ASHIDAVOX:70 years together with sound

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Company history

1942Yanagawa Haruo took over ASHIDA COMPANY that was founded as the Far Eastern general agent of Magnavox in 1924.
Founded Tokyo Kakuseiki Kenkyujo (Tokyo loudspeaker laboratory) as a sole proprietorship in the Shinbashi Ekimae Tsutsumi Building to domestically produce speakers.
1943Started to use ASHIDAVOX as a trademark.
1945The office, factory and warehouse burned down during the war.
1946Moved the factory to Nakanecho in Meguro Ward and resumed production.
1947Moved the headquarters and factory to the current location in Osaki in Shinagawa Ward.
1950Reorganized the corporate organization and established ASHIDA SOUND CO., LTD. with capital of 500,000 yen and Yanagawa Haruo became the representative director and president.
1963Increased the capital to 10 million yen.
1970Increased the capital to 20 million yen.
1973Established TOHOKU ASHIDA SOUND CO., LTD. in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture and planned to expand production as the production base.
1974Increased the capital to 24 million yen.
1981Awarded as a superior report corporation by the Shinagawa tax office.
1984Yanagawa Yuzuru became a representative director and the president and Yanagawa Haruo became a representative director and the chairman.
1987Newly built the headquarters building.
1989Yanagawa Haruo resigned from the positions of the representative director and chairman.
1991Newly built the headquarters building of TOHOKU ASHIDA SOUND CO., LTD.
1994Started outsourcing production in China.
1999Awarded as a superior report corporation by the Shinagawa tax office.
2004Acquired ISO 14001 certification.
2005Acquired ISO9001 certification.
2011Awarded as a superior report corporation by the Shinagawa tax office.
2015Yanagawa Hisashi became a representative director and the president and Yanagawa Yuzuru became a representative director and the chairman.
2016Awarded as a superior report corporation by the Shinagawa tax office.

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