History
For 100 years Hochiki has led the way in the design and manufacturer of innovative life safety solutions.
For 100 years Hochiki has led the way in the design and manufacturer of innovative life safety solutions.
The dates below have been carefully identified as some of the key events in Hochiki’s history and together help identify who Hochiki are today.
Japan’s first fire alarm manufacturer was established under the corporate name of “Tokyo Hochiki Co., Ltd.” at Yurakucho, Kojimachi-ku (now Chiyoda-ku), Tokyo under the investments mainly by life insurance companies. The prospectus tells us that the Company had been established for the purpose of “manufacturing fire, theft and other alarms and selling modern fire-fighting machinery.”
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1920 |
The world’s first addressable fire alarm system was installed by Hochiki Corporation. |
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1951 |
Hochiki produced a rate-of-rise heat detector & succeeded developing an automatic fire detector. |
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1967 |
Hochiki develop an ionisation detector. |
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1972 |
Tokyo Hochiki Co. Ltd became Hochiki Corporation and Hochiki America Corporation opened in the USA. |
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1973 |
An intrinscially safe fire alarm system was developed. |
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1975 |
Hochiki detectors first sold in the UK. |
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1993 |
Hochiki Europe office opened in Gillingham, Kent. |
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1995 |
Hochiki Corporation opened one of the largest testing facilities in the world. |
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1996 |
Hochiki developed the highly reliable and robust ESP protocol. |
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1997 |
Hochiki Singapore Branch Office was opened. |
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2001 |
Hochiki representative office opened in Beijing. |
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2010 |
Hochiki release UK’s first intelligent emergency lighting system, FIREscape. |
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2011 |
Hochiki Australia opened. |
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2012 |
The Hochiki Group acquired Kentec Electronics and Hochiki de Mexico S.A. de C.V. was established. |
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2013 |
Hochiki Middle East opened in Dubai. |
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2013 |
Hochiki (Thailand) Co. Ltd opened in Bangkok, Thailand. |
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2013 |
Hochiki Jakarta Rep. Office opened in Jakarta, Indonesia. |
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2014 |
Hochiki Asia Pacific Pte Ltd established. |
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2014 |
Hochiki India Branch Office opened in New Delhi. |
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2017 |
Hochiki Ho Chi Minh Rep. Office opened in HCMC, Vietnam. |
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2017 |
Hochiki Italia established in Verona, Italy. Hochiki release the innovative L@titude fire panel. |
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2018 |
Hochiki release the ACD-E, CO multi-sensor. |
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2019 |
Hochiki Manila Rep. Office opened in Manila, Philippines. |
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2022 |
Hochiki Hanoi Rep. Office opened in Hanoi, Vietnam. |
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Hochiki Asia Pacific
82 Ubi Ave 4, #06-02 Edward Boustead Centre, Singapore 408832
Main switchboard +65 6841 9728 | email sales@hochikiasiapacific.com
