History

1953	Establishment of the predecessor company, Omata Vacuum Machinery Research Center.
1955	Began manufacturing the oil rotary vacuum pump “MP-250”. Oil rotary vacuum pump MP-250
1958	Established Showa Shinku Kikai (Showa Vacuum Machinery) Co., Ltd.
1960	Successfully developed the first vacuum evaporation equipment for quartz crystal.
1961	Successfully developed the first vacuum evaporation equipment for optical devices.
1967	Received the Award for Excellence at the industrial exhibition from Kanagawa Prefecture for the oil rotary pump “MP-250”.
1971	Moved the head office and factory to Ohnodai, Sagamihara City. Newly built former Sagamihara Factory
1974	Successfully developed the “SC-6SA” fully automatic vacuum evaporation equipment for adjusting frequency of quartz crystal. SC-6SA
1975	Made the sales division independent by establishing Showa Shinku Co., Ltd. Showa Shinku company building completed
1977	Made the machine processing division independent by establishing Showa Seiko Co., Ltd. Developed multilayer vacuum evaporation equipment for the optical parts market.
1978	Developed fully automatic vacuum evaporation equipment for adjusting the frequency of quartz watches. Concluded a cooperative operations contract with Nihon Shinku Gijutsu Co., Ltd. (ULVAC, lnc.) for the primary purpose of technical cooperation. Changed the name of Showa Shinku Kikai (Showa Vacuum Machinery) Co., Ltd. to Showa Shinku Co., Ltd.
1979	Completed a full model change of the “SGC-22SA” multilayer evaporation equipment for optical devices. SGC-22SA
1983	Constructed the Showa Shinku Kamimizo Factory (740 m2) at Kamimizo, Sagamihara City. Newly constructed Kamimizo Factory
1984	The “SFC-71M” vacuum evaporation equipment for adjusting the frequency of MCFs received the first Kanagawa Industrial Technology Development Award grand prize.
1986年	Recognized as an official Kanagawa Prefecture factory. Completed the Ohnodai Factory Annex. Kunimasa Omata took office as president. Completed the Ohnodai Factory Annex.
1991	Recognized as a model factory by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency.
1994	The “SRC-01” mini-in-line high-frequency, high precision quartz adjustment equipment received the 11th Kanagawa Industrial Technology Development Award Encouragement Prize.
1995	Successfully developed the “SPH-2500” sputtering equipment for base electrode films on quartz crystals.
1996	Successfully developed the “SRM-2111C” in-line quartz frequency adjustment equipment for MCFs.
1997	Changed the kanji spelling of the company name (Showa Shinku Co., Ltd.). The cooperative operations contract with Nihon Shinku Gijutsu Co., Ltd. (ULVAC Inc.) for the primary purpose of technical cooperation was terminated, and a new business agreement was concluded regarding sales activities, advertising, and exhibition participation in the People’s Republic of China.
2000	The company’s shares were listed on the JASDAQ (over-the-counter) market. Listed on the over-the-counter market with the Japan Securities Dealers Association
2001	Acquired the ISO9001:2000 Certification for all business locations.
2002	Established Showa Shinku Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. Established Sansei-Showa Co., Ltd. USA, in Ohio, USA.
2003	Established Showa Shinku Machinery Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China. Successfully developed the “SEC-08C” vacuum coater for organic EL element evaluation.
2004	Constructed the Sagamihara Factory. Established SHOWA PROCESS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., a research subsidiary for optical thin films.C124 Renovated the Ohnodai Factory Annex and moved the sales office to a new building on the factory grounds.
2005	Moved head office to Sagamihara Factory. Acquired the ISO14001:2004 Certification. At the time of completion of the first phase of construction
2006	Recognized as one of “300 Small and Medium Enterprises, Active manufacturers supporting Japan tomorrow” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Acquired all stocks in FEC CORPORATION to make it a subsidiary. Selected as one of “300 Small and Medium Enterprises, Active manufacturers supporting Japan tomorrow”
2008	The 50th anniversary of establishment ceremony was held in Tokyo Disneyland.
2010	Absorbed SHOWA PROCESS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
2011	The frequency adjustment equipment for quartz devices was recognized as “Outstanding industrial technology in nine prefectures and cities”. Outstanding industrial technology in nine prefectures and cities
2012	Sold Ohnodai Factory Annex and sales office. Moved Sales division to Head Office / Sagamihara Factory.
2014	Sold Fujimi property (land and building). “SFE-B03”, the frequency adjustment equipment for quartz devices, received the Business Prize of the 31st Kanagawa Industrial Technology Development Award.
2015	Established Hokuriku Service Center.
2016	Developed ALD equipment for optical thin films “Genesis-AR Series” and sputtering equipment for optical thin films “AXIS-Series”.
2018	Sold Ohnodai Parts Center. Established Tohoku Service Center. Selected as “The Driving Company for the regional future” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
2020	Constructed the R&D Building (1,486m²) in Sagamihara Factory. R&D Building (Building F)
2020	Selected for “Global Niche Top Companies Selection 100” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Recognized as one of “Global Niche Top Companies Selection 100”
2022	Due to a review of the Tokyo Stock Exchange market classification, the company moved from JASDAQ (Standard) to the Standard Market.