OKI’s Challenge: Connecting the Voices of Japan
- 1980
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- Completes construction of Numazu Plant
- Completes development of 64K DRAM
- Markets if800 series of PCs
- Begins M-100 Campaign
- Establishes Oki Semiconductor Co., Inc.
- Establishes Miyazaki Oki Electric Co., Ltd.
- 1981
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- Announces Part II of management reform plan
- Publishes 100-Year History of Oki Electric as part of 100th Anniversary celebration
- 1982
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- Markets AT-100 series of ATMs with automatic teller and transfer functions
- Markets minicomputer OKITAC System 50V series
- Namio Hashimoto appointed president; Masao Miyake appointed chairman
- Closes Shinagawa Plant
- Chairman Masao Miyake passes away
- Markets ix Series of digital electronic exchanges
- Delivers model D70 digital switching system to Yodobashi Software Center in Tokyo
- Establishes OA business division
- Major fire breaks out at Miyazaki Oki Electric Plant
- 1984
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- Completes construction of plant in north metro Atlanta, Georgia, for producing cellular car telephones and analog electronic switching systems
- Establishes Oki America Inc. by merging five subsidiaries in U.S.
- Markets plain-paper facsimile OKIFAX OF-101
- Introduces "Scenario 1990" business plan
- Markets multimedia multiplexer digital OMNIMAX
- 1985
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- Introduces small divisions system
- NTT privatized as Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
- Wins order from Honduras for D70 automatic exchanges and optical transmission system
- 1986
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- Markets digital PBX composite exchange iOX 1000 series
- Reorganizes Marketing and Sales Division into organization separated by market
- Completes construction of System Development Center in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture
- Markets PENSEE Japanese-English machine translation software
- 1987
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- Markets OPP-6024 photo printer model using LED as light source
- Establishes Oki (UK) Limited in Scotland
- 1988
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- Establishes Miyagi Oki Electric Co., Ltd.
- 1989
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- Miyagi Oki Electric begins shipping 1M DRAMs
- Markets OKIFAX OF-1100i meeting G4 standard
- Signs contract to supply Martin Dowes Communications of U.K. with mobile cellular phones
- Markets AT-300 series of ATMs offering enhanced processing capabilities
- 1990
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- Establishes Oki (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- Introduces "Challenge '91" movement
- Markets MICROLINE 801PS page printer with postscript capabilities
- Completes construction of VLSI plant in Tualatin, Oregon
- Purchases data business division of Technitron Corp., in U.K.
- Markets iOX 100 series of small- to medium-capacity office information exchange systems
- Markets Oki Phones 900 mobile telephone
- 1992
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- Signs basic agreement with Hewlett Packard of U.S. for comprehensive business ties in I/C field
- Markets multimedia multiplexer iOX 7000 series, compatible with frame relay
- Jun Jinguji appointed president
- Markets OKITAC-9000 UNIX server/workstation
- 1993
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- Reorganizes Marketing and Sales Division into organization separated by product
- Totally eliminates use of specified particular chlorofluorocarbons
- Begins implementing business-restructuring plan
- 1994
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- Completes construction of printer plant inside Oki (Thailand)
- Transfers Oki Electric's printer, facsimile, and related business to Oki Datasystems Co., Ltd., and changes latter's name to Oki Data Corporation
- 1995
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- Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake hits Kobe area
- Opens Oki Home Page on Internet
- Markets iOX7500 ATM switch
- Implements Part II of business-restructuring plan
- Markets AT-400 series of ATMs with multimedia functions
- Shiko Sawamura appointed president
- Signs contract with Sensar, Inc., of U.S. for product development and marketing of iris recognition products
- Miyagi Oki Electric ships first 16M DRAMs
- 1996
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- Introduces management by Objective (MBO) system
- Announces corporate mission
- Introduces in-company venture business system
- Begins trial operation of OKITAC-2500 banking information system
- Announces CTstage Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) system
- Markets Discovery 2000 multimedia integrated communications node
- 1997
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- Announces "Vision 2000" business plan
- Establishes Changzhou OKI-GEG Telecoms, Ltd.
- Introduces Just-in-Time production system
- 1998
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- Announces new semiconductor business strategy
- Announces strategic partnership with Cadence Design Systems, Inc., of U.S. for higher-value, system-on-a-chip product design
- Katsumasa Shinozuka appointed president
- Announces ATM 21 series as next generation of ATMs
- Achieves target for acquiring ISO14001 certification for Oki Group's main production plants
- 1999
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- Implements Phoenix 21 business plan
- Implements business group organization
- Acquires ATM-related business of Toshiba
- Establishes Oki Semiconductor Company inside OAI (U.S.)
- Markets IPstage IP-PBX
