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chapter03 (1974-1986)

1974 May : Head office moved to Shinjuku, Tokyo Release of personal scientific calculator (fx-10) November : Release of the CASIOTRON electronic wristwatch 1975 September : Overseas sales company, Casio Electronics Co., Ltd., opened in London 1976 March : Establishment of Casio Lease Co., Ltd., in Shinjuku, Tokyo July : Release of Electronic Cash Register (ECR) December : Release of first combination clock-calculator, Den-Kuro (CQ-1) 1978 January : Release of first card-size calculator, the Casio Mini Card (LC-78, thickness: 3.9mm) February : Casio Taiwan Ltd. established in Taiwan as an overseas production company 1979 January : Casio stock listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange July : Hamura Research & Development Center completed in Hamura-machi (now Hamura City), Nishitama-gun, Tokyo October : Establishment of a production company, Yamagata Casio Co., Ltd., in Higashine City, Yamagata 1980 January : Release of the Casiotone 201 electronic musical instrument 1981 January : Automated calculator production line goes into operation at the Kofu plant September : Release of solar-powered calculator (SL-801) October : Release of first electronic dictionary (TR-2000) November : First Casio World Open Golf Tournament held 1982 June : Establishment of the Casio Science Promotion Foundation November : Release of analog watch (combination type) 1983 April : Release of first shock resistant watch, G-SHOCK (DW-5000C) Release of electronic keyboard with ROM pack May : Release of first Digital Diary (PF-3000) June : Release of the TV-10, a pocket-sized LCD TV November : Release of the Film Card SL-800, credit-card size calculator 1984 January : Release of databank wristwatch that can store telephone numbers July : Establishment of Casio Electronic Manufacturing Co., Ltd. September : Release of first liquid-crystal shutter printer (LCS-2400) November : Release of digital synthesizer with phase distortion (PD) sound source (CZ-101) 1985 March : Release of super-thin digital watch (PELA) April : Factory automation (FA) plant for calculators completed at the Kofu Product Control and Technical Center May : Release of pocket-size LCD TV (TV-1000) July : Release of personal Japanese word processor (HW-100) August : Office opened in Beijing, China 1986 February : Release of new calculator with text processing capability (Data-Cal) March : Release of the Sampletone, an electronic musical instrument with a sampling function

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