March, 1973               Signed technical cooperation agreement with Fukushima Futaba in Japan.

 

October 1973             Founded as Futaba Electric Co., Ltd.

 

September 1974       Mass production of Metal Oxide Film Resistor.

 

June 1997                   Established Shenzhen plant in China.

 

October 1997              Futaba Taiwan HQ achieved ISO 9000 : 1994 certification.

 

January 1998              Mass production of High Meg Metal Glaze Resistor.

 

March 1999                 Shenzhen plant achieved ISO 9000: 1994 certification.

 

November 1999         Established Shuangya Electronics Co. in China.

 

August 2002               Futaba Taiwan HQ achieved ISO 9001: 2000 certification.

 

January, 2003            Shenzhen plant achieved ISO 9001: 2000 certification.

 

January 2003             Implemented Lead-Free products.

 

April 2003                   Futaba Taiwan HQ achieved SONY green partner certification.

 

September 2003      Established Suzhou plant in China.

 

August 2004             Suzhou plant achieved ISO 9001: 2004 certification.

 

December 2005      Shenzhen plant achieved ISO 14001: 2004 certification.

 

March 2006              Suzhou plant achieved ISO 14001: 2004 certification.

 

August 2008             Implemented Halogen-Free products.

  

August 2009            Taiwan, Shenzhen, Shuangya and Suzhou achieved ISO 9001: 2008 certification.

 

February 2010         TaIwan and Suzhou plant achieved TS 16949: 2009 certification.

 

July 2012                  Shuangya renamed to Futaba Electronics Co., Ltd.