About Sonar Safety Systems

Sonar Safety Systems is part of the Tanhay family of companies. Sonar Safety Systems was created to fill the specific need of backup safety for fleets within any industry. With manufacturing based in Korea, our customers can be assured of the highest quality systems with the most up to date technology at low prices. Below you will find a timeline of major events associated with Tanhay Corp. and Sonar Safety Systems.

MAY 1973 Eastern Bamboo Corp. established
JAN 1979 Tanhay Pneumatics Corporation established
MAY 1980 US operation was opened and established to provide Vehicle Backing-up Safety Systems
in CA as EBI (Eastern Bamboo International, Inc.)
MAY 1990 Tanhay Cultural Center opens
DEC 1992 Trademark "HINDSIGHT 20/20" Registered Reg.#1,742,908: Serial#74-259,465
NOV 1993 Construction completion of Tanhay Corp. Chupungryung office low-temperature
warehouse and local specialty product sales department complex
OCT 1994 Received award from the Minister of Commerce for the localization of machinery parts
and materials
DEC 1994 Technology research center was established and certification acquired
July 1995 Company’s name is changed to Sonar Safety Systems, Inc.
DEC 1995 Awarded “The Best Businessman of the Year” (CEO : Juseph Uhm)
(Korea Industry Development Research)
DEC 1995 Acquired “EM mark for Superior Machine Parts and Materials”
from the National Industrial & Technology Center
APR 1996 Acquired “K” mark certification by Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH)
DEC 1996 Acquired ISO 9001/9002 certification issued by KSA-QA-Korea Quality Certification Center
NOV 1997 Acquired “CE“ mark certification
MAY 1999 Awarded 1st prize in industrial productivity by the Minister of Commerce,
Industry and Energy
MAY 1999 Chosen as one of the superior ranked corporations for productivity improvement
by the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy
MAY 2000 Awarded 1st prize in industrial productivity by the Minister of Commerce,
Industry and Energy.
  Awarded 1st prize in industrial productivity by the Prime Minister of Korea
(CEO,Juseph Uhm).
JAN 2001 Stock listed on the KOSDAQ
JUL 2004 Awarded 1st prize in “the superior ranked patent products”
DEC 2004 Trademark "HINDSIGHT 20/20" re-registered Reg.#3,039,744: Serial#76- 626,338
under Sonar Safety Systems, Inc.
DEC 2005 Acquired Patent " SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SURROUNDINGS OF VEHICLE
from original inventor Young Jo Lee of Tanhay Corporation,
South Korea.: Patent #10-2005-0118571
MAR 2006 Award of the Director of the office of National Tax Administration (President,Jay Uhm)
July 2006 Launched Rear View Camera System, CS-550 later upgraded through CS-712
March 2007 Launched Sensor & Camera Combo System [HCS-700], Patent Registered
by Tanhay Corporation, Manufacturer :Patent #10-0696362
SEP 2007 Trademark "Hindsight Camera" registered: Reg. No. 3,288,965 :serial#78/792563
DEC 2011 Launched Rear View Camera System, CSD-500