Innovation

Committed to People. Committed to the Future.

These words express Toshiba Group’s mission and convey the values we share, they emphasise our respect for people, value creation and contributions to society. 

Since Toshiba’s establishment in 1875, these values have inspired us to fulfil our corporate social responsibilities in all we do, to help create a higher quality of life for all people, and to ensure the progress continues with the world community. We face many challenges today, but our commitment remains unchanged, and we continue to take determined steps into the future.

Recent Innovations

• World-first Erasable Printer

Pioneering Technology: A History of Toshiba Innovation

1875	Hisashige Tanaka opened a telegraph equipment factory in Shimbashi, Tokyo.
1890	Manufactured Japan's first electric incandescent light bulbs.
1915	Manufactured Japan's first X-ray tubes.
1936	First radio broadcast transmitter is created.
1954	First digital computer is invented.
1968	Developed a 100,000 gauss superconducting magnet, the most powerful in Japan.
1983	Developed Japan's first Magnetic Resonance Imaging systems (MRI).
1985	Developed superconducting MRI systems.
1985	Introduced world's first laptop personal computers.
1995	Created the first DVD.
1998	First quiet MRI with the Vantage MR System.
1999	First 0.5 mm multislice CT is designed.
2001	First DVD recorder is introduced.
2005	World's fastest elevator is built.
2005	Achieved cumulative sales of 40 million Notebook PCs.
2007	Developed 320-row Dynamic Volume CT system that can capture complete images of the heart or brain in only one rotation.
2009	Released the CELL REGZA 55X1, the world's first LCD TV integrating the Cell Broadband Engine™.
2010	3-D, glasses-free television is created.
2010	Released AIDR, an image-enhancing software for Aquilion™ Premium Edition and Aquilion™ ONE, designed to reduce dose requirements.
2011	Toshiba Tablet, powered by Android™ is introduced.
2011	Industry's first 3D ultrasound volume rendering.
2012	2nd generation dynamic volume 640 slice CT scanner.
2014	Toshiba's first combined Aquilion™ Prime CT and Infinix™ IR Room.
2014	The first large 90 cm bore PET/CT scanner.