1953
With Japan on the threshold of its epoch-making period of high-level economic growth, Kowa Trading Co., Ltd., the predecessor to TOYO Corporation, is founded in September in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, with less than forty employees. To help meet the strong demand in the domestic market for sophisticated imported machinery as the country drove to develop its heavy and chemical industrial base, Kowa begins to import and market machine tools as an exclusive distributor for such prominent manufacturers as Kieserling & Albrechat of Germany and BSA Tools of Britain.
1955
Japan's economy is in high-gear and its electronics sector is poised to embark upon its storied growth and expansion. And as domestically produced machine tools steadily improved in quality, performance and availability, Toyo would also gradually shift the focus of its endeavors to the electronics field. January of this year saw the name of the company officially changed to TOYO Trading Co., Ltd. In the same month, it concludes an exclusive distributorship agreement with EMI Factories of Britain, Toyo's first such foray into the then nascent field of electronics, beginning with two of EMI's flagship products—its wave-form monitor and photomultiplier.
1966
Toyo's involvement in the area of automobile acoustic and vibration analysis begins with the conclusion in April of an exclusive distributorship agreement with Spectral Dynamics of the U.S. This business segment would grow in importance for Toyo, as Japan's automobile industry blossomed along with the explosion of motorization in Japan.
1967
In March a technical engineering section (Electronic Shop) is established to handle servicing and repairs of our electronic products. This would go on to form the nucleus of Toyo's all-important after-sales service and support system.
1970
April would usher in yet another first for both Toyo and the country: the company begins handling Biomation Corp.'s transient recorder through an exclusive distributorship agreement. It is the first time a high-performance logic analyzer would be marketed in Japan, and would go on to set off a veritable "Biomation Boom" here.
1975
Toyo concludes In January an exclusive distributorship agreement with Rohde & Schwartz to market the German company's high-frequency measurement instruments in Japan. The area of electromagnetic compatibility instrumentation would go on grow and expand into one of Toyo's main areas of business.
1977
The company's English trade name is changed in February to TOYO Corporation.
1978
Toyo's entry into the field of electrochemical measurement begins in April with an exclusive distributorship agreement with Britain's Solartron Electronics Group. Today, these measurement devices play a central role in evaluating the performance of such spotlighted clean-energy technologies as batteries and fuel cells.
1985
Our Electronics Technology Center opens in February, greatly enhancing Toyo's maintenance, servicing, calibration and repair capabilities. In July, we are listed in the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
1987
As local area networks began to mushroom in this country, soon to make Japan one of the most wired nations in the world, Toyo introduces the "Sniffer" LAN Analyzer into the domestic market through an exclusive distributorship agreement in June with Network General of the U.S. Sniffer was then widely recognized as the de facto industry standard in the field of analysis and problem-solving tools for local area networks, and we would go on to bolster our line-up of IT communication measurement equipment in step with the advance of the society's information orientation.
In August Toyo is successful in winning exclusive distribution rights in Japan for the scanning tunneling microscope developed in 1981 by Professor Gerd Binning and his colleagues.
1990
Our listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange is shifted in March to the first section.
1996
Toyo inaugurates Sniffer University, a training course for LAN engineers. The program would go on to graduate over 2,000 engineers, as well as to contribute to establishing Toyo's reputation for technical and value-added excellence among users and manufacturers. Although the program has run its course, it would prove to be the first of many of our company's highly acclaimed course offerings and programs.
2004
Toyo's Technology Interface Center opens in April, aimed at enhancing both our pre- and post-sales service capabilities. The center is designed specifically for use as a seminar and training facility.
2007
Seeking to enhance our calibration and servicing capabilities, Toyo opens its Calibration Center in June.
Today
We are a company with more than 400 employees and handling more than 170 products in a wide range of fields. We continue to strive to provide our clients the latest and best in measurement technologies.