Furuno

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Furuno Electric Company Founded in Nagasaki, Japan in 1938. The company sells Marine Electronics and has Subsidiaries in the USA, Europe, China.

1 1938 to 1969
2 1970s
3 1980s
4 1990s
5 2000s

[edit] 1938 to 1969

1938 FURUNO ELECTRIC SHOKAI LTD. founded in Nagasaki, Japan
1948 Commercialized the world's first practical fish finder
Established FURUNO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. in Nagasaki Began manufacturing and selling fish finders
1951 Established SUISAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, CO.,LTD
1952 Developed radio communication equipment for fishery
1955 Established FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. by taking over operations from FURUNO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. (Capitalized at 8 million yen)
1958 Developed a numeric display type LORAN (long-range navigation) receiver
1959 Developed radar for vessels
1961 Developed the world's first net sonde Capital increased to 120 million yen
1964 Relocated headquarters from Nagasaki to Nishinomiya Factory in Hyogo pref.
1965 Developed the world's first net recorder
1966 Developed telesounder
1967 Developed full automatic sonar, facsimile receiver and direction finder
1968 Developed LORAN receiver for aircraft

[edit] 1970s

1971 Developed the Omega receiver
1972 Received NMEA's fiscal 1971 Best Product Award Developed Japan's first Doppler Sonar
1973 Developed autopilot system, satellite positioning equipment and simple radio telephone
1974 Developed radio navigation system and full-circle scanning sonar Developed gyrocompass Established FURUNO NORGE A/S in Norway
1976 Developed ultra-compact radar and half-circle scanning sonar
1978 Established FURUNO U.S.A., INC. in the U.S.
1979 Completed Miki Factory
Established FURUNO (UK) LTD. in the U.K.

[edit] 1980s

1980 Developed the world's first current indicator, VideoPlotter and compact facsimile receiver
1981 Developed scientific sounder
1982 Listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange
1983 Increased capital to 6,200 million yen
1984 Moved to the First Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange Developed facsimile receiver and bottom mapping system Acquired management control of KYORITSU RADIO CO., LTD. and KYORITSU RADIO SERVICE CO., LTD.
1985 Developed marine radar, color net recorder, bottom sonar, ARPA
1986 Developed the world's first bird radar Developed GPS navigation system
1987 Developed fishery monitoring radar, automated bonito pole-and-line fishing system Developed the world's first video LORAN Established FURUNO DANMARK A/S in Denmark Established FURUNO SVERIGE AB in Sweden
1989 Completed FURUNO INT Center

[edit] 1990s

1990 Developed equipment for the research submersible SHINKAI 6500 system Increased capital to 7,535 million yen Launched Spirit of Furuno 21, a fishing boat-type testing vessel Established FURUNO FRANCE S.A. in France
1991 Developed wireless marine horn, radar for fishery and digital mapping system
1992 Developed kinematic GPS and GPS for aircraft Established FURUNO ESPANA, S.A. in Spain
1993 Succeeded in commercializing teleterminal DGPS
1994 Developed Golf Distance Meter and Integrated Navigation Display
1995 Developed integrated bridge system, GPS time server
1998 Developed radar plotter-fish finder combo
1999 Developed new Terrain Remote Monitoring System

[edit] 2000s

2000 Developed satellite compass
2001 Developed NavNet Series
2002 Developed Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) Developed Fully-automated Clinical Chemistry Analyzer Established FURUNO NAVINTRA OY (now FURUNO FINLAND OY) after acquiring Finnish company NAVINTRA Began in-house production of pulse magnetron
2003 Developed GPS-steered Time & Frequency Generator Began in-house sales of ETCs Won a long-term supply contract for the NavNet series of network-compatible navigational equipment from the US Coast Guard Established FURUNO SOFTECH (DALIAN) CO., LTD. in Dalian, China
2004 Developed the Tanken-Maru system, a fish finder for recreational fishing boats Completed the world's largest test tank at the Miki Factory Began joint development of DNA microarray synthesizers with U.S. company CombiMatrix Corporation Established FURUNO POLSKA Sp. z o. o. in Poland Established LLC "FURUNO EURUS" in Russian Federation Opened the FURUNO European Distribution Centre (FEDC) in the Netherlands Launched PEGASUS, a test vessel for a pleasure boat market
2005 Developed the world's first dual-frequency searchlight sonar Opened FURUNO DONG GUAN FACTORY in China Established FURUNO DEUTSCHLAND GmbH in Germany Established the FURUNO INS Training Center (INSTC) in Copenhagen, Denmark, to train crew members of commercial vessels how to operate Integrated Navigation System
2006 Developed the high-performance 12.1-inch multi-color LCD radar FR-8002 series Developed FCV-620, a fish finder with a 5.6-inch LCD for the pleasure boat market Purchased a 49% stake in French company SIGNET S.A. and convertible bonds Established FURUNO EUROPE B.V. as a local subsidiary in Rotterdam, the Netherlands Developed S-VDR (Simplified Voyage Data Recorder) VR-3000S Developed Ultra sensitive GPS receiver for mobile communication device market
2007 Developed AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiver FA-30 for fishing vessels and recreational boats Established FURUNO SHANGHAI CO., LTD. in China