Draft:Dynatone

Dynatone (Dynatone Corp.) is a digital piano manufacturing company in South Korea.

Overview
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

 * 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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The main products are digital piano.