History
Chapter 1: Toward the Next 100 Years
2012年 ～ 2026年
Corporate History
Product History
2012 年
New Head Office Building Completed
The head office building was reconstructed due to issues such as declining disaster preparedness due to aging, with the new building being completed in December. A seven-story building with one basement floor, the office serves as a hub for global communications, providing a base for speedy decision-making and communication of information. The office building was selected for the Architectural Excellence Award of 2013 by the Architectural Institute of Japan and received the 47th SDA Sign Design Excellence Award.
2012 年
Developed the World's First High Contrast LCD
In April, the company released S-PBTLCD (Special-Pure Black Technology LCD), a high-contrast LCD that overcomes the narrow viewing angle that has been a weak point of LCDs and was the world's first LCD dedicated to text display that is clearly visible from any angle. The product was highly evaluated by hot-water heater manufacturers and adopted by overseas manufacturers for residential and industrial equipment.
2014 年
Established Shenzhen Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. as a Sales Base in China
2014 年
LED Headlamps Adopted for the First Time in Motorcycles
We developed LED headlamps for motorcycles, which were adopted for the first time in Japan in the KAWASAKI Z1000. This product uses a direct light method where no reflector is used, with its complexly shaped resin lens distributing LED light efficiently. This resulted in the world's smallest four-light design.
2015 年
Established Stanley Electric Manufacturing Mexico S.A. de C.V. as a Manufacturing Base in Mexico
2015 年
Headlamps Featuring Adaptive Front-lighting (ADB) for Enhanced Nighttime Visibility
Headlamps equipped with Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB) technology use an onboard camera to detect surrounding traffic and road conditions, providing high-beam–level visibility while automatically preventing glare for oncoming and preceding vehicles. This technology was first introduced on the Mazda CX-5.
2019 年
Established the Minatomirai Technical Center
2016 年
LED Floodlights with Ultra Narrow Light Angle Adopted for Niagara Falls Illumination
In December, 1,400 ultra-narrow LED floodlights illuminated Niagara Falls. With a distance of up to 600 meters, and even under the harsh conditions of low temperatures and high humidity, it achieves high-precision illumination that suppresses diffuse reflection of light, and was awarded the IES Illumination Awards in 2017, the world's most prestigious awards in the lighting field.
2020 年
Constructed the Light Tunnel Building, One of the World's Longest Indoor Testing Facilities
The new Light Tunnel Building was constructed, which would be one of the world's longest indoor testing facilities (with four lanes of 220 meters in length and 21 meters in width) and capable of reproducing all weather conditions (rain, fog, day and night). The facility includes an outdoor driving test track for dynamic evaluations involving pedestrians, oncoming vehicles, and vehicles ahead, and an outdoor static test area for static light distribution evaluations. This allows for verification to be undertaken with actual vehicles in any environment.
2020 年
Enhancement of Deep Ultraviolet LED Technology and Deployment of Sterilization Solutions
In January 2017, the company signed an agreement with Tokuyama Corporation to acquire technology and equipment for deep ultraviolet LEDs. In March 2019, HexaTech, Inc., a world leader in large-diameter, defect-free aluminum nitride crystals, became a subsidiary of the company, enabling the Group to produce everything from semiconductor substrates to LED packages. Then, in May of the same year, the world's highest output level was achieved at the 265nm wavelength. Joint testing with Yamaguchi University has confirmed the effectiveness against the new coronavirus, meaning that we provide sterilization solutions that meet customer needs.
2024 年
Established Thai Stanley Electric Public Co., Ltd. as a Manufacturing Base in Thailand
2021 年
Launched the Ultraviolet Product Brand, AℓNUV
AℓNUV, a brand of deep ultraviolet products, was launched to offer a variety of products and solutions for surface, air, and water sterilization applications, focusing on the sterilizing effects of deep ultraviolet light sources.
The AℓNUV brand visualized the technologies for 265-nm LEDs and 254-nm cold-cathode ultraviolet lamps which both offered powerful disinfection capability, as well as for light source modules and systems which had an increased variation of light source wavelengths. This was how the company's products were distinguished. The brand name AℓNUV was a coined term that combined "AlN" (aluminum nitride substrate) and "UV" (ultraviolet).
2026 年
Establishment of Joint Venture "Stanley Mobility Electric Co., Ltd." with Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation
As the automotive industry undergoes significant transformation in response to ADAS* and SDV** technologies and the realization of autonomous driving, we have expanded our existing business alliance and established the joint venture "Stanley Mobility Electric Co., Ltd." on April 1, with the aim of providing high value-added products with enhanced safety and functionality.
The new company will be responsible for the development, design, manufacturing, and sales of electronic and control components that constitute automotive lamp systems for next-generation vehicles (both four-wheel and two-wheel vehicles).
