| 1972 |
SEIKOH GIKEN was established by CEO M.Takahashi in 1972 for the engineering
and fabrication of molds for precision sintered mechanical components used in automobile engines and
transmissions. |
| 1974 |
Head office/ factory moved to Kamagaya City, Chiba, Japan. |
| 1979 |
Bought land at 286-23, Matsuhidai, Matsudo City, Chiba, Japan. |
| 1980 |
Built Head office / factory at 286-23, Matsuhidai. |
| 1981 |
Started R&D of molds for high density MO Discs. |
| 1984 |
Started production of molds for high density MO Discs. |
| Bought extra land at 296-1,Matsuhidai. |
| 1985 |
Invented Disc molds with hot micro-coining process for high density
discs. (US Patent. 4,715,804) |
| 1986 |
Started R&D of optical devices for the optical fiber communication
industry. |
| Started production of PC connectors (Physical Contact connectors)
with backreflection light loss of less than -48dB for the first time in the world. |
| 1987 |
Started production of fiber polishing ma-chines (SFP 500) for forming
spherical convexes on optical fiber endfaces. (US Patent.4,831,784) |
| Signed contract on sales representation for optical products with
JDS OPTICS Inc,Canada (nowJDS Uniphase Corporation) |
| 1989 |
Started production of fiber polishing machines (SFP510) for forming
spherical convexes on optical fiber endfaces,operated by the combined polishing mechanism of orbit
motion and rotation. (US Patent 4,979,334) |
| 1990 |
Started production of APC connectors (Angled Physical Contact connectors)
with backreflection loss of less than -70dB for the first time in the world. |
| 1991 |
Started production of connectors with polarization maintaining fibers.
(US Patent. 4,747,659) |
| Started production of various types of optical attenuators. (US Patent.5,066,094) |
| 1992 |
Built the second factory at 296-1, Matsuhidai. |
| Acquired US Patent for the Stepped-Ferrules for the APC Connectors.
(US Patent. 5,140,660) |
| 1994 |
Started R&D of various optical devices for DWDM systems. |
| 1995 |
Fiber Optic Products Division obtained ISO9001 Certification. |
| 1997 |
The Stepped-Ferrule was registered as IEC Standard. (IEC 60874-14-6) |
| Started R&D of various types of optical switches for DWDM systems
and others. |
| 1999 |
Started production of wedged optical fibers for connecting pump LDs. |
| Signed contract on sales representation for optical products with
twelve Corporations in Europe. |
| 2000 |
Bought extra land at 415-2,Matsuhidai. IPO at JASDAQ. |
| Established SEIKOH GIKEN USA, INC. in Norcross, GA U.S.A. |
| 2001 |
Established SEIKOH GIKEN HANGZHOU CO., Ltd. in Hangzhou, Zhejiang,
China. |
| Built the 4th factory at 415-2, Matsuhidai. |
| Started production of fiber polishing machines (SFP-550S, SFP-550E)
for forming spherical convexes on optical fiber endfaces. |
| Built the 3th factory at 296-1, Matsuhidai. |
| The goodwill about a part sales and a maintenance of the optical disk
mold has taken over from overseas subsidiaries of Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. |
| Established SEIKOH GIKEN Co.,Ltd. TAIWAN BRANCH in Hsinchu,Taiwan. |
| 2002 |
Established SEIKOH GIKEN EUROPE GMBH in Dusseldorf, Germany. |
| 2003 |
Launch the sale of "Ferrule Mate" which is the Cleaner for
ferrule end-face inside an optical adaptor. |
| 2004 |
The location of the head office is changed into 296-1, Matsuhidai,
Matsudo-Shi, Chiba. |
| 2005 |
Acquired the certification of international standard ISO14001 of environmental management system. |
| The goodwill about the optical fiber product has taken over from Seiko Instruments Inc. and overseas subsidiaries of Seiko Instruments Inc. |
| 2006 |
Transferred to SEIKOH GIKEN DALIAN Co., Ltd. from Seiko Instruments Inc. and added in it as consolidated subsidiary. |
| Acquired the certification of Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) and BS7799. |
| The goodwill about the optical device business has taken over from NEC TOKIN Corporation. |
| Established SEIKOH GIKEN HONG KONG Co., Ltd in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoplefs Republic of China. |
| 2007 |
Mold Products Division obtained ISO 9001 certification of quality management system. |
| Obtained the ISO/IEC27001 certification of information security management system. |
| Relocated SEIKOH GIKEN EUROPE GmbH Head Quarters from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt. |
| 2009 |
Accepted the allocation of new shares to a third party undertaken by Milestone Co., Ltd. and made the company a consolidated subsidiary. |
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