The development history of SONY company?

October 1945 - Ibuka established the Tokyo Telecommunications Research Institute in the Nihombashi area of ??Tokyo, with an initial staff of 7 people

May 1946 - Akio Morita joined, and the company was reorganized into Tokyo Telecommunications Industrial company, capital of 190,000 yen

February 1947 – Moved to current location at Gotoushan, Shinagawa Ward

August 1955 – Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

January 1958 – In response to the pace of internationalization, the company name was changed to Sony

1959 – Norio Ohga officially joined Sony

February 1960 – The US branch was established

December 1960 – Established Swiss branch

1960 – Nobuyuki Dei joined Sony

In 1961, Akio Morita established Sony Design Center, led by the young master Hosted by He Dianxiong

June 1961 – ADR issuance in the United States

December 1962 – Hong Kong branch established

1966 – Dutch Phillips signs free cross Licensing Agreement

1966 – Sony Plaza lifestyle store established

March 1968 – CBS/Sony Music Company established as a joint venture with CBS of the United States

1968 In May 1970, the British branch was established

In 1969, Ando Kunwei joined SONY

In June 1970, the German branch was established

September 1970 Listed on the New York Stock Exchange

February 1973 – establishment of French branch

May 1975 – full development of Betamax

August 1979 – with Sony Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd was established as a 50/50 joint venture between Prudential Life Insurance Company of the United States

1982 – The death of Kazuo Iwama, the leading developer of CCD technology

November 1986 – Established Sony Euro European headquarters in Germany

January 1988 – Acquired the US CBS record division, CBS/SONY was renamed Sony Music

January 1988 – Announced cooperation with Nintendo, Developed together with the development of SFC|Super Nintendo CD console.

December 1988 – Abandoned the Betamax videotape specification and joined the VHS specification, ending the 14-year videotape specification war

November 1989 – Acquired the Columbia TriStar Film Company of the United States , entering the Hollywood tungsten market

April 1991 – Sony Prudential Life Insurance became 100% owned and renamed Sony Life Insurance (life insurance)

May 1992 – Cooperated with Nintendo Breaking the situation

November 1993 – Established SCE-Silicon Computer Entertainment to enter the home entertainment game market

April 1995 – Announced that Norio Ohga appointed Nobuyuki Dei as president

May 1995 – Released the slogan

November 1995 – Established SCN-Sony Communications Network to enter the Internet content service market

October 1996 – Established China Branch

March 1997 – Howard Stringer joined SONY

December 1997 – Founder Jing Shenda passed away at the age of 89 years old

1998 – Released the global image slogan

October 1999 – Founder Akio Morita passed away at the age of 78

< p>April 2000 – Released financial report, the group’s brand value exceeded US$100 billion, reaching its highest peak since its founding

June 2000 – Nobuyuki Idei took over as Chairman and CEO, and Kuni Ando took over as President

April 2001 – Sony Bank was established

April 2001 – Sony EMCS Corporation (Engineering, Manufacturing and Customer Service) was established

October 2001 – With Swedish Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Company

November 2001 – Norio Ohga suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and collapsed on the podium at the Beijing International Music Festival

2002 October – Acquired Aihua and became one of its brands

November 2002 – Proposed a “ubiquitous value network” to establish a Sony about you perspective for consumers

April 2003 – The earnings report showed a huge quarterly loss of US$1 billion, triggering Sony Shock. The stock price fell 25% in two days, and the Japanese stock market was affected

December 2003 – Released “Transformation 60” (TR60) , Transformation 60) Reform Plan

December 2003 – Released QRIO robot as SONY Goodwill Ambassador

April 2004 – Established Sony Loss Insurance Business

April 2004 - Established Sony Financial Holdings - integrating banking, insurance, and life insurance, the three major financial businesses

April 2004 - Established S-LCD Corporation as a joint venture with Samsung Electronics of South Korea

May 2004 – Established Sony Connect online music service

August 2004 – Sony Music and BMG Music, the world’s fifth largest record company Records) merged to form Sony Boardman

December 2004 – Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired MGM Films, becoming the world’s largest film company

December 2004 March – Announced an agreement to share licensed technology with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics

March 2005 – Announced a major change in management rights. In the 59 years since its founding, the first foreigner Howard Stringer was appointed.

Taking over as Chairman and CEO, Yoshiharu Nakahata as President

April 2005 – Announced a US$305 million sponsorship of FIFA International Football League

June 2005 August 22 – Howard Stringer officially took over as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer CEO

August 23, 2005 – Former President Ando Kwok-wei was awarded the Second Class Medal of Merit by the Taiwan Executive Yuan in recognition of his role as President Friendly and economic contributions to Taiwan during his tenure

September 22, 2005 - Released a reform plan codenamed "Project Nippon"

January 1, 2006 - Sponsored the New Year's Eve countdown event for Taipei 101 in Taiwan, climbed onto the world's tallest building

January 7, 2006 - Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, USA Announced the "Entertaining the Future" plan to develop business focus in four major entertainment fields

January 19, 2006 - Announced the full takeover of Konica Minolta's imaging business unit starting from April 1, 2006