Our History

1931

Founding company president Masashi Oshino establishes Oshino Lamps in Shinagawa, Tokyo.

1946

Filament winding equipment installed.

1955

Development of an ignition device for gas stoves.

1957

Oshino develops automatic shunting equipment for lamps for Christmas decorations, for which it submits a patent application.

1960

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Reorganized as a public corporation called Oshino Lamps Limited, headed by Masashi Oshino, the first president of the company.

1962

Head Office moved to new buildings in Minami-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku.

1963

Beat seal style T-1 lamps developed. Low-current, double-wound coils for T-1 lamps developed.

1966

Automated small-lamp production lines installed. Short T-1 size lamps developed for the aerospace industry.

1970

Wolcox Corporation (now a head office for sales) established as an overseas trading division of Oshino Lamps Limited.

1972

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Masashi Oshino receives the Purple Ribbon Medal.