HISTORYHistory
Company History
Technological History
1966
ISE Electronics Corporation established in ISE city , Mie-Pre., Japan to manufacture and sell the electric display device
Established VFD's basic structure
1967
Ueno plant construction
Developed single digit VFD tube
1968
Received an award of The ten great invention award of NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN, LTD.
1969
Ohmiya plant construction
1970
Received the Science and Technology Director Award in Japan
Developed metal casing multi-digit VFD tube
1971
Developed cylindrical glass multi-digit VFD tube
1972
Vacuum Fluorescent Display was patented
1974
Developed flat glass panel VFD tube
Established tick-film print production technology
1975
Developed character VFD tube
1977
Developed graphic VFD tube
1979
Received an award of SID SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
Developed VFD module
Developed character VFD module
1980
1986
Ohuchiyama plant construction
Established thin-film (photo-etching) production technology
1987
Developed picture element tube for the large-scale video displays
1989
Developed graphic VFD module
1990
1991
Received an award of SID KARL FERDINAND BRAUN PRIZE
Developed multi color VFD tube
1995
Developed VFD module CU-U series
Developed VFD module CU-T series
1996
Developed built-in memory type VFD tube as CL-VFD
Developed built-in display-driver type VFD tube as BD-VFD
1999
Developed VFD module GU-800 series
2000
Received a silver award of SID DISPLAY INDUSTRY AWARDS OF THE YEAR
Announced our research of the Carbon Nanotube type ultra-high brightness-emitting-device
2002
Changed the company name to NORITAKE-ITRON CORPORATION.
Developed VFD module GU-3000 series
Developed VFD module GU-7000 series
2005
Developed LED backlight VFD tube
2007
Developed build-in controller type VFD tube
2008
Developed VFD module CU-Y series
2010
i-PRODUCTS established
Received an honor of the election of JIDA DESIGN MUSEUM SELECTION to the digital signage products
2011
Developed VFD module GU-U series
2012
Developed VFD module GU-B series
Developed glass capacitive type touch-switch products
Developed aluminum photo-etched type EMI shield window products
2015
Developed glass capacitive touch VFD module GU-D series
2017
Developed touch TFT module GT-CP, GT-1P series
2019
Head office relocated from
Ueno (Ise city) to Omiya (Watarai-gun)
2023
Registered as a “Future Technology Heritage”
by the National Museum of Nature and Science
(Round glass single digit VFD)
