Brief History｜Company｜Sanwa Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd.

1947	●Founded Sanwa Denki Kogyosho to manufacture and sell electric instruments and communication devices. ●Started supplying electric instruments to the Japanese Ministry of Electrics and Communications and the Defense Agency of Japan.
1951	●Founded Sanwa Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
1952	●Started developing, manufacturing and selling electric connectors.
1953	●Started supplying industrial connectors to the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
1959	●Acquired approval from NEC as a cooperating factory.
1964	●Established the Hachioji Factory.
1969	●Contracted with Western Electric Co. in U.S.A. on mutual technical cooperation.
1971	●Developed clip terminal type connectors for key telephones and began to supply them to NTT.
1979	●Established the Software Development Section.
1980	●Established Kofu Factory.
1983	●Started supplying FC-type optical fiber connectors to NTT.
1984	●Started supplying connectors for information processing devices to NTT.
1985	●Started supplying connectors for electronic switches to NTT.
1987	●Transferred production technology of FC-type optical fiber connector to ICI Stratos Co., Ltd. in U.K.
1988	●Started manufacturing and supplying SC-type optical fiber connector to NTT.
1989	●Developed the terminal blocks for U slit wiring terminals and started supplying them to NTT.
1991	●Started supplying the plug-in type optical fiber coaxial connectors to NTT.
1992	●Developed the high-density dividing relay connector and started supplying it to NTT.
1993	●Developed SC-type low reflection optic fixed attenuator and optical terminators and started supplying them to NTT. ●Developed MU-type optical fiber connector and started supplying it to NTT. ●Developed high-density mounting connector and started selling it to switch and transmission device manufacturers.
1994	●Developed versatile test spring (128UTS) and started supplying it to NTT. ●Developed the optical integration wiring system for LAN and started supplying it to NTT and NTT Data Corporation. ●Developed the Category 5 LAN wiring patch panel and rosette for 100M Ethernet and started supplying them to NTT.
1995	●Developed connection for improved EMC properties started supplying it to NTT. ●Developed Category 5 LAN wiring patch panel and rosette for ICS and started supplying them to NTT. ●Developed automatic MDF connection pin and high-density connector and started selling them. ●Developed SC simplified type optical fiber connector and started selling it. ●Developed MDF for RT device and started supplying it to NTT.
1996	●Acquired MT/MPO manufacturing technology. ●Developed hight-strength 19-inch rack and started selling it. ●Established optical fiber fusion manufacturing technology. ●Developed MDF for RSBM-F and started supplying it to NTT. ●Completed new office building at the Hachioji Factory.
1997	●Acquired ISO9001 certification.
1998	●Dedloped 252-pin connector for hight-density mounting and stared selling it to switch and transmission device manufactures. ●Developed SC2 optic fixed attenuator and started supplying it to NTT. ●Developed hight-performance private terminal board and stated selling it.
1999	●Developed RSBM-U and started supplying it to NTT. ●Developed LAN wiring patch panel and rosette for Gigabit Ethernet and started selling them. ●Moved Marketing Department to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. ●Developed MU simplified tye optical fiber connector and started selling it.
2000	●Developed Cost Effective MU type optical fiber connector and started selling it. ●Estabished the WDM modute assembly teshnology. ●Acquired ISO 14000 certfication. ●Opened Osaka sales office. ●Estabished Sanwa Electronics USA Corporation. ●Increased production of CF cards. ●Startded production of metric connectors.
2001	●Developed MU-type package housing with shutter.
2002	●Developed SFF Optical Transceivers with MU-type Interface. ●Introduce Transmitter Optical SubAssembly and Receiver Optical SubAssembly (TOSA/ROSA) ●Developed Optical Outlet and this plug for plastic optical fiber. ●Developed Category 6 Connectors,Outlets,Rosettes and Patch Panels.
2003	●Developed MU-type universal attenuator. ●Developed SC-type and FC-type Tunable connector ●Opened a sales office in Taipei, Taiwan to provide better services in our Asian customers.
2004	●Developed shutter for SC-type simplex adaper.
2005	●Developed Category 6 Jack to Jack Adaptor.
2007	●Developed and Produced SFP Optical Transceivers with LC-type Interface.
2009	●Started mass-production and sales of Optical Outlets.