Seikosha

Seikosha

Seikosha (精工舎 Seikōsha?) was a branch of the Japanese company Seiko that produces clocks, watches, shutters, computer printers and other devices. It was the root of the manufacturing companies of the Seiko Group.

  • 1881Kintarō Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop "K. Hattori" (Hattori Tokaiten in Japanese; currently named Seiko Holdings Corporation) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan.[1]
  • 1892Seikosha is established in Tokyo as the clock manufacturing arm of K. Hattori.
  • 1917K. Hattori becomes a company (K. Hattori & Co., Ltd.).
  • 1937The watch production division of Seikosha is split off as Daini Seikosha Co., Ltd. (第二精工舎 literally The Second Seikosha?).
  • 1942Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd. is founded in Suwa, Nagano by Hisao Yamazaki.
  • 1943Daini Seikosha establishes a factory in Suwa for manufacturing watches with Daiwa Kogyo.
  • 1959Daiwa Kogyo and the Suwa Plant of Daini Seikosha merge to form Suwa Seikosha Co., Ltd. (諏訪精工舎?)
  • 1961Shinshu Seiki Co., Ltd. is established as a subsidiary of Suwa Seikosha.
  • 1970Seikosha is split off from K. Hattori & Co., Ltd., and Seikosha Co., Ltd. is incorporated.
  • 1982K. Hattori & Co., Ltd. is renamed Hattori Seiko Co., Ltd.
  • 1982Shinshu Seiki is renamed Epson Corporation.
  • 1983Daini Seikosha is renamed Seiko Instruments & Electronics Ltd.
  • 1985Suwa Seikosha and Epson merge to form Seiko Epson Corporation.
  • 1990Hattori Seiko Co., Ltd. is renamed Seiko Corporation.
  • 1996Seikosha Co., Ltd. is divided into Seiko Precision Inc. and Seiko Clock Inc.
  • 1997Seiko Instruments & Electronics is renamed Seiko Instruments Inc.
  • 2007Seiko Corporation is renamed Seiko Holdings Corporation.[2]
  • 1 October 2009Seiko Instruments becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Seiko Holdings.

References

  1. ^ "Seiko Instruments history". Seiko Instruments. http://www.sii.co.jp/corp/eg/company/company3.html. Retrieved 2009-10-02. (English)
  2. ^ "Seiko Holdings history". Seiko Holdings. http://www.seiko.co.jp/en/corporate/history/index.php. Retrieved 2009-10-02. (English)

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