Toshiba Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics, electrical equipment and information technology corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, and household appliances. In 2010, Toshiba was the world's fifth-largest personal computer vendor measured by revenues . In the same year it was also the world's... fourth-largest manufacturer of semiconductors by revenues . Toshiba was founded by the merging of two companies in 1939. The first, Tanaka Seisakusho , was Japan's first manufacturer of telegraph equipment and was established by Tanaka Hisashige in 1875. In 1904, its name was changed to Shibaura Seisakusho .
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| Founded: | 1875 |
| Headquarters: | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Annual revenue: | $67,145,000,000 |
| Operating income: | $1,116,000,000 |
| Employees: | 197,718 |
| Industries: | Computer Storage Device Manufacturing, Semiconductor Manufacture, Electronic Computer Manufacturing |