7. Toshiba
Next on our 10 Best Electronics Brands of All Time list is the Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation Toshiba.
The company was founded in 1938 as Tokyo Shibaura Electric K.K. through the merger of Tokyo Denki, and Shibaura Seisaku-sho.
Its name was officially changed to Toshiba Corporation in 1978, and during its history, Toshiba has made numerous corporate acquisitions.
The Japanese company is organised into four business groupings: the Digital Products Group, the Electronic Devices Group, the Home Appliances Group and the Social Infrastructure Group.
And in 2010, Toshiba was the world’s fifth-largest personal computer vendor measured by revenues, after HP, Dell, Acer and Lenovo.
Thoshiba was also named the world’s fourth-largest manufacturer of semiconductors by revenues, in the same year (2010).
