1950 Mar. Hikohachi Sato established TAIYO YUDEN Co., Ltd. In Suginami-ku, Tokyo.

Sep. Marketed a barium titanate tubular ceramic capacitors.

1954 Sep. Developed ferrite cores.

1955 - Marketed an ultra-small tubular ceramic capacitors (US type) for transistor radio IFT.

1964 Mar. Opened a technical research laboratory in Haruna-machi, Gunma-gun, Gunma.

1965 - Marketed inductors (H Series) employing a ferrite core it had developed.

1967 May Established a local subsidiary TAIWAN TAIYO YUDEN Co., Ltd. In Taiwan.

1969 Oct. Marketed thick film hybrid ICs.

1970 Mar. Stock listed on Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

1973 Jan. Stock listed on First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.

1974 Jul. Marketed the world's first semiconductor (Sr-BL) grain boundary insulation type ceramic capacitors consisting of strontium titanate.

1975 May Marketed the world's first ring stannic oxide varistors (SNR varistors) for micromotors.

1976 Jul. Marketed the world's first axial leaded ceramic capacitors.

1977 Apr. Marketed axial leaded inductors.

Oct. Marketed the world's first tubular type ceramic capacitors.

1984 Jul. Marketed the world's first 1210 case size (1UF) nickel electrode high capacitance multilayer ceramic capacitors.

1986 Jun. Established the EMC Center.

1988 Oct. Marketed SMT (automatic mounter) supporting DC-DC converters.

Oct. Marketed the world's first recordable compact discs "That's CD-R"

1992 Oct. Marketed multilayer ferrite chip beads BK series.

1993 Oct. Marketed multilayer chip inductors for high frequency HK series.

1997 Sep. Secured ISO14001 certification at TAIWAN TAIYO YUDEN Co., Ltd. First in the Taiyo Yuden Group.

1998 Oct. Announced establishment of commercializing 4.7GB DVD-R.

Nov. Opened TAIYO YUDEN R&D CENTER in Haruna-machi, Gunma-gun, Gunma.

2001 Apr. Qualified the world's first Bluetooth standard version 1.1 for Bluetooth full module.

Sep. Established a local subsidiary TRDA Inc. In San Diego, CA, U. S. A.

2003 Mar. Developed world's first ultra miniature ceramic chip antenna for ultra wideband (UWB) technology.

May Marketed industry's first maintenance-free next-generation bulk feeder employing unit method.

Oct. Reformed the pension and retirement fund system, and it shifted to the definite donation pension and the prepayment retirement fund system.

2004 Oct. Launched in earnest the recycling business of polycarbonate substrates which are materials for optical disc.

2005 Jul. Launched a radio regulatory measurement and certification service for low power radio equipment used in data telecommunication system.

2008 Feb. Launched world's first recordable Blu-ray Disc using an organic dye recording layer