TOA Corporation (TOA株式会社, Tī Ō Ē Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese electronics company, specializing in public address systems, intercom systems, microphones, array speakers and megaphones.[3] The company's products are used in a variety of settings, among them Brompton Oratory, a large neo-classical Roman Catholic church in Knightsbridge, London.[4] Their speaker systems are also used in the Al Fateh Grand Mosque, located in the Kingdom of Bahrain[citation needed].
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Native name | TOA株式会社 |
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| Company type | Public KK |
| TYO: 6809 | |
| ISIN | JP3538600002 |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Headquarters | Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture 650-0046 , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Kenji Itani (Chairman) Kazuhiro Takeuchi (President and CEO) |
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| Revenue |  JPY 44.1 billion (FY 2017)
(US$ 416.7 million) (FY 2017) |
| JPY 2.1 billion (FY 2017)
(US$ 20.1 million) (FY 2017) | |
Number of employees | 3,161 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
Early history edit
The company was founded in 1934 by Tsunetaro Nakatani as the TOA Electric Manufacturing Company.[5]
References edit
- ^ "Company Data". TOA Corporation. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ^ "About the company". Financial Times. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ^ "TOA Corporation – Supplying innovative sound solutions since 1934". UK Fire. MDM Publishing. August 8, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ^ Campos, Guy (July 11, 2018). "TOA Corporation technology specified at Brompton Oratory". AV Magazine. Metropolis International. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ^ "TOA Corporation – Company history". TOA Corporation. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
External links edit
- TOA Corporation (in English)
- TOA Corporation (in Japanese)
- TOA Corporation (in Vietnamese)
- TOA partner at Vietnam (in Vietnamese)
- Phân phối âm thanh TOA chính hãng (in Vietnamese)
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