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