Corporate Data Basic Corporate Data (Consolidated basis) Established: 1875 by Hisashige Tanaka President and CEO: Atsutoshi Nishida Headquarters: Address : 1-1, Shibaura 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8001, Japan Tel : +81-3-3457-4511 Fax : +81-3-3456-1631 Employees: 190,708 (As of March 31,2007) Shareholders: 411,723 (As of March 31,2007) Total Assets: ¥5,931,962 million (US$50,271 million) (As of March 31,2007) Shareholders' Equity: ¥1,108,321 million (US$9,393 million) (As of March 31,2007) Capital: ¥280,126 million (US$2,374 million) (As of December 31,2007) Stock Exchange Listings(As of June 1, 2007): Domestic : Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Overseas : London |    Summary  |  1875-  |  1900-  |  1925-  |  1950-  |  1975-  |  1990-  |  2000-  | Summary Toshiba's early history has two strands: 1875 saw the establishment of Tanaka Seizo-sho (Tanaka Engineering Works), Japan's first manufacturer of telegraphic equipment. Its founder, Hisashige Tanaka (1799 - 1881), was well known from his youth for inventions that included mechanical dolls and a perpetual clock. Under the name Shibaura Seisaku-sho (Shibaura Engineering Works), his company became one of Japan's largest manufacturers of heavy electrical apparatus. In 1890, Hakunetsu-sha & Co., Ltd. was established as Japan's first plant for electric incandescent lamps. Subsequent diversification saw the company evolve as a manufacturer of consumer products. In 1899, the company was renamed Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Electric Co.). In 1939, these two companies, leaders in their respective fields, merged to form an integrated electric equipment manufacturer, Tokyo Shibaura Denki (Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.). The company was soon well known as 'Toshiba,' which became its official name in 1978. To Top 1875 - 1875 Hisashige Tanaka opened a telegraph equipment factory in Shimbashi, Tokyo.   Kurume board of education 1890 Ichisuke Fujioka and Shoichi Miyoshi established Hakunetsu-sha & Co., Ltd. in Kyobashi, Tokyo. Manufactured Japan’s first electric incandescent light bulbs. 1894 Produced Japan’s first waterwheel power generators (60 kW).   Manufactured Japan's first electric fans. 1895 Produced Japan’s first induction motors. To Top 1900 - 1915 Manufactured Japan's first X-ray tubes. 1919 Produced Japan's first radio transmission tubes. 1921 Invented the “double coil electric bulb,” one of the six great inventions in bulb technology. 1924 Started trial manufacture of cathode-ray tubes.   Manufactured Japan's first radio receivers. To Top 1925 - 1930 Manufactured Japan’s first electric washing machines and refrigerators. 1931 Released Japan's first vacuum cleaners. 1936 Completed Japan's first 150kilowatt broadcast transmitter for NHK. 1939 Tokyo Electric Company merged with Shibaura Engineering Works Co., Ltd. and established Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. 1940 Manufactured Japan's first fluorescent lamps. 1942 Completed Japan's first radars. 1949 Completed Japan's first 1,500A-1,000kilowatt unipolar mercury rectifiers. To Top 1950 - 1952 Completed Japan's first TV broadcast transmitters and TV microwave relay system. 1953 Manufactured Japan's first 72,500 kVA umbrella type waterwheel generators. 1955 Released Japan’s first electric rice cookers. 1957 Completed aurora radars for Antarctic observation and radars to observe scattering phenomena. 1959 Developed Japan’s first transistorized televisions   Developed Japan's first microwave ovens. 1963 Completed Japan’s first 12,500kW nuclear power turbine generators.   Developed transmitters for satellite communications. 1964 Completed one of the world's largest centralized remote-control monitoring systems at electricity substations for Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains. 1967 Completed the world’s first automatic zip code reader. 1968 Developed a 100,000 gauss superconducting magnet, the most powerful in Japan. 1970 Developed the world’s first color video phone. 1971 Released the world’s first expanded IC color TV. 1972 Completed Japan's first 700,000kilowatt turbine generator.   Released the world’s first color TV with black stripe-type cathode-ray tubes. To Top 1975 - 1975 Celebrated 100th anniversary.   Completed 1-million kilowatt turbine generator, the largest in Japan. 1978 Launched medium-sized experimental broadcast satellite, Yuri.   Released the first Japanese word processor. 1979 Completed world’s first optical-disc based data filing systems. 1982 Developed Japan’s first Magnetic Resonance Imaging systems (MRI). 1983 Commercialized the world’s first OCR technology able to read Chinese characters. 1984 Completed new head office Toshiba Building.   Started operation of experimental 50kilowatt fuel cell power plant, the largest in Japan. 1985 Developed Japan's first transceiver device for HDTV systems.   Developed 1-megabit CMOS DRAM.   Developed superconducting MRI systems.   Introduced world’s first laptop personal computers. 1986 Developed 4-megabit dynamic RAM. 1988 Developed 16-megabit dynamic RAM. 1989 Introduced notebook personal computer, Dynabook. To Top 1990 - 1991 Developed the world’s first 4-megabit NAND-type Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read-only Memory (EEPROM). 1992 Developed the world's first 16-megabit NAND-type EEPROM.   Developed technology to turn chlorine-based plastics into fuel oil. 1993 Produced prototype product of the world's smallest MOS transistor, with a gate length of 0.04 microns. 1994 Introduced the sub-notebook personal computer, Dynabook SS. 1995 Began commercial production of Microfilter Cathode-ray tubes, the world's first CRT with a filter incorporating the three primary colors.   Developed high-density optical disc, DVD.   DVD standardized 1996 Introduced the mini-notebook personal computer, Libretto.   Introduced DVD video players and DVD-ROM drives. 1997 Introduced pocket size mobile communicator with build-in PHS, GENIO 1998 Manufactured flat TV, FACE.   Developed the world's first MPEG 4 graphical data compression and expansion LSI. 1999 Introduced in-house company system.   Launched the world's quietest MRI.   Spun off Air Conditioning Equipment Division to a joint venture company with Carrier, Toshiba Carrier Corporation. To Top 2000 - 2000 Celebrated 125th anniversary.   Manufactured BS digital TVs. 2001 Commercialized the world's first HDD & DVD video recorder. 2002 Established a joint venture with Matsushita Electric Industrial to unify LCD business.   Developed the world's first networked home appliances.   Developed the world’s first 65-nanometer (nm) CMOS process technology for embedded DRAM system LSIs. 2003 Introduced a 2-gigabit (Gb) single-die NAND flash memory.   Introduced to Japan a high-definition TV upgradable to receive terrestrial digital broadcasts.   Adopted the “Company with Commitees” system. 2004 Joined United Nation’s Global Compact.   Developed the 0.85-inch HDD, the world’s smallest.   Introduced a 4-gigabit (Gb) single-die NAND flash memory.   Developed the world’s smallest direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) with energy output of 100 mw.   Developed SED (Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display), the next-generation flat panel display, with Canon Inc. 2005 Developed 8-gigabit NAND flash memory chip, using 70nm process technology, with SanDisk.   Announced details of Cell broadband processor, co-developed with IBM, Sony Corporation, and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 2006 Announced the world's first HD DVD players and recorders, and AV notebook PC with HD DVD drive.   Acquired Westinghouse's nuclear power business.

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Message from the President

Toshiba has emerged from a series of business and organizational restructurings as a stronger company and a more clearly defined Group. In my presidency, I am determined to build on this by achieving sustained growth with profit in all our business segments.

Toshiba’s activities span the high growth domains of Electronic Devices & Components and Digital Products, the stable growth domain of Infrastructure Systems, and Home Appliances. We are promoting the strategies and capital investments required to achieve growth in all of these areas. This year we have deployed our three year mid-term plan to fiscal year 2008, under which we are channeling significant resources into key businesses that will sustain further growth and add to profitability. This strategy can be seen in our capital investments in new semiconductor facilities, particularly for NAND flash memory, our commitment to building a global presence in the nuclear power business, and our drive for leadership in the AV market through products such as HD DVD and the next-generation display, SED.

The growth we are aiming for demands wide-ranging innovation in the way we do business. Through our Group-wide “i cube” program, we are promoting innovation in development, innovation in manufacturing and innovation in sales, along with the multiplier effect of applying these advances throughout our operations. We want to go beyond conventional methods of incremental improvements and use “i cube” as a means to empower everybody in Toshiba, so that they can not only develop their capabilities to the full but bring a sense of urgency to their work and to the development of business processes that add to the bottom line.

Execute Management with CSR

Another essential aspect of the way we do business at Toshiba is respect for our corporate social responsibilities (CSR). As a matter of course we comply with laws and regulations. We cultivate robust corporate ethics and ensure honesty and transparency in our management practice. Looking to the future, we promote strict environmental management and auditing, seek to reduce the environmental loads of our products, and promote measures to help protect the global environment. We also work closely with the communities in which we operate through numerous outreach programs and voluntary activities.

Perhaps our most important mission is to contribute to a better life for the people who use Toshiba products, systems and services. We will do that by applying proactive management and continuous innovation to advances that support sustained growth with profit and the continued evolution of a strong, dynamic Toshiba Group.