Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. (Formerly Alpine Electronics, Inc.)

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.alpsalpine.com/e/

■Address

1-7, Yukigaya Otsuka machi, Ota-ku, Tokyo 145-8501, Japan

Business Overview

-The Company was originally engaged in developing, manufacturing, and selling automotive audio devices and information/communications devices and systems under the Alpine Group. In April 2020 its entire business operations were merged with Alps Electronics, and the consolidated company adopted the name Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Shareholders

Name	Investment Ratio (%)
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.	100.0

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History

May 1967	Alps Motorola, Inc. was jointly founded by Alps Electronics, Inc. and U.S. Motorola Co., Ltd. Started manufacturing deck mechanisms for 8-track tape players.
Apr. 1969	Started manufacturing and sales of radios for vehicles
Nov. 1969	Opened Iwaki division in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture
Oct. 1972	Opened Onomachi plant in Onomachi, Tamura County, Fukushima Prefecture.
Jun. 1978	Established a sales company Alpine Electronics GmbH in Germany (currently consolidated subsidiary).
Aug. 1978	Broke off the joint contract with Motorola Co., Ltd., which left Alps Electronics, Inc. with 100% of ownership.
Nov. 1978	Company name was changed to Alpine Electronics, Inc. Established a sales company Alpine Electronics of America, Inc. in the U.S. (currently consolidated subsidiary).
1992	Signed basic agreement for technical tie-up with Valeo of France.
Feb. 1994	Established Alpine Electronics (Dandong) Co. Ltd. in China, a production company (currently a consolidated subsidiary).
Dec. 1994	Established Alpine Electronics (China) Co. Ltd. a Chinese stock-holding headquarters in China (currently a consolidated subsidiary).
Dec. 1994	Established Alpine Electronics (Dalian) Co. Ltd. a production company in China (currently a consolidated subsidiary).
1996	Signed licensing agreement related to manufacturing technology for key sets and outside handles with Woojin Industrial Systems, Co., Ltd. of Korea
July 1998	Established Alpine Electronics Manufacturing of Europe, Ltd., a production company in Hungary (currently a consolidated subsidiary).
Mar. 2000	Agreed on a technological tie-up with Nokia.
May 2000	Integrated domestic production plants to strengthen global competitiveness.
Jul. 2000	A part of sales transferred to Alpine Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (previous name: Alpine Engineering Co., Ltd).
Sep. 2000	"Alpine F#1 status' received" Car Hi-Fi Grand Prix prize
Jan. 2001	Navigation and audio systems received the number one ranking a survey by J.D. Power and associates.
Jan. 2001	Alpine demonstration car received "Best Demonstration Car" prize.
Feb. 2001	Received Toyota's Special Prize for Weight Reduction.
Sep. 2001	Established Alpine Electronics Hong Kong Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong for sales and procurement of materials (currently a consolidated subsidiary).
Nov. 2001	Established Alpine Marketing Co., Ltd., a sales company in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo (currently a consolidated subsidiary).
Aug. 2002	Established Taicang Alpine Electronics Co., Ltd in China (currently consolidated subsidiary)
July 2005	Established Alpine Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd., a sales company in Thailand, which is currently a consolidated company.
Mar. 2008	Shenyang Neusoft Co., Ltd. absorbed a company (Neusoft Group, Ltd.), which Alpine accounts for under the equity method, forming a new company called Neusoft Corporation.
Feb. 2009	Established Alpine of Asia Pacific India Private Limited, a sales company in India, which is currently a consolidated company.
Apr. 2012	Established Alpine Electronics of Silicon Valley, Inc. as a technical center.
2012	Established Alpine Electronics of Middle East, FZCO in Dubai in UAE as a sales office.
2012	Established Alpine of Korea in Seoul, Korea as a sales office.
2013	Opened a representative office in Indonesia.
Nov. 2015	Established Neusoft Reach Automotive Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in China.
Jun. 2017	Merged and absorbed the operations of Alpine R&D Company, the company responsible for R&D activities in Japan.
Aug. 2017	Relocated the home office to Tokyo’s Ota Ward.
Jan. 2019	Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Alps Alpine through a stock-share transfer.