History | Maxray

1957: Established
Yamamoto Electric Firm established
Commence manufacture and sale of lighting devices
1967: Incorporated as Max Electric Co., Ltd.
Established as a manufacturer of lighting equipment for shops
1970: Sales office opened in Osaka
Head office rebuilt
1971: Sales office opened in Tokyo
1972: Sales office opened in Fukuoka
1982: Tokyo sales office was renamed Tokyo Branch
1984: Product Research Laboratory established
1985: Osaka sales office was renamed Osaka Branch
1987: Concept of Corporate Identity was introduced, company renamed to MAXRAY INC.
Company name and logo revised as part of the strategy to raise the image of the company.
Distribution Center opened in Higashi Osaka
LISPEL Established
1989: Sales office opened in Nagoya
1994: Head office designed by Tadao Ando completed
1999: Hiroyuki Yamamoto appointed chairman and representative director
2001: Network information, Notes, started to distributed information throughout the company
2003: Company-wide information-sharing groupware introduced
2005: Certified for ISO14001 Environmental Management System
2008: Certified for ISO9001 Quality Management System