• 1894

    Founded a textile business in Takayacho, Ibara City, Okayama Prefecture

  • February 1917

    Established Takaya Textile Partnership Company

  • September 1918

    Reorganized Takaya Textile Partnership Company into Takaya Textile Co., Ltd.

  • August 1966

    Established the Electronics Division (currently the EMS Business Division) and began assembling transistor radios.

  • January 1969

    Changed name to “Takaya Corporation”

  • May 1975

    Constructed the Ibara Factory.

  • May 1978

    Constructed the Izue factory and began assembling VTR boards.

  • September 1978

    Received the Chairman’s Award from the National Association for Employment of Persons with Disabilities.

  • August 1979

    Established “Sharp Takaya Electronics Co., Ltd.”

  • December 1983

    Started selling Printed circuit board testing equipment

  • August 1986

    Opened the Tokyo Sales Office.

  • September 1987

    Opened the Osaka Sales Office.

  • April 1990

    Opened the Fukuoka Sales Office.

  • June 1994

    Opened the Hanatori Art Museum (now the Hanatori Otsuka Art Museum) for the celebration of 100th anniversary.

  • July 1994

    Achieved ISO9002 certification (currently ISO9001:2015).

  • October 1995

    The Flying Probe Tester won the “Test Innovation of the Year ’95” award in the UK as the world’s best inspection equipment.

  • September 1996

    Developed the industry’s leading 12x CD-ROM drive

  • October 2000

    Achieved ISO14001 certification.

  • December 2000

    Merged with the special subsidiary Shinsei Denki Co., Ltd.

  • March 2001

    Established Takaya SIIX Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China.

  • April 2002

    Opened the Tokyo Branch Office.

  • April 2006

    Opened the Ibara Development Center.

  • January 2011

    Established “Takaya Electronics (Thailand)” in Chonburi, Thailand.

  • February 2014

    Renamed Takaya Electronics (Thailand) to Trois Takaya Electronics (Thailand).

  • October 2021

    Izue Factory achieved IATF16949 certification.