Company milestones(Chronological table)
- First Steps: Telecommunications (1923-1949)
- The Dawn of Fujitsu's Computer Business (1950-1958)
- A Decade of Bold Moves (1959-1969)
- A Wave of International Standardization (1970-1979)
- A Decade of Personalization (1980-1991)
- A Shift to Solutions and Services (1992-2001)
- Aim for a prosperous society that promotes the well-being of people (2002 - )
4. A Wave of International Standardization (1970-1979)
1970
Osaka Expo
- Fujitsu Information Processing System Laboratory construction completes.
1971
Dollar Shock
- Invests in Amdahl Corporation (U.S.)
- Delivers D10 analog electronic switching system
- Starts commercial production of Model 600 push-button telephone
- World's first practical application of "self-holding reed" switches
- Fujitsu and Hitachi corporation started for development of next generation computer series.
1972
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Changes corporate logo
(Corporate logo 1972-1988)
Enacts the new corporate logo. It was designed under the concepts of "peace" in blue, "passion" in red, and "purity" in white. -
Establishes Japan America Institute of Management Science (JAIMS) in Hawaii with the aim of developing business leaders
JAIMS
- FUJITSU FANUC LTD is established. (current FANUC Corporation)
- Develops Japan's largest pollution monitoring system implemented in Kawasaki city
1973
Japan changes to flexible exchange rate system
First Oil Shock
- Delivers world's first Single Channel Per Carrier(SCPC) satellite communications system (a data line between the U.S. and Spain)
1974
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Introduces FACOM M series of mainframe computers
1975
- Delivers Amdahl Corporation's 470 V/6 mainframe computer to NASA
- Exports Japan's first submarine coaxial cable system (210km between West Germany and Sweden)
1976
- Lists stock on Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- Opens Numazu plant for production of large-scale computers
- Ships first IBM compatible FACOM M Series computer
1977
Japanese baseball player Sadaharu Oh hits 756th home run (world record)
- FACOM230-75 APU, Japan's first supercomputer, developed
1978
Second Oil Shock
Narita International Airport in Japan opens
- Concludes Joint-venture agreement with Siemens AG in computing products field
- Receives order from Satellite Business Systems (U.S.) for world's first satellite communications burst modem
- Commercializes world's first 64-Kbit RAM (dual power supply)
1979
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation completes nationwide direct dial telephone network in Japan
- Participates in Bell Labs' commercial viability tests of American-type cellular handsets
- Announces Japanese Processing Extended Features (JEF), making it possible to process Japanese kanji characters
