Company History
| February 1950 | Due to the Law on Elimination of Excessive Concentration of Economic Power, Tokyo Electric Appliances Co., Ltd was established from the Ohito Plant of Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. |
| December 1952 | Renamed as Tokyo Electric Co., Ltd. |
| October 1958 | First in Japan to develop electric adding machines |
| 1964 | "Tostec" electric machine series exported to U.S. in volume |
| October 1966 | Acquired Tokyo Business Machine Co., Ltd. |
| August 1969 | Designated to the First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| June 1971 |
Started production of electronic cash register, "Maconick" (BRC-30B) |
| May 1979 |
Engaged in the printer business |
| June 1979 |
First in Japan to export POS systems to the U.S. |
| November 1979 |
Released the first checkout POS system with scale function (bulk system) in Japan |
| October 1981 |
Started production of small precision motors |
| January 1985 |
TEC's first overseas manufacturing subsidiary established in Singapore. Established Semicon Industries Pte. Ltd. |
| September 1987 |
Started to sell "Order Stream", the total POS system for restaurants in Japanese market |
| July 1988 |
Developed wireless POS system for department stores |
| January 1989 |
Started full-scale bar code business |
| February 1992 |
Began delivering next-generation POS systems to 7-Eleven Japan |
| December 1992 | Mishima and Ohito (in 1993) manufacturing facilities awarded ISO9002 international quality standard certification |
| October 1994 |
Merged with TEC Electronics Corporation and changed name to TEC Corporation |
| June 1997 |
Ohito Business Center received ISO14001 certification for environmental control systems |
| February 2000 |
Created a new corporate logo and company flag to commemorate the 50th anniversary of our establishment. |
| August 2000 |
Began ASP business for the retail industry in Japan |
| October 2000 |
Issued the Toshiba TEC Environmental Report 2000. |
| February 2001 |
Engaged in business collaboration with Microsoft Corp., in the field of Internet-based retail industry systems. |
| January 2004 |
Established new management policy for the Toshiba TEC Group calleed "Our Five Commitments" |
| January 2005 |
Combined and moved Tokyo area offices to new building in Higashi-gotanda district in Shinagawa Subsidiary in the Unites States, Canada, Australia changed the name to: TOSHIBA TEC AMERICA RETAIL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. / TOSHIBA TEC CANADA INC. / TOSHIBA TEC AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD. / |
| April 2005 |
Brand name for Barcode Printers and POS Systems has changed to "TOSHIBA". Subsidiary in Korea named TOSHIBA TEC KOREA CO., LTD. has newly established in Seoul. |