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	Business Bases Headquarter & Tokyo Sales Office 6-16-19 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001 Nishinihon Sales Office TCS Bldg. 5F, 1-14-33 Esaka-cho, Suita-shi, Osaka 564-0063 Chubu Sales Office Fushimi IT Bldg. 5F, 1-4-25 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi 460-0003 Chofu Factory 1-1-10 Nishi-Tsutsujigaoka, Chofu-shi, Tokyo 182-0006 Fukushima Factory 55 Kuwajimaichi, Kori-machi, Date-gun, Fukushima 969-1613
	Company Name	Watanabe Electric Industry Co. Ltd.
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	Headquarters Address	6-16-19 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001
	Representative	President Hideki Watanabe
	Date Founded	November 3, 1940
	Date Established	July 3, 1951
	Capital Funds	45 million yen
	Total Employees	190
	Authorized capital stock	180 million yen
	Bank Information	Mizuho Bank Shibuya Chuo Branch Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Shibuya Branch
	Business Segments	Development, manufacturing and sales of measurement and control instruments > Business Overview

Corporate History

November, 1940	Ryuzo Watanabe the founder established the company in Meguro-ku, Tokyo
May, 1946	Moved to the current location (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
June, 1948	Established Watanabe Electric Instruments Works Limited Partnership
July, 1951	Changed the company name to Watanabe Electric Industry Co. Ltd., and Ryuzo Watanabe became the Representative Director & President
June, 1954	Passed the examination of the 1st Japanese Industrial Standard accompanying its establishment by the Industrial Standardization Law. Release the "Non-contact Meter Relay"
March, 1962	Received the Excellent Factory Award from the Governor of Tokyo
November, 1962	Received the Excellent Factory Award from the Director General for Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
August, 1965	Expanded the headquarters factory. Increased capital funds to 18 million yen
March, 1968	Increased capital funds to 36 million yen
April, 1971	Increased capital funds to 45 million yen
October, 1972	Established 2nd factory of the headquarters
April, 1974	Released the "Signal Converter"
January, 1975	Released the "Digital Panel Meter"
May, 1985	Received the Superior Report Corporation Award
June, 1988	Issued privately-offered corporate bonds
January, 1993	Ryuzo Watanabe became Representative Director & Chairman, and Hideki Watanabe became Representative Director & President
June, 1996	Released the Measurement & Monitoring Network "Rial Link"
September, 1997	Released the "Bar Graph Meter Relay"
June, 1998	Acquired certification of the manual type Headlight Tester Model
November,1998	Released the "WKD Series" Power Multimeter for LonWorks network
May, 2000	Acquired certification of the image processing type and fully automatic Headlight Tester Model
September, 2001	Released theLonWorks corresponding module "BALON Series"
April, 2003	Established the Osaka Sales Office
August, 2003	Released the jointly developed "Energy History Measurement System for Buildings" with CHUBU Electric Power Co., Inc. and TOENEC CORPORATION
August, 2003	Received award at the Institute of Electrical Installation Engineers of Japan
March, 2005	Acquired ISO9001 Certification
April, 2005	Released the Freestyle type energy monitoring unit "Joint Module"
April, 2007	Acquired ISO14001 Certification
June, 2007	Released the Free specification type compact signal converter "WSPA Series"
June, 2007	Started the Chofu Factory operation and relocated the Headlight Tester Division
September, 2007	Released the Power Multimeter "WKM Series"
June,2008	Released the 14 function modules of compact signal converter "WSP Series"
August, 2009	Full model change of image processing type manual headlight tester, and released HTL-522
September, 2009	Released the Energy Remote Monitoring System "WVM Series"
January, 2010	Acquired the Electronic Measuring Instruments Division of Asahikeiki Co., Ltd. which is a consolidated subsidiary of Fuji Electric Holdings Co., Ltd.
February, 2010	Released the Web browser-based Energy Management System "EcoRiAL"
June, 2010	Released the Web browser-based Energy Monitoring Module "WTM-PE Series"
September,2011	Released the digital panel meter "WLD-PA Series" for power measurement
November,2011	Released the compact pulse count module "WPC Series" for power measurement
February, 2013	Released the high-performance digital panel meter "WPM Series"
October, 2014	Acquired “Good Design Award 2014”　for high-performance digital panel meter "WPM Series"
May, 2016	Released the Graphical Panel Meter "WPMZ Series"
August, 2017	Acquired "Good Design Award 2017" for DIN Digital Panel Meter "AM-215B Series"
November, 2020	Watanabe Electric Industry Co. Ltd. 80th anniversary
March, 2022	New head office building completed