| December 1946 |
Establishes Kasuga Radio Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Kenwood Corporation) in Komagane, Nagano prefecture |
| January 1949 |
High-frequency transformer passes the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) approval certificate for the first time in Japan |
| January 1950 |
Renamed Kasuga Radio Industry Corporation |
| February 1955 |
Establishes the Tokyo office in Ota-ku, Tokyo, and begins mass production of audio, communications and measuring equipment |
| January 1960 |
Renamed Trio Electronics, Inc. |
| September 1962 |
Launches the industry's first transistor amplifier |
| August 1963 |
Establishes the Hachioji Business Center in Hachioji, Tokyo |
| December 1963 |
Sets up a sales firm in the U.S., and begins full-scale overseas operations |
| January 1966 |
Fully transistorizes audio products for the first time in the industry |
| October 1969 |
Lists on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| February 1978 |
Begins selling commercial wireless radio equipment in Japan |
| June 1979 |
Sets up the Company's first overseas production firm in Singapore. Starts manufacturing abroad |
| June 1980 |
Enters the car audio field |
| December 1980 |
Launches Corporate Identity activities, and determines Kenwood as the corporate brand |
| July 1981 |
Sets up production subsidiary Tohoku Trio (present Kenwood Yamagata Corp.) in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture |
| October 1982 |
Enters the general audio field |
| April 1983 |
Begins selling commercial wireless radio equipment in the U.S. |
| June 1986 |
Renamed Kenwood Corporation |
| June 1986 |
Becomes the primary sponsor for "Kenwood Cup," one of the world's four biggest yacht races |
| February 1989 |
Enters the mobile satellite communications equipment business |
| August 1989 |
Establishes the Yokohama Business Center in Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (closes the Tokyo office) |
| June 1990 |
Sets up production subsidiary Kenwood Nagano Corporation in Ina, Nagano Prefecture |
| March 1991 |
Begins selling license-free transceivers |
| October 1991 |
Signs an official supply contract with McLaren to provide wireless radio equipment for the F1 world auto-racing championship |
| March 1992 |
Enters the car navigation system field |
| December 1993 |
Develops one of the industry's highest-level voice recognition ICs |
| June 1994 |
Sets up production joint venture Shanghai Kenwood Electronics Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China |
| July 1995 |
Mounts amateur radio equipment on Russian space station Mir |
| January 1996 |
Establishes one of the Company's largest manufacturing plants in Malaysia |
| September 1996 |
Changes the subsidiary name from Trio-Kenwood to Kenwood, coinciding with the Company's 50th anniversary |
| June 1997 |
Becomes Japan's first manufacturer to launch car-mounted DAB receivers |
| December 1997 |
Enters the field of wireless radio systems for promoting the regional economy |
| March 1998 |
Sells the premium model "Silver Signature" of "K's Esule" by taking orders |
| January 1999 |
Jointly develops the world's first mobile digital broadcast receiving system |
| March 2001 |
Announces the "Mid-term Reconstruction Plan" |
| September 2001 |
Issues new shares worth a total of 7.1 billion yen through a thirdparty allocation |
| February 2002 |
Develops a network interface module (NIM) for digital broadcasts via a communications satellite (CS) |
| May 2002 |
Sells shares in Kenwood TMI Corporation (withdraws from the test and measuring equipment business) |
| June 2002 |
Relocates the head office to Hachioji, Tokyo |
| July 2002 |
Announces the "Revitalization Action Plan" in response to the company's net worth becoming negative in the fiscal year through March 2002 |
| August 2002 |
Begins selling commercial digital wireless radio equipment in the U.S. |
| October 2002 |
Issues new shares worth a total of 2.0 billion yen through a thirdparty allocation |
| December 2002 |
Eliminates negative net worth through a debt-for-equity swap amounting to 25.0 billion yen |
| January 2003 |
Ties up with Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International to apply voice synthesis technology to car-mounted equipment |
| February 2003 |
Launches "Production Innovation" activities |
| May 2003 |
Posts a record net income in the fiscal year through March 2003 |
| May 2003 |
Announces the first mid-term business plan "Excellent Kenwood Plan" |
| August 2003 |
Makes production joint venture Shanghai Kenwood Electronics Co., Ltd. into a wholly-owned subsidiary |
| April 2004 |
Signs an agreement with Toyo Communication Equipment Co., Ltd. to acquire its radio equipment operations |
| April 2004 |
Jointly sets up the music distribution service firm Any Music Inc. |
| May 2004 |
Posts a record net income for the second consecutive year in the fiscal year through March 2004 |
| August 2004 |
Completes the "New Financial Strategy", and entirely eliminates cumulative loss, retires the first tranche class-A preferred stock, terminates financial agreements, and substantially reduces interest-bearing debts |
| March 2005 |
Launches proprietarily-developed car navigation systems in the consumer market |
| March 2005 |
Forms a technical and capital alliance with Icom Inc. to jointly research the standardization of technical specifications for digital wireless radio equipment |
| March 2005 |
Kenwood Nagano Corp. acquires certification to "ISO/TS 16949," the international standard for quality management specific to the automotive industry |
| May 2005 |
Formulates the second mid-term business plan "Value Creation Plan" |
| June 2005 |
Launches the Company's first portable HDD player |
| August 2005 |
Finishes redeeming the first tranche class-B preferred stock, resulting in the complete redemption of all preferred stocks |