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
