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Our company had been providing many products in a market for more than half century since its foundation.
By being sincere in front of customers, we will constantly offer our satisfactory products and its solution in order to get more confidence from our customers.
We are aiming to be reliable enterprise and will also contribute to people's happiness and realization of an affluent society by means of offering excellent products with high quality and technology supported by all our related group companies.
We would like to solicit your continued patronage on our products.

Company Name	KOYO ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
Locations	(Head Office) 1-171 Tenjin-cho, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo 187-0004 (Plant) 1230-1 Nishiide, Oizumi-cho, Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi 409-1501
Date of Foundation	March 18, 1959
Capital	1,593.2 million yen
Representative	President, Hideo Kuwabara
Number of Employees	365
Business	Manufacture and sale of electronic control devices, imaging devices, automotive devices and FA control systems
Acquired Certification	ISO 9001 (Quality Management System) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System)

Provide the best technology, quality and services from the market perspective.

Create new value and increase corporate value with a view to building a great human society.

Attach importance to potential and to the motivation of individuals in personnel utilization.

1955	Koyo Electronics Co., Ltd. is founded to commence manufacturing and selling portable radios.
1959	Koyo Electronic Industries Co., Ltd. is founded.
1960	Builds a new plant in Kodaira, Tokyo and relocates the head office.
1961	Commences manufacturing and sales of proximity switches and decatron counters
1962	Commences manufacturing and sales of electronic counters, electronic timers, non-contact relays and CCTV cameras
1963	Commences manufacturing and sales of photoelectric sensors
1967	Commences manufacturing and sales of rotary encoders
1971	Commences manufacturing and sales of the KUS Series process step sequencer
1978	Devises an innovative Stage type programming for incorporation into the KOSTAC-SA programmer controller
1982	Commences manufacturing and sales of the SA/SR-20 Series and the SA/SR-400 Series modular PLCs Commences OEM supply of the SR-20 Series to US-based General Electric
1983	Forms a mutual sales partnership with Pepperl + Fuchs , a manufacturer of proximity switches
1984	Builds a new plant in Oizumi, Yamanashi Prefecture
1985	Wins a Good Design Award for the SR-10 and SR-20 PLCs
1989	Commences manufacturing and sales of the SU Series middle-size PLCs. Sets up Huaguang Electronics Industries Co., Ltd., in China
1992	Commences manufacturing and sales of rotary encoders for servo motors
1994	Sets up PLC DIRECT BY KOYO (currently, AutomationDirect.com) in the United States for mail order sales of PLCs Commences manufacturing and sales of the SZ Series ultra-small modular PLCs
1995	Certification in quality management standard ISO 9001 obtained for FA products
1997	Sets up Yan Guang Electronics Wuxi Co., Ltd.,in China. Commences manufacturing and sales of Visual Scope, software for HMIs
1999	Commences manufacturing and sales of the DL470 personal computers for industrial purposes
2000	Commences manufacturing and sales of the InfoJet interfaces powered by Windows CE
2001	Certification in environmental management system standard ISO 14001 obtained for Kodaira and Oizumi plants. Sets up Koyo Electronics Wuxi Co., Ltd., in China. Sets up Taiwan Koyo Electronics Industries Co., Ltd., in Taiwan
2002	Sets up Koyo Encoder, Inc. in the United States
2003	Commences manufacturing and sales of the BabyJet boxed computers
2005	Commences manufacturing and sales of the ViewJetCmore programmable displays. Celebrates the 50th anniversary of the foundation in November

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