Toshiba facts for kids

Toshiba is a Japanese brand. Its diversified products include information technology and communications equipment and systems, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, household appliances, medical equipment and lighting.

Toshiba Corporation was started in 1939, by two companies, a telegraph manufacturer and a light bulb maker.

History

• 1875 Tanaka Hisashige strarted an electric equipment factory .
• 1939 Toshiba was founded in 1939 as Tokyo Shibaura Electric K.K. through the merger of Shibaura Seisaku-sho (founded in 1875) and Tokyo Denki (founded in 1890).

Products and services

• Flat Panel TV
• HD DVD
• Blu-ray Disc
• PC
• elevators and escalators
• control systems (including air-traffic control systems, railway systems, security systems and traffic control systems)
• medical equipment (including CT and MRI scanners, ultrasound equipment and X-ray equipment)
• 3D television

Main brands of products

• VEGETA(Refrigerator)
• ZABOON (Clothes dryer)
• TORNEO(Cleaner)
• Smarbo(Cleaner)
• dynabook(PC)
• REGZA(Phone)

Images for kids

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  The Toshiba pavilion at Expo '85.

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  Toshiba logo used from 1969 to 1984.

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  The Toshiba research and development facility in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

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  Toshiba Canada offices

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  A Toshiba television

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  A Toshiba Blu-ray Disc Player

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  A Toshiba Qosmio notebook

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  A Toshiba USB flash drive

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  A Fujitsu Toshiba Regza smartphone

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  A Toshiba Air conditioner

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  A Toshiba Super Color Vision screen in use at Kyoto Racecourse

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  A Toshiba SCiB rechargeable battery

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  A Toshiba T9769A integrated circuit

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  A Toshiba hard disk

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  A Toshiba Vantage Titan MRT-2004 MRI scanner

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  A ToshibaVision screen in use during the ball drop in Times Square from 2008 to 2018

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  A Toshiba elevator in Taipei 101

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  A Toshiba Satellite A300 notebook