Hosaka Corporation

History

1940s

  1. 1949.04

    Shigeo Hosaka, a former telephone exchange engineer, opens Hosaka Denki Seisakusho in Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo, repairing radio receivers and measuring instruments for local factories.

1950s

  1. 1952.06

    Incorporated as Hosaka Electric Works, Ltd. with eleven employees.

  2. 1956

    First own product: the HT-1 electromechanical process timer for textile mills.

1960s

  1. 1962

    Ina Works opens in Nagano Prefecture to make relays and timers.

  2. 1968

    Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

1970s

  1. 1971

    Supplies its first minicomputer-based controller, for a water treatment plant in Kanagawa Prefecture.

  2. 1978

    The HC-80, Hosaka's first microcomputer controller, enters service in an electric power substation. Controllers of this family remain in service today.

  3. 1979

    Kunio Hosaka, the founder's son, becomes President.

1980s

  1. 1981

    Hosaka America, Inc. established in California.

  2. 1984

    Agreement to supply bed controllers to a manufacturer of intensive-care beds in Leiden, the Netherlands: the beginning of the medical OEM business. Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

  3. 1987

    Koriyama Works opens in Fukushima Prefecture to make industrial computers.

  4. 1989.10

    Renamed Hosaka Corporation. The present lowercase wordmark is adopted.

1990s

  1. 1991

    Hachioji Development Center opens.

  2. 1995

    Hosaka Europe Ltd. established in Reading, United Kingdom.

  3. 1998

    The SC-100, first of the SC series of embedded controllers, is released.

2000s

  1. 2003

    Takahiro Hosaka becomes President.

  2. 2004

    Hosaka Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. established in China.

  3. 2006

    The SC-330M medical motion controller is released.

  4. 2008

    Hosaka Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. established in Singapore.

2010s

  1. 2011.03

    The Great East Japan Earthquake damages Koriyama Works. Production resumes after 24 days.

  2. 2015

    The SC-340M medical motion and sensing controller and the HS-2100 series of 2U server chassis are released.

  3. 2019

    Hosaka PSIRT is established. Hosaka Europe opens the Leiden Application Centre.

2020s

  1. 2021

    The SC-420 railway controller is released.

  2. 2022

    Moves to the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (April). Ryoichi Tanabe becomes President and CEO (June).

  3. 2023

    Koriyama Works completes its second production building. The HS-2200 series succeeds the HS-2100.

  4. 2025

    The HS-2208S short-depth 2U chassis is released.

  5. 2026

    The Medical OEM Business Division and the Quality Assurance and Product Security Division are established.