COMPANY INFORMATION:Outline
Company Name ONKYO Corporation
Head Office 2-1 Nisshin-cho, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka 572-8540, JAPAN
Established September 17, 1946
Representatives Naoto Otsuki, President & CEO
Hiroshi Nakano, Senior Managing Director
End of Fiscal Year March 31
Capital 1,476,176,000 yen (as of March 31, 2006)
Annual Sales 45 billion yen (Fiscal 2006)
Number of Employees 3,109 (as of March 31, 2006)
Main Products CE (Consumer Electronics products) Division:
Home Theater, Home Audio, Home Network Products, Speaker Systems and related items
IC (Industrial Components) Division:
Speaker Units and related items
Offices Head Office, Tokyo Office, R & D Center, Domestic Sales Office (7), After Sales Service Station (Tokyo & Osaka)
Affiliated Companies Domestic (7), Overseas (10)

History of Onkyo Corporation
September, 1946 Established in Miyakojima-ku, Osaka City, as Osaka Denki ONKYO K.K.
September, 1971 Changed company name to ONKYO Corporation
July, 1972 Established ONKYO Europe Electronics GmbH
October, 1975 Established ONKYO U.S.A. Corporation
April, 1980 Established ONKYO Electronics Corporation
May, 1986 Established Tottori ONKYO Corporation
May, 1989 Established ONKYO (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
April, 1991 Established ONKYO Electric (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
July, 1993 Started sales of INTEC 275 high component system
September, 1993 Established ONKYO LIV Corporation
May, 1994 Started sales of world’s first THX-certified A/V receiver (TX-SV919THX), with technical cooperation of LUCASFILM Ltd. (now THX Ltd.)
June, 1995 Started sales of INTEC 185 micro component system
January, 1998 Started production and distribution of OMF cone speakers
March, 1998 Started sales of Audio Board
October, 2000 Obtained stock of ONKYO SHAH ALAM (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (now ONKYO Asia Electronics Sdn. Bhd.)
April, 2001 Started sales of GXW-5.1—the industry’s first home theater system compatible with Dolby® Pro Logic® II
November, 2001 Established Shanghai ONKYO Electronics Corporation
March, 2002 Established ONKYO Industrial Components, Inc.
May, 2002 Started sales of BASE-V10 micro home theater system
February, 2003 Listed publicly on JASDAQ market
April, 2003 Started sales of DTA-7—world’s first 7-channel digital power amplifier
January, 2004 Acquired interest in Plus Industry Co., Ltd. and Zhongshan Purasu
February, 2004 Established Shanghai ONKYO Electronics Corporation (for selling home theater products) in Shanghai, China
December, 2004 Deregistered over-the-counter stock in Japan Securities Dealers Association and listed on JASDAQ stock exchange
August, 2005 Started high-quality music distribution service called “e-onkyo music store”
September, 2005 Established CO3 Corporation Ltd. (currently equity affiliate) through consolidation with J-Stream Inc.
January, 2006 Changed company name to ONKYO U.S.A. Corp through consolidation with ONKYO U.S.A. Corp. (expired corporation) and ONKYO Industrial Components, Inc. (merging corporation)
August, 2006 Changed company name from ONKYO LIV Corporation to ONKYO Marketing Corporation