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Corporate Profile


Vision

1. Flash Support Group Company (FSG) aims to become a top company in the semiconductor programming tool market, by providing the high quality products and services to satisfy the advanced customer’s needs.

2. FSG pursues improvement of customer satisfaction with speedy and flexible service and utilization of IT.

Corporate Data

Company Name

TOA ELECTRONICS, Inc.

Headquarter

[ Location ]
119-2 Odaka-cho-aza-mishinden, Midori-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture,459-8001, Japan

Company Name

Flash Support Group Company

Headquarter・Programming Center

programing center

[ Location ]

9162-1, Miyakoda-cho, Hamana-ku,
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-2102,
Japan
TEL : +81-53-428-8383
FAX : +81-53-428-8377

[ Access ]
>>MAP

By Train
Transfer to the Entetsu Railway at JR Hamamatsu Station, and get off at Komatsu Station. Approx. 15 minutes by taxi from Komatsu Station.

By Car
  • Approx. 40 minutes from Hamamatsu Interchange on the Tomei Expressway.
  • Approx. 30 minutes from Hamamatsu-West Interchange on the Tomei Expressway.

Sales

[ Location ]

10F Hamamatsu Dai-ichi Seimei Nittu Building,
110-5 Itaya-machi, Chuo-ku,
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 430-0928,
Japan
TEL : +81-53-459-1050
FAX : +81-53-455-6020

[ Access ]
>>MAP

By Train
Approx. 3 minute walk from JR Hamamatsu Station.

By Car
  • Approx. 30 minutes from Hamamatsu Interchange on the Tomei Expressway.
  • Approx. 30 minutes from Hamamatsu-West Interchange on the Tomei Expressway.

ISO 9001:2015
B06Q10039R1M

ISO14001:2015
B06E10015R1M

Yokohama Sales Branch

Branch

[ Location ]

2F, Klingelnberg Bldg.,1-13-12,
Shin-Yokohama,Kouhoku-ku,
Yokohama, Kanagawa, 222-0033,
Japan

Representative Office

[ Nagoya Location ]
119-2 Odaka-cho-aza-mishinden, Midori-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, 459-8001, Japan

[ Osaka Location ]
4F Nissay Shin-Osaka South Bldg., 5-14-5 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 532-0011, Japan

A subsidiary in China

[ Location ]

TOA SE(Thailand)Co., Ltd
Rompo Business Center,
115 Rimtangrodfaisaipaknam Road, Klongtoey,
Klongtoey, Bangkok, 10110 Thailand
TEL : +66-2-671-3015
FAX : +66-2-671-2130

Founded

May 24, 1956

Capital

JPY 100 Million

Chairman

Kazuo Ezaki

Business
Segments

  • Design, Manufacture, and Sales of device programmers and accessories
  • Design, Manufacture, and Sales of applied microcontroller products
  • Device programming services

Number of Employees

50

Customers

Infineon Technologies Japan K.K. / Macronix Japan / Lapis Semiconductor Co., Ltd. / Renesas Electronics Corporation / Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan / ISSI Inc. / NV Devices Co., Ltd. / Cypress Semiconductor Corporation / KIOXIA Corporation / Toshiba Electronic Device Solutions Corporation / Toshiba Electronic Device & Storage Corporation / Sony Corporation / Canon Inc. / Casio Computer Co., Ltd./ Sharp Corporation / Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd./ Okaya Electronics Corporation / NEXTY ELECTRONICS CORPORATION / TOMEN Devices Corporation / Sankyo Corporation / Sammy Corporation / Daikoku Denki Co., Ltd. / Universal Entertainment / and others (not listed in order)

Affiliated Companies of TOA Group

TOA Group
  • TOA ELECTRONICS, Inc.
  • TOA SE, Inc.
  • Shanghai TOA FSG Technology Co., Ltd.
  • TOA SE (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
1984 Hamamatsu TOA Electronics, Inc., started development and production of device programmer products for Ando Electric Co., Ltd.
1994 Established TOA System Engineering, Inc. by separating product development and production departments from Hamamatsu TOA Electronics.  TOA System Engineering, Inc. continued the development and production of Ando brand device programmers.
1996 TOA System Engineering, Inc. developed and commercialized "TE series" package conversion adapters for Ando brand device programmers under its own brand.
1997 Developed and commercialized sophisticated gang programmer "AF9723."
1998 Developed and commercialized "AF9708/AF9709" general-purpose flash programmers for development department.
2000 TOA System Engineering, Inc. developed and commercialized the "TEH1000" automated programming system, which equipped with Ando brand device programmers under own brand.
2001 TOA System Engineering, Inc. took over the device programmer business from Ando Electric Co., Ltd., by an OEM contract with Ando Electric.
March, 2002 Established Flash Support Group, Inc. by separating device programming business from TOA System Engineering, Inc.
April, 2002 Started supply of device programmer products to Ando Electric Co., Ltd. by an OEM contract.
June, 2002 Developed and commercialized the "AF9709B" flash programmer.
October, 2002 Developed and commercialized a low cost and simplified automated programming system, the "TEH2000".
December, 2002 Started sales of device programmer products in overseas markets under FSG brand.
March, 2003 Obtained ISO14001 certification.
September, 2003 Developed and commercialized an automated programming system "TEH1200 series" and an automated labeling system "TEH1500".
October, 2003 Established a programming center in Nagoya TOA Electric, Inc., and started programming services.
December, 2003 Developed and commercialized a laser marking system "TEH1521."
April, 2004 Obtained ISO9001 certification.
May, 2004 Developed and commercialized the "AF9710" flash programmer.
October, 2004 Started sales by consolidating all programmer series into own brand.
June, 2005 Developed and commercialized the "AF9101" in-circuit serial programmer.
November, 2005 Capital increased to JPY 50 million, as a result of rearrangement of TOA Group capital structure.
December, 2005 Developed and commercialized the "AG9860", a gang unit for high-speed programming.
February, 2006 Developed and commercialized the "TEH1210 series automated programming system", which adopts simultaneous programming of 64 devices.
June, 2006 Relocated the programming center to Flash Support Group Headquarters to provide total programming support to customers.
August, 2006 Capital increased to JPY 100 million.
April, 2007 Relocated its Headquarters to Hamamatsu Act Tower 23F. The former Headquarters was remained as programming center.
January, 2008 Opened Tokyo sales branch.
October, 2009 Developed and commercialized the "AG9730", a gang programmer for high-speed programming.
August, 2010 Established a subsidiary in Shanghai, China.
January, 2012 Developed and commercialized the gang programmer "AF9724 / 25".
January, 2012 Developed and commercialized the 16-slot version "AG9731" of the ultra-high-speed gang programmer "AG9730".
March, 2013 Flash Support Group, Inc., TOA Electric Industry, Inc. and Hamamatsu TOA Electronics, Inc. merged to form TOA ELECTRONICS,Inc. Flash Support Group, Inc. will be renamed “TOA Electronics, Inc. Flash Support Group Company”.
August, 2013 Opened Shenzhen sales branch of Shanghai TOA FSG Technology Co., Ltd.
October, 2013 A sales engineer was assigned at a local subsidiary in Thailand, and sales and maintenance of the programmer department started.
April, 2014 Developed and commercialized "AG9730B", an ultra-high-speed gang programmer that supports large-capacity memory.
June, 2014 Developed and commercialized the high-speed onboard programmer "AF9201".
July, 2014 Developed and commercialized "AG9870", a gang unit compatible with high-speed serial interface memory.
September, 2014 Developed and commercialized the memory programming board "TG001" for developers.
March, 2015 Merged with Toa Holdings Co., Ltd.
August, 2015 Developed and commercialized "AG9740", a gang programmer that supports high-speed serial interface memory.
June, 2016 Developed and commercialized "AG9740S", a gang programmer that supports high-speed serial interface memory.
July, 2016 Developed and commercialized "AG9730C", an ultra-high-speed gang programmer that supports large-capacity memory.
April, 2017 Developed and commercialized the automatic laser marking system "TEH2500".
April, 2017 Developed and commercialized the laser-compatible automatic programming system "TEH2724LS".
June, 2018 Developed and commercialized the all-in-one automatic programming system "TEH2724-2LSC".
September, 2018 Developed and commercialized the ultra-high-speed GANG programmer "AF9750" exclusively for eMMC.
October, 2019 Obtained the information security management system "ISO / IEC 27001" from the programming service department.
January, 2020 Developed and commercialized AF9750 socket opening / closing jig "TES200".
March, 2020 Developed and commercialized the high-speed onboard programmer "AF9201C".
April, 2021 Developed and commercialized the ultra-high-speed GANG programmer "AF9751" exclusively for UFS.