| 40' |
1949 |
Tokyo Seimitsu Kogu Co., Ltd. is established Appoints Kozo Tojima as chairman |
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| 50' |
1950 |
Appoints Gonzo Isahaya as chairman |
| 1951 |
Commences manufacture and sale of measuring machines using mechanical gauges |
| 1952 |
Develops Japan's first flow type air micrometer |
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| 1955 |
Appoints Makoto Takagi as chairman |
| 1957 |
- Develops Japan's first LVDT type electric micrometer Establishes Daiichi Seiki Co., Ltd.
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| 1958 |
Develops Japan's first germanium pellet auto-sorter |
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| 60' |
1962 |
- Renames the Company as Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.
- Stock is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 2nd Section
- Develops surface texture measuring instrument
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| 1963 |
- Develops Japan's first wafer slicing machine Opens Hachioji Plant
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| 1964 |
- Develops first wafer probing machine in Japan Commences sales of turn-key plant and production technology for electric and air micrometers to China
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| 1967 |
Develops cylindrical form measuring instruments |
| 1969 |
- Establishes Tosei Engineering Service Co., Ltd.
- Opens Tsuchiura Plant
- Develops Japan's first coordinate measuring machine
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| 70' |
1970 |
Develops wafer dicing machine |
| 80' |
1980 |
Appoints Akira Miura as chairman |
| 1985 |
Establishes Tosei Systems Co., Ltd. jointly with CEC as a software development group |
| 1986 |
- Stock is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section
- ppoints Goro Imazawa as chairman
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| 1987 |
Establishes Research Laboratory |
| 1988 |
Appoints Shozaburo Karube as chairman |
| 1989 |
- Establishes TOKYO SEIMITSU EUROPE GmbH (GERMANY) and TOKYO SEIMITSU AMERICA, INC. (USA)
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| 90' |
1992 |
- Appoints Hideo Ohtsubo as chairman
- Acquires Silicon Technology Corporation (STC) of the United States
- Establishes TSK Service Center in Korea
- Renames Daiichi Seiki Co., Ltd. as Micro Technologies Co., Ltd.
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| 1994 |
- ISO 9001 certification is awarded to the Hachioji and Tsuchiura Plants
- Hachioji Plant attains business license under the traceability system of the Measurement Law for the calibration of the "length measurement laser"
- Establishes Beijing Representative Office is established
- Establishes TOKYO SEIMITSU (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
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| 1995 |
- Tsuchiura Plant attains business license under the traceability system of the Measurement Law for the calibration of the "block gauge"
- Sets up Sanmenxia Zhongyuan Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. as a joint venture enterprise with Zhongyuan Measuring Instrument Co., Ltd. of China
- Establishes TSK AMERICA, INC. and TSK MANUFACTURING COMPANY in the United States
- Enters into partnership with Carl Zeiss in the field of high precision measuring instruments
- Concludes licensing agreement with Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. of the United States for the sale of dicing machines
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| 1996 |
- Receives "10 BEST Award" for "Customer satisfaction with a semiconductor equipment supplier" (Survey by VLSI Research Inc.)
- Establishes TSK Technical Center in Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Establishes TOKYO SEIMITSU (ISRAEL) LTD.
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| 1997 |
- Opens New Nagoya Plant of Tosei Engineering
- Receives "10 BEST Award" for 2nd consecutive year
- Establishes TOKYO SEIMITSU (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
- Integrates U.S. subsidiaries into TSK AMERICA, INC.
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| 1998 |
- Hachioji and Tsuchiura plants obtain ISO 14001 certification
- Receives "10 BEST Award" for 3rd consecutive year
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| 1999 |
- Inaugurates new head office of Tosei Engineering in Tsuchiura
- Reorganizes MICRO TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. into TSK MICRO TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. to support the development, manufacture and sale of wafer inspection systems
- Establishes TSK FINANCE CO., LTD.
- Receives "10 BEST Award" for 4th consecutive year
- Initiates business partnership for wire saws and related devices with HCT of Switzerland
- Unveils New symbol mark at SEMICON Japan
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| 00' |
2000 |
- Signs sole Japanese dealership contract for 3D vision systems with CogniTens of Israel
- Receives "10 BEST Award" for 5th consecutive year
- Establishes LEEPL Corp. with U.S. company Nanolith, L.L.C. and ANGEL Labs Corp.
- Develops wafer inspection system
- Develops world's first polish grinder
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| 2001 |
- Introduces corporate brand "ACCRETECH"
- Opens new Hachioji Main Plant Building
- Receives "10 BEST Award" for 6th consecutive year
- Establishes LEEPL Technology Consortium
- Establishes TSK Box Corp.
- Establishes TSK MICRO TECHNOLOGIES KOREA CO., LTD.
- Tosei Engineering Corporation stock is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange 2nd Section
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| 2002 |
- Introduces Executive Officer System and In-House Company System at Semiconductor Company, Metrology Company and Administration Company
- Establishes ACCRETECH (CHINA) CO., LTD., an affiliated company in China
- Renames TSK MICRO TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. as ACCRETECH MICRO TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
- Renames TSK FINANCE CO., LTD. as ACCRETECH FINANCE CO., LTD.
- Renames TSK AMERICA, INC. as ACCRETECH USA, INC.
- Renames TOKYO SEIMITSU (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. as ACCRETECH (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD.
- Renames TOKYO SEIMITSU (ISRAEL) LTD. as ACCRETECH (ISRAEL) LTD.
- Renames TOKYO SEIMITSU (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. as ACCRETECH (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
- Renames TSK MICRO TECHNOLOGIES KOREA CO., LTD. as ACCRETECH MICRO TECHNOLOGIES KOREA CO., LTD.
- Receives "10 Best Award" in two categories: Test & Material Handling Equipment category (7th consecutive year) and Assembly Equipment category (first time)
- Develops next-generation wafer inspection systems in conjunction with Hitachi High Technologies Corp.
- Jointly develops new laser dicing equipment, MAHOHDICING MACHINE, for semiconductor manufacturing equipment market, together with Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
- Develops Chemical Mechanical Planarizer (CMP)
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| 2003 |
- Separates Roles of Chairman & C.E.O. and President & C.O.O.
- Appoints Hideo Ohtsubo as Chairman & C.E.O.
- Appoints Sadakatsu Suzuki as President & C.O.O.
- Receives "10 BEST Award" in two categories: Test & Material Handing Equipment category (8th consecutive year), Assembly Equipment category (2nd consecutive year; ranked No.1)
- Develops E-beam lithography system
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| 2004 |
Receives "10 BEST Award" in two categories: Test & Material Handing Equipment category (9th consecutive year), Assembly Equipment category (3rd consecutive year; ranked No.1) |
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| 2005 |
- New Semiconductor Plant Hachioji Completed
- New Measuring Instrument Plant in Tsuchiura Completed
- Receives "10 BEST Award" in two categories: Test & Material Handing Equipment category (10th consecutive year), Assembly Equipment category (4th consecutive year; ranked No.1)
- Sadakatsu Suzuki, President & C O O, named President C E O & C O O
- Hideo Ohtsubo, former Chairman and present Principal Adviser, became the first foreigner to be bestowed the title of Honorary Adviser of the CSIA(China Semiconductor Industry Association)
- Renewed partnership agreement with Carl Zeiss for another 5 years
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| 2006 |
Receives "10 BEST Award" in two categories: Test & Material Handing Equipment category (11th consecutive year), Assembly Equipment category (5th consecutive year; ranked No.1)
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| 2007 |
- Establishment of Accretech Korea Co., Ltd.
- MAHOH DICING MACHINE was granted the Chairman' Award of The Japan Machinery Federation at its 27th JMF Award for Energy-Conserving Machinery.
- Received the "10 BEST Awards" in two categories:
awarded for 12 consecutive years in the Test & Material Handing Equipment category, and for 6 consecutive years in the Assembly Equipment category
- Obtained a business license at Tsuchiura Plant under the traceability system of the Measurement Law for the calibration of the "length measurement laser" and "3D Coordinate Measuring Machine"
- Separation of roles of C E O & C O O
- Kazuo Fujimori named C O O
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