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Year

Company History

Development and Sales of New Products

2020

Iwate Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd. absorbed Miharu Electronics Co., Ltd.

Year

Company History

Development and Sales of New Products

2018

Sannohe Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd. renamed itself Aomori Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd.

2015

Established Shibaura Electronics of America Corporation (USA)

2014

Iwate Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd. absorbed Ichinohe Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd.

Non-contact temperature sensor for fusing machines
Square type fluoroplastic-processed temperature sensor

2013

Relocated Head Office and Urawa Sales Office
(Chuo-ku, Saitama City, Saitama)

Listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange (currently the Tokyo Stock Exchange, JASDAQ Standard Market)

2012

Established Shibaura Electronics Europe GmbH (Germany)

2011

Relocated Urawa Sales Office (Chuo-ku, Saitama City, Saitama)

Integrated temperature and pressure sensor
Infrared temperature sensor for fusing machines
Temperature sensor for high-pressure hydrogen tanks

2010

Double temperature sensor for water heaters

Year

Company History

Development and Sales of New Products

2009

Side temperature sensor for fusing machines
Temperature sensor for IH cooking heaters

2008

Thermistor element PSB-S2

Thermistor element for high temperature range UH1

2006

Thermistor element for high temperature range UH2

Thermistor element for wide temperature range PL Series

2004

Vehicle exhaust gas temperature sensor

2003

Acquired ISO14001 certification

Established Shibaura Electronics Korea Co., Ltd. (Korea)

Thermistor element PSB-S9

Non-contact and contact type sensors using PSB-S9

Absolute Humidity Sensors HS-13 and DH-5

2001

Established Shibaura Electronics Hong Kong Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong)

ISO9001 certification acquired

2000

Started technical partnership with EPCOS AG

High temperature contact-type temperature sensor for fusing machines
High response contact-type temperature sensor for fusing machines

Year

Company History

Development and Sales of New Products

1999

Absolute humidity sensor DH-4

1998

Absolute humidity sensor DH-1

1997

Established Dongguan Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd. (China)

Established Shanghai Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd. (China)

Temperature sensors for automotive motor coils Chip thermistor elements 1005, 1608 and EM2

1996

Established Siam Sensing Device Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

(now Thai Shibaura Denshi Co., Ltd.)
(Thailand)

Changed company name to SHIBAURA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Digital thermometer(MD-100)

Absolute humidity sensor(HS-11)

1995

Sannohe Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd. (now Aomori Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd.) established

Multi-hygrometer(SMー380)

1994

Established Kakunodate Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd.

Thermistor element RB1

Fast response water temperature sensor

1992

Established Miharu Electronics Limited Private Company (later renamed as Miharu Electronics Co., Ltd.)

Highly durable NS thermistor element

NS thermistor element for high temperatures

Chip thermistor element KG

1991

Established Noda Limited Private Company (later renamed as Ichinohe Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd.)

Radiosonde temperature sensor

Temperature controller for germinators and seedling incubators C309As

1990

High precision thermistor element PSB-H

Chip thermistor element G

PSB-H high precision thermistor element

Resin-sealed temperature sensor KT

Year

Company History

Development and Sales of New Products

1989

Chip thermistor element LLT

Thermistor element PSB-N3

Thermistor level sensor C-118

Chlorofluorocarbon level sensor

1988

Thermistor element PSB-A

Absolute humidity sensors with amplifier HSA-1H and 2H

Micro axial thermistor element PSB-A

Chip thermistor element C-3216

1987

Level sensor

CO2 sensor

Air flow sensor F6201-1

Multi-point anemometer F6204s

1986

Thermistor element PSB-S5

1985

Registered as an over-the-counter company at Japan Securities Dealers Association

Established Fukushima Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd.

Thermistor element PSB-S7

Absolute humidity sensor unit CHS-1

Water activity meter WA-360

Thermistor element for mid-level temperature PMH

Hermetic-type temperature sensor

1984

Relocated Nagoya Sales Office (Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi)

Large temperature and humidity display device SM-5904

1983

Linear temperature convertor

Humidity sensor for microwave ovens

Multi-hygrometer SM-360

Digital anemometer DA-300

1982

Opened Urawa Sales Office
(Urawa City, Saitama: now Saitama City)

Integrated Tokyo Sales Office with Urawa Sales Office

Temperature sensor for instantaneous water heaters

Alcohol compensator for water activity meters

Bar graph thermometer

1981

Water activity meter WA-350

Neo-thermys

1980

Relocated Tokyo Sales Office (Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo)

Opened Nagoya Sales Office

(Marunouchi, Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi)

Absolute humidity controller

Multi-point digital anemometer

Differential temperature thermometer for solar systems C-5445

Dew point meter SM-312, Humidity mixing ratio meter SM-330

Year

Company History

Development and Sales of New Products

1979

Relocated Osaka Sales Office

(Higashi-ku, (current Chuo-ku) Osaka City, Osaka)

Absolute humidity sensor and hygrometer

Temperature sensor for kerosene heaters

1978

Soft touch sensor for fuser rollers in copying machines

Portable digital thermometer TD-210

1976

Meat probe for microwave ovens

Temperature controllers
C-23, C-33, C-311, C-312 and C-170

Liquefied petroleum gas leak alarm

FC-sealed and PVC-capped thermistor sensors

1975

Temperature control unit SG-100

Thermistor element PSB-N

1973

Established Iwate Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd.

Linear thermistor

1972

Thermistor element PSB for measurements

(started mass production and penetrated into home appliances market)

1971

Tohoku Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd. was visited by Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Hitachinomiya

High temperature thermometer MGAIII-900

High temperature anemometer F-85

Thermal pen type recorder MS2

1970

Simplified temperature controller C-200

Year

Company History

Development and Sales of New Products

1969

Established Tohoku Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd.

Temperature controller C-168

Thread-in type thermistor sensor

Thermometer and temperature sensors for silos

1967

Silicon rectifier

1966

Silicone varistor for telephones

Silicone diodes

1964

Observation equipment for temperature difference inversion layers

Temperature sensor for testers (thermy)

1963

Relocated Head Office/Factory
(Urawa City, Saitama: now Saitama City)

Opened Tokyo Sales Office (Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

1962

Opened Osaka Sales Office
(Naniwa-ku, Osaka City, Osaka)

1961

π-type compatible thermistor
Thermistor anemometer

1960

Kawaguchi Factory started operation
(in Kawaguchi City, Saitama)

Year

Company History

Development and Sales of New Products

1959

Relocated Head Office
(Maeno-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo)

Reorganized the company into Shibaura Electronics Co., Ltd.

1956

Relocated to newly built head office
(Sekiguchi-cho, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)

1954

Reorganized the company into Shibaura Electronics Limited Private Company

Bead type thermistor

Thermistor thermometer

1953

Founded as a manufacturer of copper suboxide rectifiers and other thermistors and SiC varistors (Iwabuchi-machi, Kita-ku, Tokyo)

Thermistors for use in measurement

Varistors

Cuprous oxide rectifier

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