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Primo Co., Ltd. will celebrated its 70th anniversary in October 2022.

Based on the founder's idea of "creating something that no one else does" and under the slogan "Kouki" (Shining and rise) advocated by his predecessor,
we have been working for 70 years with the goal of “Creating things that only Primo can make and becoming a company with brilliance”.

Our company is now a top manufacturer of audio technology, and as our third president, my philosophy is to build a company that is fun.

Any reason is fine, such as "I enjoy talking to my co-workers", "I enjoy my job", "I feel comfortable at work", "I want to take on the challenge of a difficult job", etc.
We want all employees to think, "I come to work because I enjoy the company". Work is an extension of that "Fun". I want to build a company like that.

Primo's employees are friendly and have teamwork.
I believe that "having fun" working with people who agree with my philosophy will have many positive effects.

We aim to reach our 100th anniversary by thinking about it every day so that all employees working at Primo can live a fulfilling life.

代田 大輔
Primo Co., Ltd. Representative Director and President Daisuke Shirota
代田 大輔

Management philosophy

Primo Group's management philosophy is Kouki.
Based on this philosophy,
all of our employees will work together to shine their own light and make those around them shine.
We will continue to strive to continue to shine not only with all employees working at our company, but also with everyone involved, including our customers and local communities.

Basic policy

As a company, we strive to constantly innovate and develop,
share that joy with all employees, and strive to become a company
 that can be passed on to the next generation and continue.

CSR basic policy

Based on our management philosophy of "Kouki",
all of our employees will work together to make sure that we can shine our own light and make those around us shine.
In order to continue to shine, we will strive to continue to shine not only with all employees working at our company, but also with our customers, local communities, and other stakeholders.

  1. We will understand the impact of our activities and act responsibly.
  2. We will strive to act in a transparent manner with consideration for our customers and surrounding communities.
  3. We strive to behave ethically with "honesty and sincerity" in mind.
  4. We will act in a manner that respects laws and regulations.
  5. We will act in a manner that respects important and universal human rights.

Quality and Environmental policy

Primo Co., Ltd. strives to "prevent environmental pollution and resource depletion" and "provide products that satisfy customers."

To ensure this,
we build a quality and environmental management system, and promote continuous improvement in order to effectively operate this system in our business activities.
In order to maintain and continuously improve the quality and environmental management system, we will set goals for each department and strive to achieve them.
We will comply with legal requirements related to quality and the environment that apply to our products and business activities, as well as other requirements agreed to by our company.

*This quality and environmental policy will be made known to all people who work at or for our company, and will be disclosed if requested by an external party.

ISO certification


JISQ9001

JISQ9001

JISQ14001

JISQ14001

Company profile

Establishment
October 24, 1952
Capital
310 million yen
Number of employees
202 people
Representative
Representative Director and President: Daisuke Shirota
Head office/factory

2-3-5 Nagaoka, Mizuho-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo 190-1232
TEL:042-556-8711 (Sales Department)
FAX:042-556-8721
E-mail:eigyo@primocorp.co.jp
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Other factories
Iida Factory (Iida city, Nagano)
Affiliate
[Domestic]
Primo hanbai Co., Ltd. (Osaka city / Sales company in areas west of Nagoya)
[Overseas]
Primo Microphones, Inc. (USA/production/sales)
 - Primo Microphones De Monterrey S.A. de C.V.(subsidiary/production)
Primo Microphones Singapore (Pte) Ltd. (Singapore/Sales)
 - Primo Microphones (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (subsidiary/sales)
 - PT Primo Microphones Batam, Indonesia (subsidiary/production)
Primo Microphones GmbH. (Germany/Sales)
Production item
Microphones (Dynamic type, Condenser type, Electret type, MEMS type), Headphones, Microphone receivers for Telephones, Speakers, Microphone cartridges (Dynamic type, Condenser type, Electret type, MEMS type), Bluetooth, Sensors, etc.
Main customers
[Domestic]
Icom / Aiphone / Advanced Media / NTT / OKI / Olympus / Canon / Clarion / JVC KENWOOD / SHARP / ZOOM / SECOM / SONY / TEAC / TOA / NEC / Nisshinbo / JRC / Pioneer / Panasonic / HITACHI / FUJITSU / YAMAHA / YAWATA / Commercial broadcasters and others
[Overseas]
AVAYA / BANG & OLUFSEN / beyerdynamic / BOSCH / BOSE / CISCO SYSTEMS / FLEX / GENTEX / HARMAN / motorola / peiker / PHILIPS / SENNHEISER / SHURE / et al.

Affiliate

Sales agent

History

1952.10
Established as Musashino Acoustics Laboratory Co., Ltd. in Musashino City, Tokyo with capital of 500,000 yen. Started production of record playback cartridges, pickups, and crystal microphones.
1954. 3
Company name changed to Primo Acoustics Laboratory Co., Ltd.
1955. 2
Moved to Mitaka City, Tokyo.
1955. 9
Dynamic microphone production begins.
1957. 8
Started production of wireless microphones.
1959. 8
Changed company name to Primo Co., Ltd. (to present).
1967. 3
Established representative office in Chicago, IL, USA.
1968. 2
Sky kogyo Co., Ltd. is established. Sky factory is opened on the same premises and microphone assembly work begins.
1970. 2
Selected as the official microphone for the World Expo (EXPO'70) Started production of electret microphones.
1973. 6
Reorganized the US representative office and established Primo Microphones Inc. as a local subsidiary.
Started import and sales.
1975. 9
Primo Microphones Inc. of U.S.A. begins assembly work.
1976.10
Sky factory newly built.
1978. 6
Established local subsidiary Primo Microphones Singapore (Ple) Ltd. in Singapore and started production and sales.
1980. 3
U.S. Primo Microphones Inc. built new office building in Texas.
1980. 4
Established European representative office in Heidelberg, Germany.
1981. 6
Primo Microphones Inc. of U.S.A. relocated to McKinney, Texas.
1983.11
Reorganized the German representative office, established a local subsidiary Primo Microphones GmbH and started import sales.
1984. 5
Chemica factory established in Iida City, Nagano Prefecture.
1986. 4
Sensor production started.
1987. 5
Ceramic microphone for telephones Obtained structural patents in Europe and the United States.
1989. 6
Founder and Chairman Ichizou Shirota passes away.
1991. 3
Announcement of professional wireless microphone system.
1992. 5
Bone microphone series announced.
1992. 7
Robot Petit-2000 announced.
1993. 9
Infrared wireless microphone system announced.
1994.10
Announcement of microphone for conference system.
1997. 4
Primo Microphones Inc. in U.S.A. establishes a subsidiary in Mexico and begins production.
1998. 8
Four offices in Tokyo were integrated and relocated to Mizuho-machi, Nishitama-gun, Tokyo.
1999.12
Obtained ISO9001 (quality management system) certification.
2001.10
Primo Microphones Singapore (Pte) Ltd. established a sales company in Hong Kong.
2003.11
Obtained ISO14001 (environmental management system) certification.
2006. 6
Primo Microphones Singapore (Pte) Ltd. Established production company PT. Primo Microphones Batam Indonesia on Batam Island, Indonesia and started production.
2010. 3
Affiliated company Primo Kosan Co., Ltd. Absorbed a mold company, opened Sansei Office, and started mold business.
2014. 2
Primo Microphones Inc. of the United States obtained ISO/TS16949 (quality management system for automobiles) certification.
2017. 9
Established Daiden Co., Ltd. as a production company.
2019. 1
Started production of MEMS microphones.
2020. 10
Chairman Suguru Shirota passes away.
2021. 10
Launch of sub-brand [QUONIST SOUND].
2022. 7
Obtained naming rights for 3 facilities in Hamura City.
2022. 8
A new warehouse building is constructed on the premises of the head office.
2022.10
Celebrating 70th anniversary of founding.

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