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1945 10—— Masaru Ibuka established the Tokyo Institute of Communication in Niigata, Tokyo, with an initial staff of seven people.

1may, 946 —— Akio Morita joined, and the company was reorganized into Tokyo telecommunication industry company with a capital of190,000 yen.

1Feb. 947-moved to the present site of Yudianshan in Shinagawa District.

August 1955- Listing of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

1958 65438+1October-In response to the pace of internationalization, the company name was changed to Sony.

1959–Dianxiong Daiwa officially joined Sony.

1Feb. 960-American branch was established.

1960 65438+February-Swiss branch established.

1960–Idei Nobuyuki joins Sony.

196 1 year, Sony Design Center was established in Akio Morita, and was presided over by young Dianxiong Daiwa.

19665438+June 0–-ADR released in the United States.

1962 65438+February-Hong Kong branch established

1966–Phillips of the Netherlands signed a free cross-licensing agreement.

1966- Sony Plaza Life Store was established.

1March, 968-Established a joint venture with CBS/ Sony Music Company.

1968- British branch established

1969–Ando Guowei joined Sony.

1June, 970-German branch was established

1September, 970-Listed on new york Stock Exchange.

1Feb. 973-French branch was established.

1may, 975-comprehensive development of Betamax

1August, 979-Sony Prudential Life Insurance Co., Ltd. was established through a 50/50 joint venture with Prudential Life Insurance Company of the United States.

1982-Kazuo Iwatani, the main developer of CCD technology, died.

1986165438+1October-Sony EuroEurope headquarters was established in Germany.

198865438+1October-acquisition of CBS record department in the United States, and CBS/ Sony changed its name to Sony Music.

1988 65438+1October-released and cooperated with Nintendo to jointly develop SFC| Super Nintendo CD Host.

1988 65438+February —— Abandoning Betamax video specification and joining VHS specification, ending the video specification war of 14.

1989165438+1October-Merger and acquisition of American Columbia Samsung Film Company, and March into Hollywood tungsten market.

19965438+April 0-Sony Prudential Life became 100% holding and changed its name to Sony Life.

1may, 992-cooperate with Nintendo to break the game

1993165438+1October -SCE- Sony Computer Entertainment was established and entered the home entertainment game market.

1April, 995-Announced that Idei Nobuyuki was appointed as the successor of President by Dianxiong Daiwa.

1995- Release Slogan (Numbers, Dreams, Children)

1995165438+1October -SCN- Sony Communication Network was established and entered the Internet content service market.

1996 10-China branch was established.

1March, 997-howard stringer joined Sony.

199765438+February-founder Masaru Ibuka died at the age of 89.

1998- Release the slogan of global image

1999 10- the founder Akio Morita died at the age of 78.

April, 2000-When the financial report was released, the brand value of the Group exceeded $654.38 billion, reaching its highest level since its establishment.

June 2000-Idei Nobuyuki took over as chairman and CEO, and Ando Guowei took over as president.

April 5438+0, 2006-Sony Bank was established.

April 5438+0, 2006-Sony EMCs Company (engineering, manufacturing and customer service) was established.

20011October-Cooperation with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication Company of Sweden.

20011/Dianxiong Yamato collapsed on the podium after a sudden cerebral hemorrhage at the Beijing Music Festival.

June 2002 5438+00- Acquired Aihua and became one of its brands.

June 2002 5438+065438+ 10-Put forward "ubiquitous value network" to establish Sony's views on you for consumers.

April, 2003-The quarterly loss of the financial report was $654.38 billion, which caused Sony to shake, and its share price plummeted by 25% in two days, affecting the Japanese stock market.

June 5438+February 2003-The reform plan "Transition 60" (TR60, Transition 60) was released.

June 5438+February 2003–-QRIO robot is released as Sony Goodwill Ambassador.

April 2004-Sony loss insurance business was established.

April 2004-Sony Financial Holdings Financial Holdings was established-integrating banking, insurance and life insurance.

April 2004-Established S-LCD Company with Samsung galaxy.

May 2004-Sony Connect online music service was established.

In August 2004, Sony Music merged with BMG Music, the fifth largest record company in the world, to form Sony boardman Company.

June 5438+February 2004-Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired MGM Film Company, becoming the largest film company in the world.

From June 5th to February 5th, 2004, we signed an agreement with Samsung galaxy to share the licensed technology.

March 2005–A major change in administrative authority was released. Since its establishment 59 years ago, the first foreign Howard? Stringer took over as chairman and CEO, and ch bachi ryji took over as president.

April, 2005-Announced the sponsorship of the FIFA International Football Federation of 305 million US dollars.

June 22, 2005–-Howard stringer officially took over as Chairman and CEO.

August 23rd, 2005-The Executive Yuan of Taiwan Province Province awarded former President Ando Guowei the second Meritorious Medal in recognition of his friendship and economic contribution to Taiwan Province Province during his presidency.

On September 22, 2005, the reform plan codenamed "Japan Plan" was announced.

June 2006 5438+1October 1- Sponsored Taiwan Province New Year Countdown Taipei10/Building,

Climb the tallest building in the world

June 5438+1October 7, 2006-At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, USA, the plan to develop the business focus of four entertainment fields was released.

June 2006 65438+1 October 19- released: From April1day, 2006, Konica Minolta's image business department took over completely.

Sony's Development in East Asia

Hong Kong Taiwan Province Province

1967, represented Taiwan Province Sanbao Electric Co., Ltd. and established Taiwan Province Xinli Co., Ltd.

In April, 2000, Sony headquarters in Japan withdrew its agency right and reorganized and established Sony International in Taiwan Province Province as the legal representative of Sony in Taiwan Province Province. Shengbao regained the right to operate, integrated all the related enterprise resources of Sony in Taiwan Province Province, and separated the consumer electronics department from Sony Corporation.

In April of 20001year, Sony set up the first Sony Digital Plaza direct store in Ximending Pedestrian Street in Taipei.

In April, 20001year, Japanese So-net established Sony Communication Network of Taiwan Province Province in Taiwan Province Province.

On June 5438+ 10, 2002, Sony Computer Entertainment Company released the PS2 for sale in Taiwan Province.

June, 5438+February, 2002, Sony announced that it would cooperate with Sony Communication Network in Taiwan Province Province to set up a direct store of Dreamix.

From June 5438 to February 2002, Sony launched Clié in Taiwan Province Province.

In April 2003, Sony released VAIO in Taiwan Province.

On April 7th, 2004, Sony established Sony Style Taipei's second direct store 10 1.

In April 2004, the first "SonyFair 04 Video Carnival" was held.

In June 2004, Sony Communication Network in Taiwan Province Province was released, and the number of ADSL users increased, making it the third largest network service provider in Taiwan Province Province.

In July, 2004, SOE and GAMANIA of the United States set up SOE Taiwan Province office in Taiwan Province province.

On June 5438+ 10, 2004, Sony Communication Network of Taiwan Province Province released the Dreamix direct selling system and changed its name to So-net Plaza Reconstruction Complex Concept Store.

From June 5438 to February 2004, Sony released a full range of VAIO notebooks in Taiwan Province Province, which was endorsed by artist Takeshi Kaneshiro.

In April 2005, Sony released Sony and returned to Sony International in Taiwan Province Province, becoming its consumer electronics marketing headquarters.

In April 2005, "SonyFair 2005 Video Carnival" was held.

In May 2005, Sony Computer Entertainment Company launched PSP in Taiwan Province Province.

On August 23rd, 2005, former President Ando Guowei was awarded the second Medal of Meritorious Service by the Executive Yuan of Taiwan Province Province, praising his friendship and economic contribution to Taiwan Province Province during his presidency.

From June 5th to February, 2005, the network transmission technology of non-positioning media was launched in Taiwan Province Province.

June 2006 5438+1October 1- Sponsored Taiwan Province New Year Countdown Taipei10/Building,

Climb the tallest building in the world

In April 2006, "SonyFair@Taiwan 2006 Audio-visual Carnival" and "Feiyi Superstar Concert" were expanded.

2006 165438+ 10/-Sony Computer Entertainment in Hong Kong released PS3. In 2006165438+1October1July, Taiwan Province and Hongkong were listed simultaneously with the United States.

June 5438+065438+1October 17, 2006-Sony Computer Entertainment held its first sale in "Sony Digital Plaza" in Ximending, Taipei City, Taiwan Province Province, and the first batch of 300 computers were sold out.

Sony Taiwan Province Co., Ltd.-Taiwan Province Xinli International Co., Ltd.

Semt/ Sony Electronic Logo Taiwan Province Xinli Sony Co., Ltd. (changed to Taiwan Province Xinli International Consumer Electronics Marketing Headquarters)

So-net Taiwan Province/Sony Network Taiwan Province Co., Ltd.-Taiwan Province Sony Communication Network Co., Ltd.

Sceh/ Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong Taipei Branch-Hong Kong Business [Sony Computer Entertainment Limited Taipei Branch

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication AB- Sweden Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. Taiwan Province Branch

Xinli boardman Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.

AXN- Taiwan Province yiyuan co., ltd.-American beyond co., ltd.

SOE/ Sony Online-Sony Online Games Co., Ltd. Asia, USA

Sony Music Publishing-Singapore Shangxinsuo International Copyright Co., Ltd.

China 1978+0978 started its business and set up representative offices in Beijing (1980), Shanghai (1985), Guangzhou (1994) and Chengdu (1995).

1982 began to authorize the production of professional video recorders in Beijing and Shanghai.

In the mid-1980s, OEM factories in Xiamen and Jiangxi Province began to produce TV sets.

1In September, 1993, a joint venture was established with Shanghai Radio and Television Co., Ltd. to establish "Shanghai Suoguang Electronics Co., Ltd." (Sony contributed 70%). 1994 started operation in February. It mainly produces and sells cameras (Hi8, D8, DV), optical cameras and 8mm camera components.

1995 10 month

Sony and Beijing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications Science and Technology Development Company/Beijing Jingzhi Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd./Beijing Tianzhu Airport Industrial Development Company jointly established "Beijing Suohong Electronics Co., Ltd.", and started operation in June 1997 1. Mainly engaged in the production and sales of mobile phones, video recorders and professional cameras in DVCAM format.

1995165438+1October Sony Precision Parts (Huizhou) Co., Ltd. was established. 1996 1 start running. Mainly engaged in the production and sales of optical heads.

1995 12 established "Shanghai Suo Guangying Image Co., Ltd." with Shanghai Radio and Television Group and Shanghai Vacuum Electronics Co., Ltd. (Sony holds 70% of the shares). 1996 12 started operation. Mainly engaged in the production and sales of flat-panel Telilong color TV and projection TV in Gui Xiang. Sony Pictures Entertainment Beijing Representative Office was established.

1996 10 established a wholly-owned regional management company "Sony (China) Co., Ltd.".

August 2000

Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. was established. Products include polymer lithium-ion batteries.

From June 5, 2000 to 10, Sony Exploration Science and Technology Museum opened in Beijing.

In 200 1 year, Sony Music Entertainment (International) established "Shanghai Xinsuo Music Co., Ltd." with Shanghai Sheikh Group and Shanghai Jinwen Investment Company, and started operation in early 2002.

200 1 10 China EMCS was established.

In August 2002, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (China) Co., Ltd. was established.

As a part of EMCS China, the Software R&D Engineering Center was established in Shanghai, mainly to design audio-visual product software suitable for China market.

In 2002, 1 1, as a subsidiary of Sony (China), Sony Information System Solutions (Asia Pacific) Center was established in Dalian. Sony International Purchasing Center was established in Shenzhen, and its main business is to purchase parts for EMCS Japan.

In 2003, the second factory of Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. began to produce AV/IT products for China market.

In June 2003, Sony (China) Co., Ltd. invested in Chengdu Suo Beier Digital Technology Co., Ltd. Chengdu Suo Beier Digital Technology Co., Ltd. is one of the largest manufacturers of professional TV multimedia equipment in China.

Sony Electronics South China Co., Ltd. was established in April 2004 and started operation in February 2006, producing DVD players.

In June 2004, Shanghai company moved to Xintiandi.

Shanghai Technology Center was established in Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. The existing software R&D center has moved to a new location with an area of 3,400 square meters. In addition to software research and development, R&D related functions such as AV/IT hardware and parts design and partial quality inspection have also been established.

Sony Pictures International Television Company and China Film Group Hualong Film Digital Production Co., Ltd. jointly established Huasuo Film Digital Production Co., Ltd., the first Sino-US film production joint venture in China.

In 2005, Mr Gao Xiao Xiong Jing, executive vice president of Sony Group, became the general representative of Sony Corporation in China.

In February 2005, Sony China Design and Engineering Group was established, and Mr. Gao Xiaoxing served as the president of the organization until September.

In August 2005, the "Creative Center" was established in Shanghai. As one of Sony's global creative sources, Shanghai Creative Center will design various new products according to the needs, preferences and lifestyles of China consumers.

From June 5438 to February 2005, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. acquired Beijing Soho Electronics Co., Ltd.

June 5438+October 2006 10, the second workshop of Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. was changed to Sony Digital Products Wuxi Co., Ltd.

In March 2006, Mr Gao Xiao Xiong Jing officially became the chairman of Sony (China) co., ltd.

June 5438+October 2006 10, Sony explorascience moved to a new site to reopen (the new site is located in Chaoyang Park, Beijing).

From June 5438 to October 2007 10, Mr An Tian nagata officially became the president of Sony (China) co., ltd.