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June 1961: Company name changed to Pioneer Electronic Corporation.December 1953: Hi-Fi Speaker PE-8 introduced.May 1947: Fukuin Denki is incorporated.January 1938: Fukuin Shokai Denki Seisakusho (precursor of Pioneer) is founded in Tokyo.1937: Pioneer's founder, Nozomu Matsumoto develops the A-8 dynamic speaker.You can help by converting this section, if appropriate. This section is in list format but may read better as prose. In June 2021, Voxx International announced that it had finalized a licensing agreement with the Pioneer and Pioneer Elite brands "for all markets, except China" as part of their acquisition of Onkyo. In September 2014, Pioneer agreed to sell Pioneer Home Electronics (Home A/V) to Onkyo, and in March 2015, Pioneer sold its DJ equipment business division to KKR, which resulted in the establishment of Pioneer DJ as a separate entity, independent of Pioneer. On June 25, 2009, Sharp Corporation agreed to form a joint venture on their optical business to be called Pioneer Digital Design and Manufacturing Corporation. In March 2010, Pioneer stopped producing televisions as announced on 12 February 2009. Most of Pioneer's shares are held by Mitsubishi. BMW, Volkswagen Group and Daimler AG of Germany jointly acquired a 3% ownership stake in Pioneer through a joint venture company called Here B.V.
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The company works with optical disc and display technology and software products and is also a manufacturer. Pioneer played a role in the development of interactive cable TV, the LaserDisc player, the first automotive Compact Disc player, the first detachable face car stereo, Supertuner technology, DVD and DVD recording, the first AV receiver with Dolby Digital, plasma display (with the last 2 years of plasma models being branded as Kuro, lauded for their outstanding black levels) and Organic LED display (OLED). The company was founded by Nozomu Matsumoto in Januin Tokyo as a radio and speaker repair shop.

Pioneer Corporation ( パイオニア株式会社, Paionia Kabushiki-gaisha) commonly referred to as Pioneer, is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Tokyo, that specializes in digital entertainment products.
