iiyama is a brand name of Mouse Computer Corporation (株式会社マウスコンピューター). It produces liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors and LED display panels. It was previously an independent Japanese computer electronics company called iiyama Corporation (株式会社イーヤマ) with its headquarters in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. iiyama was founded in 1972 by Kazuro Katsuyama, named after the city of Iiyama in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The company was bought in January 2006 by MCJ, which includes Mouse Computer Corporation. The headquarters of iiyama was moved to Europe in October 2008. The CEO since January 2006 has been Takeichi Shinji.
History
Founded in March 1972 as Iiyama Electric Corporation (飯山電機株式会社) by 23-year-old bank employee Kazuro Katsuyama, it first started manufacturing television boards and substrates for Mitsubishi at a local plant in Nagano Prefecture. They started producing black and white TVs in 1976 and color TVs in 1979, followed by computer monitors under its own brand name in 1981 which then became its main product range.
The company expanded to the Western market in 1987 and in the 1990s opened up offices in Philadelphia, Germany, Poland, France, UK, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Taiwan, and its international head office in the