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Toshiba (jap. Toshiba) is a developer and a manufacturer of atomic power plants (since 6 February 2006 world-wide market leader in the nuclear business press release from 6 February 2006 (in English) Toshiba wins only around Westinghouse) and electronics (seventh-largest manufacturer of electrical and electronic devices world-wide) with head office in Japan.

In the financial year 2003/04 the Toshiba corporation made a conversion of 52.6 billion US Dollar. Company-wide 161,000 coworkers are employed (conditions: 31. March 2004).

Toshiba developed 1939 from the union of Hisashige Tanakas electro-technology company Shibaura Seisaku sho and for the consumer goods manufacturer Tokyo Denki. The new enterprise was called To'kyo Shiba'ura Denki, became however particularly under the name contraction Toshiba admits. Only 1978 became this the official company name. At the same time the two kanji characters have "to shiba" the meaning "to" - the east, "shiba" - a magic plant.

The group expanded both by own growth and by acquisitions, among other things within the range of the heavy industry in the 1940ern and 1950ern. Later important subsidiaries were created like Toshiba EMI (1960), Toshiba Electrical equipment (1974), Toshiba Chemical (1974), Toshiba Lighting and Technology (1989) and Toshiba carrier corporation (1999).

Pioneer achievements

In the development departments of Toshiba many inventions important for Japan and the world were made, so e.g.:

1921 invention of the electrical bulb with double wound
1954 the digital computer TAC; the first Japanese radar
1959 transistor televisions, microwave oven, first scanner for videos (video recorders)
1967 world-wide first postal zip code reader
1970 world-wide first color video telephone
1985 Toshiba brings its first Desktop PC T1500 with moderate success on the market
1985 introduction world-wide first of the laptop PC
1989 introduction of the first Notebook PC
1995 development of the first DVD Players of the world
1996 introduction world-wide first of the Sub Notebook PC
1999 development of the processor for Sony PlayStation "emotion engine"
2002 development of the first flexible 8,4-Zoll-LCD-Farbdisplays
2003 development of the second methanol gas cell (Direct methanol Fuel Cell=DMFC) of the world for the mobile employment
2004 development of the world-wide smallest non removable disk drive assembly (HDD) of the world: 2.16 cm

Toshiba in Germany

The European head office for the range is the Toshiba Europe GmbH (TEG) with seat in Neuss. In addition there the administration of the product ranges computer systems, projectors, STORAGE DEVICE (CD, DVD, non removable disks) and Consumer Electronics (DVD Player, television) are accommodated. Semiconductor and electronic elements are gemanagt from Duesseldorf, in Braunschweig are an appropriate production work for power semiconductors. In Regensburg there is the TRO (Toshiba Regensburg operation), which manufactures there Notebooks of the elevated Preisklassen and construction units for PCs. In Krefeld is the Germany headquarters of TERIS (Toshiba Europe Retail information of system), the section for cash and Ident and pressure systems. TERIS firmierte formerly as Toshiba TEC Europe and/or TEC (Tokyo Electric company).