video and audio technology for broadcast and film founded oct 21st 1971 headquarters tokyo japan key people keizo kiyohara president and founder products video switchers virtual studios frame synchronizers multi viewers number of employees 200 500 total within for a group website www.for a.com for a is a brand name for professional broadcast video and audio equipment . founded more than 41 years ago and based in japan for a has spread globally with subsidiaries in america canada korea italy and the united kingdom . for a manufactures 4k variable rate slow motion digital video cameras 1 digital video switchers signal processing equipment broadcast graphics products such as virtual processors and studios multi viewers frame synchronizers and time base correctors hd sd converters and video stabilizers . contents 1 history 2 company timeline 3 associated companies 4 trivia 5 references 6 external links history edit for a was established on october 21 1971 by keizo kiyohara in tokyo japan . its first product was the vtg 32 a worldwide video timer the success of which allowed for the opening of a for a corporation of america established in california . in 1977 after producing the fvw 900 a video writer the company went on to manufacture the fa 410p a time based corrector that was universally recognized as the strongest in the market . from there for a went on to open locations in canada england italy china and korea . by the 1990s for a was a leading developer of dve manipulation units character generators time base correctors and frame rate converters . in 1994 their character generator the vws 100 was chosen for official production display use at the nagano olympic games . for a recently also developed the instant replay mark entry used by the international skating union at all major figure skating events including the olympics . company timeline edit 1970 vtg 32 produced . 1974 for a corporation of america established in california . 1977 fvw 900 produced a video writer allowing for freehand drawing on the screen . 1981 fa 410 produced widely considered the best tbc on the market at that time . 1985 for a research and development center opened in sakura city chiba . 1986 first dve manipulation unit produced 1988 for a corporation of canada established in toronto . 1989 sakura r & d center expansion completed 1991 r & d center opened in sapporo city hokkaido . 1992 video gainesville inc. florida usa acquired to establish overseas development center and expand production . 1993 vws 100 selected for official production display use at nagano olympic games 1994 pc board assembly factory opened at sakura r & d center . 1995 for a uk limited established in london england . 1996 for a italia s.r.l. established in milan italy . 1997 digiwarp designed to add virtual studio systems to product lineup . 1998 headquarters moved to ebisu in shibuya ku tokyo japan . 1998 extension expansion of sakura r & d center completed . 1999 24 hour 365 day for a service call center established for japanese market . 2001 iso certification of sakura r & d center successfully completed . hd and sd versions of hvs 3000 2m e digital video switcher debuts to acclaim at ibc2001 . new headquarters building completed in ebisu in shibuya ku tokyo japan . special camera related sales and development center completed on sakura r & d grounds . 2004 for a corporation of korea established in seoul . 2010 introduced ltr 100hs video archive recorder with lto 5 and ltfs at nab trade show nab 2010 associated companies edit for a corporation of america for a latin america incorporated for a corporation of canada for a uk limited for a italia s.r.l for a corporation of korea exa international co. ltd. for a mfg. co. ltd. for a system service co. ltd. wiz co. ltd. towa air transport system ltd. for a kikaku co. ltd. vif co. ltd. idea institute inc. vanguard international foods co. ltd. trivia edit the company name for a is derivative of a similar sounding japanese phrase han ei meaning prosperity with friends . references edit https www.for a.com products ftones professional hs camera p.html external links edit for a global official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title for a & oldid 711435905 categories 1971 establishments in japancompanies established in 1971companies of japan navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 march 2016 at 21 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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