The Road to One Billion Calculators. From the relay calculator to the electronic calculator. Casio Mini In the latter half of the s, there was a surge in the number of new manufacturers entering the calculator market.
Card-sized calculator ends competition for smaller and thinner products. SL With the huge popularity of the Casio Mini, Casio's cumulative sales of calculators reached the one million-unit mark in , and skyrocketed to two million that very same year.
Began sales of electronic calculators Launch of the , the world's first electronic calculator with memory function. Casio Mini, the world's first personal calculator, is launched Casio's total global sales of calculators pass the 1 million and then 2 million marks.
Launch of the fxES, the first scientific calculator with natural mathematic display. Launch of the fxG scientific calculator featuring graphing and natural mathematical display. News Launch of the A, the world's first fully electric compact relay calculator.
Profile of Yamagata Casio Co. Print this page. News Release News Sustainability Sustainability Report. As well as calculators, the company manufacturers a wide range of electronic equipment including electronic musical instruments, cameras and watches. The company was founded by engineer Tadao Kashio "Casio" is an anglicized version of his name who invented a cigarette pipe which became the company"s first product.
The compay then worked on other engineering product manufacturing until his brother Toshio suggested that they develop an electro-mechanical calculator. At the time electric calculators were essentially motorized versions of hand operated devices, but the new calculator was based instead on relay technology used in telephone exchanges.
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