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chapter04 (1987-1997)

1987 January : Establishment of Casio Computer (Hong Kong) Ltd. July : Establishment of Casio Micronics Co., Ltd., in Ome City, Tokyo August : Release of electronic guitar with a full selection of tones September : Release of portable VCR with LCD TV (VF-3000) October : Establishment of Casio Korea Co., Ltd. Start of pager deliveries to new common carriers (NCCs) November : Release of the VS-101 electronic still camera 1988 February : Release of handy copier for making copies anywhere (CP-100) Release of guitar with built-in synthesizer sound (PG-380) April : Release of the Digital Horn (DH-100), a wind instrument that is easy to play November : Release of handy word-processor for printing anywhere (HW-1) December : Kazuo Kashio becomes company President 1989 February : Release of the BM-100WJ digital watch with weather prediction sensors April : Release of the ADPS R1 office information processing device requiring no user program 1990 April : Casio Electronic Devices Co., Ltd., established as a device sales company August : Establishment of Kochi Casio Co., Ltd, in Nankoku City, Kochi 1991 March : Release of the Celviano digital piano October : Singapore office opened November : Release of the Name Land (KL-1000) label writer 1992 February : Release of wristwatch type blood-pressure monitor (BP-100) March : Release of the AZ-8 and SL-300LH arithmetic calculators for elementary school students April : Establishment of Casio Information Systems Co., Ltd. November : Release of digital diary for kids (JD-300) 1993 April : New Casio European Headquarters established in London October : Release of PDA (personal digital assistant) in North America (Z-7000) December : Office opened in Moscow, Russia 1994 April : TFT LCD factory in Kochi begins operation July : Release of card-size Japanese-English, English-Japanese digital dictionary (DI-2000) September : Release of electronic keyboard with key lighting system December : Release of the Baby-G shock resistant watch for women 1995 March : Establishment of two joint-venture production and sales companies in Guangdong China: Casio Electronics (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd., for electronic keyboards, and Casio Electronics (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., for scientific calculators and digital diaries. Release of the QV-10 digital camera with LCD monitor June : Release of the FKT-100L radio-controlled watch July : Release of the PH-100, PHS mobile phone November : Establishment of joint venture company for designing timepieces and procuring timepiece parts, Casio Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., in Shenzhen, China 1996 January : Establishment of joint venture production and sales company for pagers, Casio Bharti Mobile Communications Ltd. (now Casio India Co., LimitedUjin New Delhi, India November : Release of the CASSIOPEIA handheld PC in North America 1997 July : Release of the CASSIOPEIA handheld PC in Japan (Japanese version) October : Service Division spun off to establish Casio Techno Co., Ltd. Fukuoka Casio Co., Ltd., integrated and reorganized with the Fukuoka branch office and its subsidiary locations to create Kyushu Casio Co., Ltd.

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