History

1959 August Toyo-tsushin-Kogyo corporation is established. The main plant is built in shibuya, Tokyo.
1961 September Head office and plant relocated to Setagaya, Tokyo.
1978 September Toyodata Inc. established as a sales agency for the Company’s products.
1979 April The Pecker-1 (PKW-5000) portable PROM programmer developed and launched. The PKW-5000 was highly regarded by engineers as a low-cost model not previously available. The PKW-5000 led to the personalization of PROM programmers. With this product, the Company made a full-scale entry into the field of in-house products.
1981 April The AVC-777H-1, a portable computer that integrated a CRT, floppy disk, and printer, launched.
October Atsugi Plant established in Atsugi, Kanagawa.
1982 March The Pecker-0 (PKW-7000) universal model, a new GANG-type PROM programmer, and other products launched.
October Company name changed from Toyo-tsushin-Kogyo corporation to Aval Corporation.
1985 March VME bus module computer with a CPU68000 developed and launched. Support for OS-9, a real-time operating system from (Microware Systems Corporation (RadiSys)) , started at the same time.
September Nagasaki plant is established in Isahaya,Nagasaki.
September Total production volume of the Pecker series exceeded 50,000 units.
November The Pecker-10 (PKW-1000) PROM programmer and the AVAL-TM20 portable terminal both selected under the Good Design Product Selection Program of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
1986 June The Pecker-16 (PKW-1600) multiset programmer developed and launched.
1987 August Head office relocated to Atsugi.
November The Nagasaki Business Site spun off and Aval Nagasaki Corporation established.
November The Pecker-30 (PKW-3100) selected under the Good Design Product Selection Program.
1988 April Image processing product development project launched. The Company made a full -scale entry into the industrial image processing field.
April The Pecker-11 (PKW-1100) flash programmer launched.
October The Pecker-11 selected under the Good Design Product Selection Program.
1989 February Company name changed to Aval Data Corporation.
1991 February Aval Data shares registered on the over-the-counter market (currently listed on the TSE Standard Market)
1992 January Sales of the AVME-130 VME bus board with a CPU68030 started.
1993 December Image input and processing module compliance with VME bus standards developed.
1994 July The Card Station PC/AT compatible compact controller launched.
1995 January ISO 9001 quality system certification acquired.
February Sales of the DV-1200 low-cost, portable LAN analyzer started.
1997 April First domestic production of a CompactPCI bus module. In conjunction with the launch of CompactPCI products, support provided for various operating systems including OS-9/PowerPC, Windows NT, and Tornado.
August Sales of the APC series of PCI bus compatible image processing modules started. The original AIP-6401 image processing LSI also launched.
September The CSG-1040/1080 callback access server launched.
October The Company participated in PICMG JAPAN to promote industrial embedded systems centered on CompactPCI.
1998 March The NetDOC series, which can monitor networks on the Web, launched.
April The CompactPCI version of the ACP-330 image processing module launched.
May Head office relocated to Machida, Tokyo.
2000 April Series of 3U size CompactPCI modules launched.
August Sales of the PowerPC version of the AVME-182 VME module started.
2001 January Environmental management certification obtained under the ISO 14001 international standard.
April Support for Linux for embedded applications started.
July New Atsugi Business Site building completed.
December Series of GiGA CHANNEL modules that enable sharing of memory between systems created.
2002 December The AIP-7000 high-performance image processing LSI developed.
2003 December The APC-3310CL high-speed image input module compatible with the CameraLink interface launched.
2004 August Sales of the CSB-50 multimedia platform equipped with the AG-9 Series AG902 high-performance graphic LSI from Axell Corporation started.
2005 January The APC-3316 CameraLink interface image input board compatible with the PCI-X bus developed and launched.
2006 March The Company participated in the establishment of the Japan Industrial Imaging Association.
July As one aspect of its environmental initiatives, the Company achieved 100% compliance with the RoHS Directive by newly designed products.
2007 April No. 1 Building completed at the Atsugi Business Site. Reorganization of the Atsugi Business Site completed and Phase 2 of the Avaldata Revolution Plan also completed.
June The ALI-6000 intelligent camera with an image processing unit for visual inspection equipment developed. Creation of a series from this product started.
November The AAE-B04 PCI Express bus bridge LSI developed. This product was actively used in the Company’s own products as an FPGA companion chip and development of a series of this LSI product started.
November Agreement reached on a sales and technology partnership with Tokyo Electron Device Limited.
2008 December The APX-510 A/D conversion board compatible with PCI Express for 100 MHz high-speed sampling developed. Development of a series of this product started.
2009 September The Company became a member of the consortium for the CoaXPress next-generation camera interface. Development of the CoaXPress-compatible APX-3662 started.
2011 March The CoaXPress standard established by the JIIA approved as an international standard at a regular inter-association meeting with the AIA/EMVA.
2012 September Opt-C:Link ultra-high-speed optical communications camera interface independently developed and launched.
2013 September The Atsugi Business Site received a medical device manufacturer’s license (license no. 14BZ200171) in the general field.
2014 January “Color light-Section Method” using white LED as a slit light is developed.
November The Company participated in the establishment of the Embedded Multicore Consortium.
November Business and capital tie-up established with Fixstars Corporation.
2015 April InGaAs short wavelength infrared camera developed and launched.
2017 July Aval Nagasaki transferred to Tokyo Electron Device Limited.
October Business and capital tie-up established with Phoxter Corporation.
November Business and capital tie-up established with Advanced Original Technologies Co., Ltd.
2018 June Aval Global Co., Ltd. established as a joint venture with TS Corporation of South Korea.
2022 May Ebina Office opened in front of Ebina Station, Kanagawa.
2023 Aug New Atsugi Second Business Site building is completed.
Dec Near-infrared Multispectral Camera "The AMS-013VIRLF2" is developed.
2024 Jun Yamanashi R&D Center is established.