Company History
Kenwood Electronics Australia is a subsidiary company of Kenwood Corporation Tokyo Japan.

In Australia, Kenwood has three divisions of products: Home Audio Division, Car Audio Division and Communications Division.

Home Audio Division includes products such as: Hi Fi Components like DVD players, Digital Ready Receivers, CD Players, Cassette Decks, Equalisers and Speaker Systems. All Kenwood home audio Components are built to deliver the finest quality sound for Home Cinema or Sound System set ups whatever the budget.

A huge range of Mini Systems is also available from low cost CD/Radio/Cassette models to complete DVD Home Theatre Systems which really deliver the sound at an affordable price.

As space becomes a premium in most homes, Kenwood has produced a range of Micro Sound Systems ideal for bedroom, kitchen, sunroom or apartment living whereby big sound from small systems is required. Kenwood Micro is the answer.

If music on the go is for you, check out the great range of Kenwood Portable CD Players. As digital goes mobile Kenwood is at the forefront of the digital revolution producing a line up of portable CD Players, MP3/CD Players and even models capable of playing the latest formats including CDR/CDRW/MP3/Windows Media Audio.

Communications Division provides the latest range of Land Mobile Radio and Amateur Mobile Radio products which provide excellent coverage and user friendly features. Check out the range of models and accessories in the Communications section of the website.


Below is a list of some of the events, which have shaped the way Kenwood as a company has developed over the past fifty-five years.

1946	Established Kasuga Radio Co., Ltd. in Komagane City, Nagano Prefecture
1949	Received Japan's first NHK certification for a high-frequency transformer
1950	Changed the company name to Kasuga Radio Industry Corporation
1955	Established the Tokyo Plant in Ota-ku, Tokyo, and started mass production of audio equipment, communications equipment and measuring instruments
1960	Changed the company name to Trio Corporation
1961	Became listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1969	Became listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1980	Entered the car audio business Moved the headquarters to Shibuya-ku, Tokyo and started CI activities and launched Kenwood as the corporate brand name
1986	Changed the company name to Kenwood Corporation
1987	Became listed on the First Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange
1992	Began marketing the car-navigation system
1994	Launched the PDC (Personal Digital Cellular-phone)
1995	Launched the PHS (Personal Handy-phone System)
1997	Became launched the Europe DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) receivers
1999	Introduced DVD Navigation system