History 2000-2007

2000 March Founding of Clarion Sales Co., Ltd.
2000 April Five Clarion offices in Japan obtain ISO-14001 certification.
2000 December HCX Corporation established as joint venture between Clarion, Hitachi® , and Xanavi Infomatics®
2001 May Relocation of Headquarters to Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
2001 August Start of Clarion Scholarship "MEDAMA".
2001 October In-vehicle terminal for ETC system marketed.
2001 November "AutoPC CADIAS™" exhibited at Tokyo Motor Show.
2002 March Sales of Satellite radio receiver in North America.
2002 September Relocation of Headquarters to Toda-shi, Saitama prefecture functions moved to Toda City, Saitama prefecture.
2002 October Clarion M&L established.
2002 December Launched "AutoPC CADIAS™", the first in-vehicle PC in Japan.
2003 June Sale of HDD equipped AV car navigation system.
2003 August Started delivering Car Audio to GM® Shanghai, China.
2003 October HDD (Hard Disk Drive) equipped AV car navigation system, compatible with “Car Wings” of Nissan® Information Service.
2004 February The world’s first Linux, Java™ J2ME CDC equipped in-vehicle information terminal for commercial vehicles marketed.
2004 June The industry’s first 2DIN commercial sized, 7-inch monitor equipped HDD (Hard Disk Drive) AV car navigation system marketed.
2004 October AV-HDD car navigation system developed for 7 models for Volkswagen Group Japan.
2005 January First iPod® compatible AV center unit marketed in the US.
2005 March AV-HDD car navigation developed for all models for Porsche Japan.
2005 May First iPod® compatible integrated AV-HDD Navigation unit developed for the Japanese market.
2006 June Car navigation introduced for first time in China and N. American markets.
2006 July Launched “Movieum”, Japan’s largest-scale travel and driving information website with video clips showing travel destinations.
2006 December Became a Hitachi group company.
2007 January Xanavi Informatics Corporation became 100% subsidiary.
2007 January Supplied car audio to Toyota for the first time (contracted by Daihatsu)
2007 April Clarion’s first portable navigation system for Japan, DrivTraxP5 marketed.
2007 April Bus location ASP service started.
2007 July Compact drive recorder “Drive Eye” marketed.
2007 August Relocated our Headquarters to Saitama, Shintoshin. New facility named “Corporate Headquarters & Technology Center”.

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