History

History of Futaba Corporation
■ : Futaba Corporation
■ : Affiliated companies

1948	■	FUTABA CORPORATION established in Mobara-cho, Chosei-gun, to manufacture and sell radio receiver vacuum tubes.
	■	Electron Tube Factory established in Yatsumi-mura, Chosei-gun, Chiba Prefecture.
	■	Tokyo Branch established in Kanda-Hanada-cho, Tokyo and vacuum tube sales began.
1949	■	Electron Tube Factory relocated to Mobara-cho, Chosei-gun (now Mobara Electron Factory).
1961	■	Mansei Sales Office established (sales of communications devices, radio control equipment, and plastic modeles; incorporated as Futaba Industry Co., Ltd.in 1972) .
1962	■	Unique Precision Co., Ltd. acquired ; Machinery and Tooling Division established; and manufacture and sale of press die set components began.
1962	■	Manufacture and sale of radio-control transmitters and receivers began.
1964	■	Headquarters moved to Takashi, Mobara, Chiba Prefecture.
1965	■	Electronic Systems Factory established (specializing in radio control equipment).
1965	■	Manufacture and sale of equipment for automation began.
1967	■	Manufacture and sale of mold base components began.
1968	■	Entered the display device industry with the manufacture and sale of gas-discharge display tubes.
1969	■	Foundry established for casting of press die set components.
	■	Keyboard Factory established in Mobara, Chiba Prefecture, and manufacture and sale of key switches and related components began.
	■	Manufacture and sale of mold plates began.
1970	■	Manufacture of vacuum tubes completely shut down.
	■	Manufacture and sale of cylindrical multidigit VFDs began.
	■	Factory established in Mutsuzawa-mura, Chosei-gun, and press die set component operations relocated there.
	■	Sale of mold bases assembly began after standardization.
1972	■	Taiwan Futaba Electronics Corp. established (VFDs).
1972	■	Korea Futaba Precision Corp., Ltd. established (mold base components). (Dissolved in 2008)
1973	■	Headquarters relocated to current location at 629 Oshiba, Mobara, Chiba Prefecture.
1973	■	FUTABA Industries U.S.A. (changed to Futaba Corp. of America in 1978) established as U.S. sales company.
1975	■	FUTABA (Hong Kong) Corp., Ltd. established as Southeast Asian sales base.
1979	■	FUTABA (Europe) GmbH. (Germany) established as European sales base.
1980	■	Chonan Machinery and Tooling Factory established in Chonan-machi, Chosei-gun, Chiba Prefecture and mold base component operations relocated there.
1983	■	Chosei Keyboard Factory (now Chosei VFD Module Factory) established in Chosei-mura, Chosei-gun, Chiba Prefecture completing first phase of Chosei Factory complex.
1984	■	Electronic Systems Factory established as a part of the Chosei Project, completing second-phase construction, and radio control equipment operations relocated there.
1985	■	Company shares listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
	■	Akashi Machinery and Tooling Factory established in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture.
	■	Chosei Machinery and Tooling Factory established within Chosei Factory complex.
1986	■	Company shares listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1986	■	Part of Electronic Systems Division transferred to Taiwan FUTABA Electronics Corp.
1987	■	Chosei Electron Tube Factory established within Chosei Factory complex.
	■	President Goro Eto appointed chairman and Senior Managing Director Reiji Hosoya appointed president.
	■	Integrated standardized plate products to Precision plates.
1988	■	Kishin Corp. (Republic of Korea) established (press and mold base components).
1990	■	Makuhari R&D Laboratory established in Makuhari Techno-Garden, Mihama-ku, Chiba.
	■	Machinery and Tooling Technology Center established within Chosei Factory complex.
	■	Chairman Goro Eto passed away.
	■	FUTABA Business System Co., Ltd. established.
1991	■	FUTABA DENSHI Corp. (S) Pte., Ltd. (Singapore) established (sale of electronic components).
1992	■	Machinery and Tooling Precision Plate Factory established within Chosei Factory complex.
1992	■	Tokyo Branch in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo closed and operations merged with those of the Sales Headquarters in Mihama-ku, Chiba (currently Makuhari Marketing & Sales Center).
1993	■	O.S. Engines Mfg. Co., Ltd. acquired for diversification into hobby market.
1994	■	FUTABA Precision Mold (Shenzhen) Corp. (P.R.C.) established (mold base components).
1994	■	VFD Module Group qualified for ISO 9001 certification.
1995	■	FUTABA Corp. of the Philippines established (VFDs).
1995	■	Electron Tube Group qualified for ISO 9001 certification.
1996	■	President Reiji Hosoya appointed chairman; Senior Managing Director Atsushi Nishimuro appointed president; and Senior Managing Director Michihiko Eto appointed vice-chairman.
1996	■	FUTABA JTW (Thailand) Ltd. established (press and mold base components).
1998	■	Ceremony held in commemoration of company's 50th anniversary.
1999	■	FUTABA Corporation qualified for ISO 14001 certification for multiple sites.
1999	■	Manufacture and sale of the Mold Marshalling System began.
2001	■	The Mold Marshalling System awarded the 43rd Ten Best New Products Prize of The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd.
	■	FUTABA International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (P.R.C.) established. (Sales of electronic components)
	■	FUTABA (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. (Vietnam) established. (Manufacture of mold base components)
2002	■	Radio Control Equipment Group qualified for ISO 9001 certification.
	■	Chosei Machinery and Tooling Factory II and Mutsuzawa Factory qualified for ISO 9001 certification.
	■	FUTABA Corporation of Huizhou established. (Manufacture and sale of electronic components)
	■	Environmental report released.
2003	■	Electron Tube Group acquired the certificate ISO/TS16949: 2002.
2005	■	FUTABA Precision Die and Mold Machinery (China) Co., Ltd. (P.R.C.) established (parts for press/mold dies)
2006	■	Matsudo Machinery and Tooling Factory established in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture (parts for press dies)
	■	Director Hiroshi Sakurada appointed President.
	■	FUTABA Precision Co., Ltd. established in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture (mold base components)
2007	■	Kisin Corp. listed on the Korea Exchange.
2007	■	Kisin Precision Die and Mold Machinery (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (P.R.C) established. (Press and mold base components)
2008	■	Acquired Satsuki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. and Satsuki Kizai Co., Ltd. to strengthen the press/mold die components.(Satsuki Seisakusho Co., Ltd. acquired Satsuki Kizai Co., Ltd. and name changed to Satsuki Kizai Co., Ltd. in 2009)
2009	■	Futaba Electronics Components Korea Co., Ltd. established (sales of electronic components).
2009	■	Acquired share of TDK Micro Device Corp. to enter OLED business.
2010	■	Chairman Reiji Hosoya appointed Supreme Advisor.
2011	■	Founder and Supreme Advisor Reiji Hosoya passed away.
2012	■	Acquired all shares of TDK Micro Device Corp. and changed the name to Futaba Mobile Display Corp. to accelerate OLED display business.
2012	■	Manufacture and sale of OLED display and Touch Panel began.
2013	■	PT. FUTABADENSHI INDONESIA established (manufacture and sale of production equipment in Indonesia).
2014	■	The Melt Flow Speed Measurement System awarded the 56th Ten Best New Products Prize of The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd.
2014	■	Formed capital and business alliance with Sanko Gosei Ltd.
2016	■	The Flexible OLED Display awarded the 58th Ten Best New Products Monozukuri Prize of The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Ltd.
	■	Futaba Drone School opened at the company's Chosei factory.
	■	President Hiroshi Sakurada appointed chairman; Director Kazunobu Takahashi appointed president.
2017	■	Acquired Kabuku Inc.
2017	■	Established Tokyo Sales Office in Kandakaji-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (Sales of electronic devices)
2018	■	SENTORARU DENSHI SEIGYO CO.,LTD. acquired.