Company Overview

Company name

Oshino Lamps Limited.

President

Takeshi Oshino

Operating Locations

【Head Office】 4F Oi-Choyo Bldg. 5-12-10, Higashioi,
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0011
【Yamanashi Plant】 601-2 Shirai-cho Koufu City, Yamanashi
400-1502
【Kagoshima Plant】 Nan-ei 6-1-9, Kagoshima-Shi, Kagoshima 891-0122
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Founded

March, 1931

Capital

50milion JPY

Scope of Business

① Lamps division
(Sub-miniature lamps, lamps for automotive, lamps, LED products for aviation, lamps for NDIR Co2 sensor, silicon caps, sockets for lamps, and LED products)

② Optical Engineering division
(Light guide, lens, tooling for plastic molding, electrical circuit, electrical circuit board design)

Number of Employee

100（At the date of 28th, December, 2020）

Quality system

Reception of ISO9001

Cage code

J5705

OL Brand History

Oshino Lamps history is a history of development and challenges.
Since its foundation in 1931, Oshino Lamps Limited has been successful for over 80 years
developing pilot lamps for gas stoves and lamps for Christmas decoration in early years,
then currently developing lamps for automotive and aviations.

1931

Founding company president Masaji Oshino establishes Oshino Lamps in Shinagawa, Tokyo.

1946

Filament winding equipment installed.

1955

Development of an ignition device for gas stoves.

1957

Oshino develops automatic shunting equipment for lamps for Christmas decorations, for which it submits a patent application.

1960

Reorganized as a public corporation called Oshino Lamps Limited, headed by Masaji Oshino, the first president of the company.

1962

Head Office moved to new buildings in Minami-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku.

1963

Beat seal style T-1 lamps developed.
Low-current, double-wound coils for T-1 lamps developed.

1966

Automated small-lamp production lines installed.
Short T-1 size lamps developed for the aerospace industry.

February 1970

Wolcox Corporation (now a head office for sales) established as an overseas trading division of Oshino Lamps Limited.

1972

Masaji Oshino receives the Purple Ribbon Medal.

1973

Masaji Oshino pasts away due to ill health.
Kou Oshino is appointed as president of Oshino Lamps Limited.

1977

Oshino Lamps Limited increases its capital to 50 million yen.

December 1977

Oshino Lamps GmbH established in Nurnberg, Germany.

August 1978

Special vibration-proof lamps developed for the aerospace industry.

August 1979

Hong Kong Miniature Lamp Co., Ltd (now Oshino Lamps Hong Kong) established in Hong Kong

November 1979

Oshino Lamps (U.K.) established in Nottingham, U.K.

October 1981

50th anniversary of the founding of Oshino Lamps.

February 1989

Oshino Lamps France established in Paris, France (now located in Tarbes).

November 1989

Technology Center established in Owa, Akita Prefecture.

March 1990

Oshino Lamps Italia s.r.l established in Milan, Italy (now located in Florence).

1996

Kagoshima Plant established in Kagoshima City

1997

Oshino Lamps Limited head office, Technology Center, and Kagoshima Plant acquire ISO9001 and QS9000 certification.

1998

All Oshino Group companies in Europe acquire ISO9002 certification.

2001

Hong Kong Miniature Lamps Co., Limited renamed Oshino Lamp (HK) Limited.

March 2003

Kagoshima 2nd Plant established.

April 2003

Hiroshi Oshino appointed Chief Executive Officer.

May 2005

Oshino Lamps Limited acquires TS16949 certification.

June 2005

Takeshi Oshino appointed Chief Executive Officer.
Hiroshi Oshino appointed Chairman of the Board

July 2009

Oshino Electronics Estonia Osauhing established in Estonia.

March 2012

Oshino Lamps America, Ltd. established in New York, USA (now located in Wixom, MI).

July 2012

Yamanashi factory established in Fuefuki City.

December 2014

Oshino Lamps (SHANGHAI) Ltd. established in Shanghai, China.

March 2016

Yamanashi factory and Kawagoe factory acquire ISO9001 certification.

September 2018

Yamanashi factory moved to Kofu City.

December 2021

Head Office moved to Higashioi, Shinagawa-ku.