delay lines. |
| 1963 |
Established
TOKO Electronic Mfg. Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong. |
| 1964 |
Name of company changed to TOKO, Inc.
Developed variable coils. |
| 1965 |
Established
TOKO America, Inc. in Chicago. |
| 1968 |
Developed ceramic
filters for AM IF circuits and helical filters. |
| 1969 |
Established Huacheng TOKO Electronics Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.
Developed ceramic filters for FM IF circuits. |
| 1970 |
Listed in the first section of the Tokyo stock exchange.
Completed Tamagawa plant. in Saitama.
Opened TOKO, Inc., Hong Kong Branch. |
| 1971 |
Established
Korea TOKO Co., Ltd.
Established TOKO Germany GmbH. in Leonberg.
Developed radial fixed inductors. |
| 1972 |
Opened
TOKO, Inc. Singapore Branch.
Established TOKO U.K. Ltd.in London. |
| 1973 |
New
building completed for TOKO headquaters in Tokyo.
Established TOKO Electronic Malaysia Sdn,Bhd.
Developed bipolar ICs. |
| 1974 |
Received
award at the 3rd Japan Industrial Technology Contest and also from the Prim Minister for
High Speed Memory Development. |
| 1979 |
Developed varactor diodes for AM. Operation started in use of automatic coil
winding machine developed at Toko. |
| 1980 |
Concluded the agreement on MOS IC with Mototola Inc. U.S.A. |
| 1981 |
Developed variable capacitance diodes for FM tuning.
Developed LC filters for video equipment. |
| 1982 |
Developed numerical control board, NCB 102, utilizing specialized LSI.
Inauguration of TQC, or TOKO quality control movement. |
| 1983 |
Completed
subcontraced material processing plant at Buji, Shenzhen, China. |
| 1984 |
Developed SMD LC filters for TV and VCR. |
| 1985 |
Completed
distribution center. at Saitama plant.
Opened Nagoya business office. |
| 1986 |
Opened Hiroshima business office. |
| 1987 |
Developed 1-chip AM varactor diodes, type KV1560. Developed advanced tracking
system for AM receivers.
Developed antenna duplexers, type DPA, for cellular radios.
Developed numerical control boards. NCB 30 series, for personal computers.
Concluded an import agency agreement on semiconductors with Telefunken Electronic GmbH,
and started sales. |
| 1988 |
New section devoted to engineering completed at Tamagawa plant.
Developed LC filters for high-definition TV and VCR equipment.
Developed compandor ICs for communications equipment. |
| 1989 |
Developed
SMD helical filters. |
| 1990 |
Opened Saitama business office.
Developed SMD miniature filters & SMD power inductors.
Developed SMD miniature dielectric filteres. |
| 1991 |
Established Kanan Device Co., Ltd. in Miyagi
prefecture.
Developed interface modules for ethernet LAN (10 BASE-T).
Developed SMD power inductors for DC-DC converter.
Developed low voltage operation (1.8V) FM-IF detection ICs. |
| 1992 |
Established
TOKO Electronic (Sarawak) Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia.
Developed 2012 size, Multilayer chip inductors.
Developed dielectric flat antennas for GPS.
Developed SMD low dropout linear regulator ICs. |
| 1993 |
Developed
1608 size multilayer chip inductors.
Developed low-profile inverter transformer for LCD monitor backlighting. |
| 1994 |
Developed duplexer for cordless phones.
Developed variable capacitance diode for communications equipment.
Developed step-up DC-DC converter IC.
Developed chip dielectric filters for the GHz band. |
| 1995 |
Opened
TOKO, Inc., Manila Representative office. in Philippines.
Established Viet Shiang EIectronics Co., Ltd. in Viet Nam.
Developed RF module for telecontrol & telemetering.
Developed power factor pre-regulator IC. |
| 1996 |
Established
Seoul TOKO Co., Ltd. in Korea.
Developed ultra-compact multilayer nH chip inductors with harmonic compatibility, LL1005-F
series.
Developed small fixed inductor, FSLU2520, for surface mounting (for signal processing).
Developed FM-IF wave detector IC, TK14586, for high-speed data communications equipment.
Developed 6.5V VCD, KV159x series, for AM radio. |
| 1997 |
Established TOKO (Shanghai Waigaoqiao F. T. Z.) Inc.in China.
Developed wound type miniature fixed inductors, FSLM2520/FSLB 2520, for surface mounting.
Developed ultra-compact nH chip inductors with higher Q under the LL1005-FH series
designation.
Developed FM-IF detection IC, TK14583V, for high-speed communications with built-in mixer.
Developed ICs for thermostat control, TK11050M Series.
Developed VAST-s of video / audio storage and transmission terminal per MPEG-2. |
| 1998 |
Established
Qingdao TOKO Electronics, Co., Ltd. in China.
Developed surface-mounting fixed inductor, D63LCB, for DC-DC Converter.
Developed video line driver ICs for 75 ohm, TK154xxM Series.
Developed pin diode, KP2210S, for AM tuning.
Developed thick film nH chip inductors with tighter tolerance on inductance, PTL1608-F
Series.
Developed CFO-SS10 for spread spectrum wireless LAN. |
| 1999 |
Established
Tateyama Device Co., Ltd. in Chiba prefecture.
Developed large current fixed inductor, E123L, for DC-DC Converter.
Developed ICs for electro luminescence driver, TK659xxM Series.
Developed Control ICs, TK75005D, for power factor correction.
Developed GHz-band dielectric waveguide filters, WDF Series, with low profile and
low-insertion loss. |
| 2000 |
Opened
Fukuoka business office.
Developed "2 in 1 type" inverter transformer, BLC4204, for LCD backlighting.
Developed surface-mount common mode choke coil, NT2520, for USB & IEEEE1394.
Developed large current fixed inductor, DAW, for digital audio Amp.
Developed small & low-profile piezoelectric inverter unit, TPU310.
Developed 2.4GHz-band wireless LAN PCMCIA card, TMW879m, with 11 Mbps.
Developed 2.4GHz-band wireless LAN access point, TMW880.
Developed FM-IF IC, TK14570L, with miniature package size.
Developed high-speed dual video Amp IC, TK15450L , that can drive 75 ohm video line.
Developed chip dielectric duplexers, TDPH series, for W-CDMA & E-AMPS.
Developed multilayer chip synthesizing & branching filter designed, LTF-D series.
Developed FM-IF ceramic filters, CFSC/M3 series, for car radio. |
| 2001 |
Opened
TOKO Coiltec CO., Ltd. in Iwate prefecturee.
Developed "2 in 1 type" inverter transformer, BLC4206, for LCD backlighting.
Developed D412F of power inductor, for handy information terminals.
Developed TK14800V of receiving IC for keyless entry systems.
Developed White LED driver IC, TK11851L, PSM step-up DC-DC converter.
Developed LLV0603-FB series (0603 size) of nH band multilayer chip inductors.
Developed ASW52 series of 5.2GHz band 2-points feeding circular polarization antennas. |
| 2002 |
Established
TOKO Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Opened TOKO (Shanghai Waigaoqiao F.T.Z.) Inc., Beijing office. in China.
Opened TOKO (Shanghai Waigaoqiao F.T.Z.) Inc., Dongguan office. in China.
Developed BLC4113 of CCFL driving inverter transformer for notebook size PCs.
Developed D312C of excellent impact strength fixed inductor for cellular phones.
Developed DIP series of diplexers for set-top box.
Developed TMC979 of AM/FM tuner module for car radio.
Developed LLU1005 series (1005 size) of µH band multilayer chip inductors.
Developed LTF1608LN-F series (1608 size) of 3-terminal multilayer chip low-pass filters.
Developed TDF8A series of chip dielectric filters for 5GHz band wireless LAN.
Developed TK11860B of white LED driver IC with flip chip package makes. |
| 2003 |
Developed CIU11 of plural CCFL driving inverter unit for LCD TV or
monitors.
Developed FD series of power inductors for DC-DC converter in notebook size PCs.
Developed TME1217 of decoder module for HD radio receivers in US terrestrial digital
broadcasts.
Developed DAV series of dielectric antenna elements for XM satellite radio reception
terminals.
Developed TK631xxS series of positive CMOS low dropout linear regulator ICs with ON/OFF
control.
Developed TK65600B of inductive white LED driver IC with synchronous rectifier.
Developed TKM2501Y of drain-common dual Nch power MOS FET for lithium battery protection. |
