History

2004 December Tohoku ELEVEN corporation received the certification of ISO14001
2001 Feburuary Established ELEVAM L.S.Tec. corporation
1994 Feburuary Founded TOA ELEVAM corporation in Taiwan with China Electric MFG corporation
1984 August Company name was changed to ELEVAM corporation
1983 July Started to manufacture a tipless cold-cathode fluorescent lamp for LCD backlighting for the first time in Japan
1982 November Started to manufacture a compact hot-cathode fluorescent lamp for LCD backlighting
1980 July Started to manufacture a gas surge absorber
1973 March Received the certification for MIL regulations
1972 March Started to manufacture a compact cold-cathode black-light and color-light
1968 March Authorized to show "JIS permission factory" in the neon lamp department for the first time in Japan
1967 April Established Tohoku ELEVAM corporation in Kitakata city, Fukushima
1962 June Started to manufacture neon lamps
1958 July Developed and supplied a tri-electron-beam gun for a color picture tube at the start of TV production in Japan
1953 July Established ELEVAM Vacuum Tube Corporation and succeeded the business of former Miyata Electric Corporation
1944 August Campany name was changed to Miyata Electric Corporation.
1931 May Established Miyata Manufacturing Company Limited
1924 April Manufactured receiving tubes and sold as "ELEVAM¡«trademark for wire-less broadcasting tests conducted in various parts of the country
1917 April Shigetaro Miyata started to manufacture discharge tubes in Tokyo.