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History

1970-1979

1970	Sponsored SANYO Exhibition Hall at Japan World Exposition. Product Development Center established (Anpachi-gun, Gifu).

1971	SANYO Electric Distribution Co., Ltd. (present SANYO Electric Logistics Co., Ltd.) established. Waste plastic processing technology developed. SANYO's first adsorption-type freezer model introduced. SANYO's first remote control color television model "Zubacon" (20-CTR910R) introduced.

1972	Japan's first receipt computer "Medicom" (MC-1) developed and supplied.

1973	Social Environment Improvement Committee established. SANYO's first hotel reception computer system developed and supplied. Automatic tablet wrapping machine, ATC-52A, launched.

1974	Participated in Sunshine Project, with aim of developing solar/hydrogen energy technologies, promoted by Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry).

1975	World's first lithium batteries (manganese dioxide lithium batteries) developed; mass production beginning in 1978.

1976	New corporate logo unveiled, symbolizing the company goal of becoming a global firm. CX-8176L thin calculator, first product employing lithium batteries, introduced.

1977	"olar House,"experimental house using solar energy, completed in Hirakata City, Osaka.

1978	Customer Information System commences operation. Shioya Training Center completed in Kobe City, Hyogo.

1979	World's first amorphous silicon solar batteries, Amorton, developed. Fashionable MR-U4 tape recorder launched. Energy Conservation Committee established. Granted license to VARTA (West Germany) and Mallory (U.S.A.) to manufacture and sell lithium batteries. Granted General Electric Co., Ltd. (U.S.A.) non-exclusive right to exercise patent and know-how concerning lithium batteries. VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) Technology Development Center established on premises of Gifu Plant. SANYO's first electromagnetic cooking device, IC-10, launched.

1979

World's first amorphous silicon solar batteries, Amorton, developed.
Fashionable MR-U4 tape recorder launched.
Energy Conservation Committee established.
Granted license to VARTA (West Germany) and Mallory (U.S.A.) to manufacture and sell lithium batteries.
Granted General Electric Co., Ltd. (U.S.A.) non-exclusive right to exercise patent and know-how concerning lithium batteries.
VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) Technology Development Center established on premises of Gifu Plant.
SANYO's first electromagnetic cooking device, IC-10, launched.

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