that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message oki electric industry co. ltd. open up your dreams type public kk traded as tyo 6703 nikkei 225 component industry electronics founded january 1881 ; 135 years ago 1881 01 founder kibataro oki headquarters 1 7 12 toranomon minato ku tokyo 105 8460 japan key people hideichi kawasaki president and ceo products info telecom systems social infrastructure systems atms printers multifunction devices technology solutions revenue us 4.72 billion fy 2013 483.11 billion fy 2013 profit us 267.3 million fy 2013 27.35 billion fy 2013 number of employees 21 090 consolidated as of march 31 2014 website official website footnotes references 1 2 3 oki electric industry co. ltd. oki denki k gy kabushiki gaisha commonly referred to as oki oki electric or the oki group is a japanese company manufacturing and selling info telecom and printer products . headquartered in tokyo japan oki operates in over 120 countries around the world . oki manufactured the first telephone in japan in 1881 and now specializes not only in developing and manufacturing telecommunication equipment but also in information products and mechatronics products such as automated teller machine atms and printers . its printer business is operated through oki data under the brand name oki . oki had a semiconductor business in which it spun off and sold to rohm co. ltd. on october 1 2008 . oki provides products to telecom carriers financial institutions government agencies large corporation as well as smbs both directly and via distributors and dealers . oki data group which markets its products under the oki brand is focused on creating professional printed communications products applications and services . the oki data group provides a wide range of devices from printers faxes and multi functional products to business applications and consultancy services . oki data americas also markets the oki procolor series a line of digital production printers designed specifically for the graphic arts and production market in north america to offer print solutions for color critical applications . contents 1 company history 1.1 oki of telecommunication 1881 1950s 1.1.1 founding 1.1.2 early years 1.1.3 pre and post wars 1.2 oki of electronics 1960s 1980s 1.2.1 1960s 1.2.2 1970s 1.2.3 1980s 1.3 oki of network solutions 1990s 1.4 2000s 2 subsidiaries 3 sponsoring 4 gallery 5 references 6 external links company history edit oki of telecommunication 1881 1950s edit founding edit the company was founded by kibataro oki 1848 1906 an engineer formerly employed at a kobusho ministry of industry factory . in 1877 only a year after graham bell s invention kubusho had started an effort to make telephone receivers by reverse engineering and oki was in the team that came up with the first prototype . 4 in january 1881 convinced that the nation was about to enter the age of communications kibataro oki founded meik sha which was later renamed oki . the company manufactured the first telephone in japan in 1881 only five years after bell invented the phone and presented a silver award winning lacquer coated wire at the 1885 international inventions exhibition in london . 5 early years edit oki contributed immensely to the spread of phones in japan under the country s telephone expansion plans . the company not only focused on telephones but saw the need of automatic exchanges as phones became more common . citation needed pre and post wars edit during world war i wartime demand brought large profits to oki as demand for telephone service increased . a strong demand emerged for pbxs private branch exchange and at that time oki installed the largest pbx system in japan . in addition to business from japan overseas business also grew providing railroad type printers portable telephones and electric wires outside japan . from around 1920 oki achieved notable advances in its technical development of the common battery switchboard . in the late 1930s oki s plants were used towards meeting the military demand for goods having a major influence on oki s business . based on this demand oki built new production plants increased its capital and increased the number of its affiliates . though oki increased its production capacity after the war to restore magnetotype telephones and exchanges that were damaged during the war oki endured great difficulties as it moved toward rebuilding itself . on november 1 1949 oki electric industry co. ltd. today s oki was established to replace the former oki electric co. ltd. and the two years later in november 1951 oki s shares were listed on the tokyo stock exchange . it was also at this time when oki started mass producing the type 4 telephone which was called the symbol of japan s postwar reconstruction . oki was also aware of learning new telecommunication technologies and in 1956 it was the first to produce an 100 line ericsson type crossbar switching systems for commercial use . citation needed oki of electronics 1960s 1980s edit oki gradually transformed itself into an electronics company from the second half of 1960s into the 1970s . 1960s edit to respond to the high level economic growth japan was experiencing oki needed to speed up its business operations and clarify responsibilities . oki began producing and supplying business machines such as teletypewriters and perforation typewriters . in june 1961 oki launched okityper2000 an electric teletypewriter that could simultaneously make perforation tapes and book entry forms . the company also developed and sold various general purpose computers such as okitac 5090 the first domestically produced computer to use core memory . citation needed in 1964 oki developed okisaver a terminal for online deposits which was provided to financial institutions . 1970s edit in addition to minicomputers such as okitac series developed in the mid 1960s oki began supplying various i o devices electroprinters and dot printers mainly to the financial industry in the 1970s . oki s business at this time included cash dispensers cds automatic depositors ads and automated teller machines atms . it was at this time when oki expanded its overseas business providing telecommunication systems to countries in the middle east central and south american countries as well as other asian countries . in 1972 oki established oki data corporation odc today s oki data americas a japan us joint venture in philadelphia to develop the dp100 dot printers . around that time in 1975 oki developed the world s first automobile telephone system together with bell labs . this was the beginning of oki s wireless technology and today as of 2009 oki expands this technology into vehicle to vehicle communications and other etc electronic toll collection technologies . citation needed 1980s edit in may 1980 oki launched its if 800 series 6 which was a successful business use pc business . it also added a facsimile business unit to develop private sector demand . in 1982 oki introduced the world s first cash recycling atm allowing deposited banknotes to be immediately used for withdrawal . oki data microline 320 dot matrix printer . printers microline 80 82 83 84 92 93 180 182 183 190 192 193 280 292 293 294 320 fb 321 380 390 fb 393 395 520 521 590 591 okimate 10 20 pacemark 2350 2410 3410 4410 laserline 6 ics msm6242 rtc msm6295 adpcm msm5232 oki of network solutions 1990s edit in the early 90s japanese economy was in the midst of recession that continued after the bubble economy collapsed which also hit a strong blow to oki s business . in october 1994 oki spun off its printer and facsimile business and established oki data corporation . in the later 90 s with the spread of the internet oki worked on being recognized as the company that offers network solutions . 2000s edit in 2004 oki released its ip convergence server ss9100 the industry s first microsoft.net compliant server and in 2006 released its center stage nx5000 a carrier grade communication server compliant with next generation networks . in 2008 as part of its business selection and concentration measures oki spun off its semiconductor business to rohm co. ltd. subsidiaries edit oki data americas inc. a subsidiary of oki data corporation of japan produces pc peripheral equipment under the oki brand including digital color and monochrome printers serial impact dot matrix printers multifunction products and facsimiles . oki data americas can be traced back to 1972 when the company was founded as a joint venture between two philadelphia entrepreneurs and their japanese customer oki electric to develop and produce information technology products . one of its popular products was the okimate 10 thermal transfer printer one of the first affordable color printers for early home computers . oki data americas inc. is headquartered in mount laurel new jersey . other oki data americas offices are in toronto canada ; mexico city mexico ; and s o paulo brazil . 35 40 11 n 139 44 58 e 35.669813 n 139.749312 e 35.669813 ; 139.749312 sponsoring edit since 2005 oki have sponsored english premier league football club portsmouth f.c. . from 2003 to 2008 oki owned the naming rights to oki jubilee stadium in kogarah new south wales australia which houses the nrl team st. george illawarra dragons . oki was also the major sponsor of 1 . fc kaiserslautern from 1990 to 1996 . during the 1998 1999 season oki sponsored the french ligue 1 team hsc montpellier . gallery edit oki manufacturing plant in cumbernauld scotland the headquarters of oki electric cable in nakahara ku kawasaki an oki colour multifunction printer jmsdf hqs 6 type sonobuoy manufactured by oki electric industry references edit corporate profile . retrieved august 15 2014 . oki electric financial statements . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved august 15 2014 . oki annual report 2013 pdf . retrieved august 15 2014 . odagiri hiroyuki 1996 . technology and industrial development in japan . clarendon press oxford . p. 137 . isbn 0 19 828802 6 . 1874 1939 . oki global . retrieved 24 march 2012 . the view from japan infoworld july 7 1980 p. 1 external links edit japan portal electronics portal companies portal main corporate site oki data americas oki chip pictures at chipdb.org oki data americas background oki data americas procolor series oki electric industry company limited company profile on yahoo finance v t e electronics industry in japan companies current alaxala networks alinco alps alpine anritsu aor audio technica brother canon casio citizen watch cosina d & m holdings denon marantz daikin dainippon screen denso dnp eiki eizo elpida esp guitars fanuc fostex fuji electric fujifilm fuji xerox fujitsu fujitsu ten funai furuno futaba hamamatsu 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