Tosheba

//**Toshiba**//  **//Corporation//** //is a// multinationalelectronics //and// electrical equipment corporation //headquartered in// Tokyo//,// Japan//. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, and household appliances.// //In 2010, Toshiba was the world's// fifth-largest personal computer //vendor measured by revenues (after// Hewlett-Packard//,// Dell//,// Acer //and// Lenovo//).// //In the same year it was also the// world's fourth-largest manufacturer of semiconductors //by revenues (after// Intel Corporation//,// Samsung Electronics //and// Texas Instruments//.//   

//History: //

//Toshiba was founded by the merging of two companies in 1939.The first,// Tanaka Seisakusho //(Tanaka Engineering Works), was Japan's first manufacturer of// telegraph //equipment and was established by// Tanaka Hisashige //in 1875.////In 1904, its name was changed to// Shibaura Seisakusho //(//Shibaura//Engineering Works). Through the first part of the 20th century Shibaura Engineering Works became a major manufacturer of heavy electrical machinery as Japan modernized during the// Meiji Era //and became a world industrial power.//    // Products, services and standards: //

**//Laptop repairs//** //After becoming aware that some customers felt that the repair process for broken laptops was too long, Toshiba partnered with the// United Parcel Service //(UPS) to design a more efficient repair process. Customers are told to drop off their laptops at a UPS Store, from which they will be shipped to Toshiba for repairs and then sent back to the customer. The laptops are in fact shipped off to an authorized UPS-run repair facility in Louisville, Ky, where UPS repairs the laptops themselves and ships them back to the customer directly.//

 //Environmental record://

E-waste is something that negatively affects the environment due to improper discard of items such as computers, DVD players, and cell phones. Most e-waste is hazardous to the environment because of its tendency to release toxic materials, such as lead and mercury, into soil and water, which later affect human, animal, and vegetation health. Toshiba has been making efforts to lessen their impact on the environment. In March 2008, they tied for first place in Green peace’s seventh edition of its Guide to Greener Electronics that ranks electronics companies according to their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate change. Toshiba received 7.7 points out of ten points possible, showing its improvement in recycling and chemical use since the last edition when it was only ranked number six. Toshiba focused on improving their score in Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR), which measures how efficiently a company deals with e-waste that is created from their own products that are thrown away. media type="youtube" key="6h9sEnzeB2A" height="315" width="560" media type="custom" key="11976397"