Topre Corporation

Topre Corporation

File:Topre Logo.svg
Type	Corporation
Founded	April 30, 1935
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Employees	2,302
Website	www.topre.co.jp

Topre is a Japanese engineering company that makes pressing parts, air conditioning equipment, computer parts and various other electronic and electro-mechanical devices. Topre is known among mechanical keyboard enthusiasts for its development of the Topre capacitive switch. This switch is found on many keyboards (mainly Japanese-made) including the Topre-made Realforce and the HHKB Professional made by PFU. Topre started making keyboards in 1983<ref>Internet Archive: Wayback Machine - Snapshot of zdnet.co.jp article on Topre keyboards</ref>

An illustration of the first ever Topre capacitive keyboard prototype can be seen on page 202 of Hyakkei PC (パソコン百景) monthly Vol.27, dated February, 2003<ref>Hyakkei PC monthly, Vol.27 excerpt - Realforce 106 article</ref>

Products

• Topre switches
• Topre keyboards

Gallery

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  Topre prototype from Showa 56 (1981) as illustrated in Hyakkei PC monthly Vol.27
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  Topre prototype on display in Topre's Sagamihara plant where Realforce keyboards are made
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  Topre prototype from the top, showing the layout and legends

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