Japanese firm turns 130 years

OKI, a brand so then-known for its information and communications products including LED printers, is celebrating its 130th anniversary since its founding in 1881 in Tokyo.

The anniversary celebration

In conjunction with the anniversary celebration, OKI Data, a subsidiary of OKI Electric Industry specialising in printer business, unveiled its B800 series A3 mono digital LED printers to the Malaysian market at a press conference held at the Palace of the Golden Horses in Seri Kembangan recently.

Founded by Kibataro Oki in 1881, OKI developed Japan's first domestically produced telephone "Microsound" device, soon afterwards the company's establishment.

Among the products that were recognised in the history of Japan are Japan's first automatic telephone exchange and first Japan-made transistor computer to use core memory, OKITAC-5090.

Through the years, OKI has pioneered some of the world-leading products just as the world's first LED printer in 1981, cash-recycling automated teller machines in 1982, Japan's first Voice over Internet Protocol system in 1996 and industry's first Microsoft.NET-compliant IP telephony server in 2004.

The field of solutions

OKI's worldwide businesses stretches across the field of solutions and services, telecom systems, social infrastructure systems, mechatronics systems and printers.

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