Casio is a great name in calculator industry. In fact, at the beginning Tadao Kashio, founder of Casio Computer Co, started ran this business by producing calculator. Today his business kingdom, built on April 1946, prducing various electronic equipments.
Tadao Kashio was born in November 1917 at Nagoku City, Japan. Before his age was 2, he built a factory, named Kashio Seisakoju, which produce cigarette pipe. His has a good fortune in this business.
One day in 1949, he saw a business convention in Ginza, Japan with his younger brother. They had an enthusiastic with electric calculator. Then they start to made electric calculator. To start it, they used the profit of cigarette pipe business. In that time, calculator mostly used a gear and hand operating by using a machine. Then, they invent calculator by using solenoid. They finished this project on 1954.
This calculator became an attention in Japan at that time. This calculator, designed by Kashio, was the first mechanic electronic calculator in Japan. Also it was the first calculator which using 10 digit key pad. Then they produce a calculator, 14-A series, in 1957. It was the first compact calculator in the world.
In 1972, Casio produce a personal calculator, mini calculator, which price was 12.800 yen per unit. It sold more than 10 million units. In 1974, Casio produce Casiontron, an automatic calendar. Even, since 1980, casio produce a music electronic, keyboard, named Casiotone. Today, Casio not only known as a calculator producer.
Tadao Kashio was born in November 1917 at Nagoku City, Japan. Before his age was 2, he built a factory, named Kashio Seisakoju, which produce cigarette pipe. His has a good fortune in this business.
One day in 1949, he saw a business convention in Ginza, Japan with his younger brother. They had an enthusiastic with electric calculator. Then they start to made electric calculator. To start it, they used the profit of cigarette pipe business. In that time, calculator mostly used a gear and hand operating by using a machine. Then, they invent calculator by using solenoid. They finished this project on 1954.
This calculator became an attention in Japan at that time. This calculator, designed by Kashio, was the first mechanic electronic calculator in Japan. Also it was the first calculator which using 10 digit key pad. Then they produce a calculator, 14-A series, in 1957. It was the first compact calculator in the world.
In 1972, Casio produce a personal calculator, mini calculator, which price was 12.800 yen per unit. It sold more than 10 million units. In 1974, Casio produce Casiontron, an automatic calendar. Even, since 1980, casio produce a music electronic, keyboard, named Casiotone. Today, Casio not only known as a calculator producer.
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