Company Profile, Company History
Company Profile
Company Profile
| Company name | Japan DX Antenna Co., Ltd. |
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| Trade name | Japan DX Antenna Co., Ltd. |
| English | NIPPON DX ANTENNA Co.,Ltd |
| Head office location | 651-2241 1-2-2 Muroya, Nishi-ku, Kobe City |
| Founding date | August 1, 1953 |
| Date of establishment | September 1, 1956 |
| capital | 363 million yen |
| construction business permit | Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Permit (Special/General-5) No. 692 |
Business overview
Development and manufacture of various antennas and TV reception related equipment, CATV related equipment, information transmission system related equipment, security system related equipment, and communication related equipment in general.
Items handled
| Receiving related equipment |
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| Communication related equipment |
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| security related equipment |
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List of officers
| Chairman of the Board | Junji Hada |
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| Representative Director and President |
Koichi Iwami |
| Executive Vice President | Kiyotaka Tatekawa |
| director | Masakazu Nishimura |
| director | Masaki Tanaka |
| director | Mitsuharu Ota |
| director | Hiroshi Inoue |
| director | Kazuhiro Machi |
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| director | Chisunori Kato |
| director | Yusuke Koike |
| director | Eiji Hori |
| director | Shimizu Shimizu |
| director | Motoki Oshima |
| auditor | Koichiro Horie |
History
| 1953 | Founded in Kobe City as Kansai Television Research Institute Ltd. |
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| 1956 | Established Kansai Television Industries Co., Ltd. and opened sales offices in Osaka and other locations. |
| 1966 | Changed the company name to DX Antenna Co., Ltd. and established a brand with a new design. |
| 1978 | Succeeded in clearly receiving signals using Japan's first experimental SHF broadcasting satellite receiver. |
| 1984 | Indoor antenna SK-11 won the "Good Design Small and Medium Enterprise Product Award". |
| 1989 | Completed expansion of the new DX head office building. |
| 1990 | After receiving a license from the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, we began operating a satellite earth station. |
| 1993 | Achieved cumulative sales of 1 million BS antennas. |
| 1996 | At the start of CS digital broadcasting, we developed digital compatible equipment ahead of other companies. |
| 2001 | Formed a partnership with Funai Electric Co., Ltd. to strengthen the business foundation. |
| 2002 | Through an alliance business with Funai Electric Co., Ltd., we entered the AV/home appliance market under the new DX BROADTEC brand. |
| 2003 | In conjunction with the start of terrestrial digital broadcasting services in the three major metropolitan areas, we commercialized new UHF full-band antennas ''Digihat'' and ''DigiKite.'' |
| 2006 | More than 200 models have been approved by the European Parliament and are compliant with the RoHS Directive for manufacturing environmentally friendly products. |
| 2008 | ECO mark established. We display our unique ''ECO mark'' on products that meet our standards and begin shipping them as contributing to global environmental conservation measures. |
| 2009 | Announced a millimeter wave transmission system that wirelessly transmits high-definition broadcasting signals with high quality. Launched a flat antenna for terrestrial digital broadcasting that combines beauty and high performance. |
| 2011 | The gap filler system with disaster response function was awarded the 2nd Grand Prix in the ''Security and Safety Network Category'' at CEATEC AWARD 2011. |
| 2012 | We launched the ''Hi-Vision Monitoring System'' as the first product of our new brand ''DX Delcatec'' in the communications and security field. Opened Seishin Technology Center, a center for development, manufacturing, and quality assurance. |
| 2013 | Opened one of the largest anechoic chambers in Japan within the Seishin Technology Center. |
| 2017 | Due to stock transfer, the parent company changed from Funai Electric Co., Ltd. to ELECOM Co., Ltd. |
| 2019 | Head office office moved to Seishin Technology Center. |
| 2021 | Entered the camera business by selling network camera systems, coaxial cameras, wireless cameras, etc. |
| 2023 | Collaboration with ELECOM Co., Ltd. and Sakura Internet Co., Ltd. to launch cloud recording service "Antenna-eye" |
| 2026 | The sales function of DX Antenna Co., Ltd. was integrated into the sales department of ELECOM Co., Ltd. to strengthen the sales system. DX Antenna Co., Ltd. and Nippon Antenna Co., Ltd. merged their businesses and launched a new company, ''Japan DX Antenna Co., Ltd.''. |