Draft:Dynatone
Appearance
Industry | Musical instruments |
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Founded | 1987 KEC / established 2000 June |
Headquarters | |
Products | Digital piano |
Brands | DYNATONE |
Owner | Do Sang-In |
Website | Dynatone Official Global Website |
Dynatone (Dynatone Corp.) is a digital piano manufacturing company in South Korea.
Overview
[edit]Starting as the electronic musical instrument division of KEC, it is the first company in Korea to produce electronic musical instruments. The head office is located at 288 Digital-ro, Seoul, Guro-gu. The manufacturing plant (smart factory) and research center are located at 145, 1gongdan-ro, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gumi-si.
History
[edit]- 1969 Established with KEC and Dynaton's predecessor, Toshiba Korea Co., Ltd.
- 1972 Establishment of Korea Television Co., Ltd.
- 1974 Company name changed from Toshiba Korea Co., Ltd. to Korea Electronics Co., Ltd.
- 1981 Korea Television Co., Ltd. was absorbed and merged and the company name was changed to Korea Electronics Co., Ltd.
- 1984 KEC Establishment of a comprehensive research center
- 1987 Started production of Korea’s first electronic instrument ‘DYNATONE’
- 1994 Production exceeded 5 million units of electronic musical instruments
- 1995 Development of sound source IC for digital piano
- Electronic keyboard supplied to Samsung Electronics (DYNATONE BRAND)
- 1996 Acquired the electronic musical instrument business division of LG Electronics
- Relocation of production base to Gumi-si, establishment of electronic musical instrument research center
- 1997 Production of electronic musical instruments exceeded 7 million units
- 1998 Development of the world's first digital piano, KDP-940, exclusively for music education
- Started exporting to over 30 countries including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
- 2000 Changed the company name to KEC Co., Ltd., spun off the electronic musical instrument business division, and established Dynatone Co., Ltd.
- 2001 Received the ‘Million Dollar Export Tower’ and the ‘Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award’ on Trade Day
- Selected as ‘Technology Evaluation Venture Company’
- 2002 Establishment of Korea’s first corporate electronic musical instrument research institute (Korea Industrial Technology Association)
- Certified as a ‘blue chip technology company’ (Korea Technology Credit Guarantee Fund)
- Received ‘YOUNG FRONTIER AWARD’ (Ministry of Information and Communication, Small and Medium Business Administration)
- Korea’s first digital piano equipped with 128POLY ‘RPS V3 SOUND’ sound chip developed
- As of 2003 Korea digital piano achieved first place in domestic market share
- 2006 Designated as ‘Hi Seoul Brand Company’ (Seoul City)
- Korea’s only automatic player piano mass production and proprietary technology development (2 types of patents obtained)
- 2007 ‘INNOBIZ (Technologically Innovative Small and Medium Business)’ certification
- 2008 Venture Company Certification (KIBO)
- 2010 Development of ARHA (Advanced Real hammer Action) keyboard
- 2011 Acquired ‘Digital Piano Excellence Mark’ for 10 consecutive years (since 2002) (Korean Standards Association)
- Designated as a promising small and medium enterprise (6 years from 2007 to 2009, 2011 to 2013) (Selected for export by the Export Support Center of the Seoul Small and Medium Business Administration)
- 2012 Designated as a ‘Hi Seoul Brand Company’ for 8 consecutive years (since 2006) (Seoul City)
- Good Design Award(GOOD DESIGN) selected (Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korea Institute of Design Promotion)
- Selected as ‘AT&D Korea Brand’ (Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korea Institute of Design Promotion)
- 2013 Establishment of Dynatone America Corp. (DAC)
- Selected as ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ (Seoul City)
- Selected as ‘Global IP Star Company’ (Gyeongbuk Intellectual Property Center)
- 2014 Development of intelligent digital piano (5 related patents held)
- Selected as ‘Global Excellent Creativity and Innovation Company’ (Korea Industrial Complex Corporation)
- Selected by Seoul City as a Hi Seoul brand company for 9 consecutive years
- 2015 Development of Korea’s first 256POLY「ROS V5 & V5 Plus SOUND」
- Selected as ‘Global Living Luxury Product’ (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
- 2016 Selected as a ‘Youth-Friendly Small Giant Company’ (Ministry of Employment and Labor)
- Development of Korean traditional musical instrument sound source for digital piano and development of hardware to implement Korean traditional musical instrument sound (related patent application)
- 2017 Selected as ‘Company of the Month’ (Gumi City)
- Artificial intelligence application technology development and commercialization cooperation MOU signed (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Gyeongbuk IT Convergence Industry Technology Institute)
- Selected as ‘Hi Seoul Excellent Product Award’ in the innovative brand category (DPR-3160K, Seoul Business Agency)
- Selected as 'Hi Seoul Excellent Product Award' in the idea product category (SLP-350, Seoul Business Agency)
- Selected as ‘Best Medium-term Product of the Month’ (Small and Medium Business Administration, Korea Economic Daily)
- 2018 Received a commendation for balanced national development and regional economic revitalization (Chairman of the Presidential Committee for Balanced National Development)
- Start of music education related sales business (Happy Piano Happy Music Class)
- 2019 Awarded the Gyeongsangbuk-do ICT/SW Solution Provider Award (Governor of Gyeongsangbuk-do)
- Selected as a good small business to work for (Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
- Participating in the world's top three musical instrument exhibitions (Germany's Musik Messe, USA's Namm Show, China's Music China) for 19 consecutive years (since 2000)
- 2021 Selected as a 2021 Small Giant Company (Ministry of Employment and Labor)
- Development of a brain activity management system using a digital piano (related patent application)
- 2022 Relocation of Seoul headquarters and Gumi factory expansion
- 2023 Received a commendation for contribution to trade promotion and economic development (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
- Selected as the best mid-term product of the year (Small and Medium Venture Business Corporation)
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[edit]The main products are digital piano.
External Links
[edit]- Dynatone official website
- Dynatone official global website
- Dynatone Official Online Store
- Dynatong Official YouTube
- Dynatone Official Cafe
- Dynatone official blog
- Dynatone Official Instagram
- Dynatone Art Collection Official Instagram