About Us

Company History

1st Movement
2nd Movement
3rd Movement

The First Movement

Product Development ・Overseas presence 1953-1986

1953 Establishment
Eiki Industrial Co., Ltd. was esablished at Taiyuji, Kita-ku, Osaka by 4 founders, Shinichi Matsuura, Shigeya Yagi, Koji Sekino, and Yoshinari Minagawa.

Factory: Amagasaki, Hyogo
Developed and launched Slide Projector<Type 500>

1959 EIKI Delivered 41 units for School
After this delivery all elementary school in Sendai (Northern part of Japan) purchased film projectors.

Audio-visual education in classroom using EIKI 16mm Projectors.

Products line-up 1953-1960

Slide PJ type 500
16mm Film PJ type 700-3
Slide PJ type 505
16mm Film Projector

8mm Film Projector
8mm Film Projector
Smile type SE
Junior CS-type 650S

1963 Sales Start of overseas
Delivered 16mm film projectors to New Zealand, and Taiwan defense Department.

1969 Itami Factory Foundation
5,000 sqm, 3rd floor building
Yearly Production Ability = 30,000 units.

Products assembly

Quality control

Finishing Line

1974 Established EIKI INTERNATIONAL INC. in U.S.A.

1976 Delivered 3,000 16mm film projectors ST/M series to Saudi Arabia. And 1,700 out of 3,000 were shipped out by charter air cargo.

1985 Established EIKI Canada(EIKI INTERNATIONAL INC. Canadian Branch) in Canada.

1986 Acquired the Bell & Howell company that had originated the audio vidual industy in the U.S.A. and had the world top share in 16mm film projector market.