Name VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD.

Founded February 18, 1956 President Jun Hasegawa

Capital 4,229 million yen Annual Sales 24,313 million yen ( March 2002)

Number of Employees 700 (world wide)

Main Banks

UFJ Bank Mita Branch
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Jiyugaoka Branch
Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank Kamata Branch

Board of Directors

Jun Hasegawa, President / CEO
Hiroyuki Edo, Managing Director
Tomiro Ohmoto, Director
Kenji Kotera, Director
Shohei Takahashi, Director
Yukimasa Tomita, Director
Masafumi Nemoto, Director
Yusaku Onoue, Statutory Auditor
Eiki Endo, Statutory Auditor
Kenji Kase, Statutory Auditor

Product Line

Land Mobile Radio
Marine Radio
Airband Radio
Ham Radio
Bar code readers, data transmission devices
Other wireless communication equipment

Peripherals Subsidiaries

STANDARD CO., LTD.
TRONDULE CO., LTD.
KENPRO KOGYO CO., LTD.
VERTEX STANDARD USA, INC.
YAESU EUROPE B.V.
YAESU UK LTD.
VERTEX STANDARD HK LTD.

1956 Founded GENERAL TELEVISION SERVICE CO., LTD. in Ota-ku, Tokyo

Started development of wireless communication equipment

1962 Began exporting wireless communication equipment

1964 Moved headquarters to Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
 

Changed the company name to YAESU MUSEN CO., LTD. 1973

Established YAESU MUSEN U.S.A., INC. in Los Angeles, U.S.A.
 

Established Sukagawa Factory in Sukagawa, Fukushima, as a main factory for communication equipment production

1978 Moved headquarters to Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo

1988 Established YAESU EUROPE B.V. in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1989 Established Iwate Factory in Iwate 1991 Publicly listed and increased capital to 4,220 million yen

1994 Established YAESU UK LTD. in London, U.K.

1995 Established YAESU GERMANY GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany
Established YAESU HK LTD. in Hong Kong

1998 Established STANDARD CO., LTD. as a domestic sales company
Acquired STANDARD COMMUNICATIONS CO., LTD. from Marantz Japan

1999 Moved headquarters to Meguro-ku, Tokyo
Acquired STANDARD HORIZON, the top brand in overseas marine radio market Obtained ISO 9002 approval

2000 Changed the company name to VERTEX STANDARD CO., LTD.
Acquired TRONDULE CO., LTD., a manufacturer of data transmission devices, from Bosch Braking Systems Co., Ltd.

2001 Obtained ISO 14000 approval Completed acquisition of worldwide distribution rights for STANDARD brand from Marantz Japan Concentrated production facilities under TRONDULE CO., LTD. control, including Sukagawa main factory

Combined Yaesu Europe B.V. and Yaesu Germany GmbH 2002 Moved USA headquarters to a new building due to expansion of business

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all informations taken from the current YAESU web page