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History of SHOWA SHINKU

1953 Establishment of the predecessor company, Omata Vacuum Machinery Research Center.
1955 Began manufacturing the 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 in Industrial Development from Kanagawa Prefecture for the oil rotary pump "MP-250".
1971 Moved the head office and factory to Ohnodai, Sagamihara City.
1974 Successfully developed the "SC-6SA" fully automatic vacuum-evaporation equipment for adjusting the frequencies of quartz crystal.
1975 Made the sales division independent by establishing Showa Shinku Co., Ltd.
1977 Made the machine processing division independent by establishing Showa Seiko Co., Ltd.
Developed multilayer vacuum-evaporation equipment for optical devices.
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.
1983 Constructed the Showa Shinku Kamimizo Factory (740m2) at Kamimizo, Sagamihara City.
1984 The "SFC-71M" vacuum-evaporation equipment for adjusting the frequency of MCFs received the first Kanagawa Industrial Technology Development grand prize.
1986 Recognized as an official Kanagawa Prefecture factory.
Completed the Ohnodai Factory Annex.
Kunimasa Omata took office as president.
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 Promotion grand prize.
1995 Successfully developed the "SPH-2500" sputtering equipment for electrode films on quartz crystals.
1996 Successfully developed the "SRM-2111C" in-line quartz frequency adjustment equipment for MCFs.
2000 Listed JASDAQ STOCK MARKET.
2001 Acquired ISO9001:2000 Certification.
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 [R&D].
2004 Constructed the Sagamihara Factory at Tana, Sagamihara City.
Established SHOWA PROCESS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. a subsidiary for research and development of optical thin films.
Renovated the Ohnodai Factory Annex and moved the sales office to a new building on the factory grounds.
2005 Moved the head office to the Sagamihara Factory.
Acquired ISO 14001:2004 Certification.
2006 Recognized as one of "300 Small and Medium Enterprises, Active manufacturers supporting Japan tomorrow" by Ministry of Economy, Trade and lndustry.
Took all stock in FEC CORPORATION to make it a subsidiary.
2008 The 50th anniversary of establishment ceremony was held in Tokyo Disneyland.
2010 Absorbed SHOWA PROCESS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
2011 The Frequency adjuster for quartz devices was recognized as "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", a frequency adjuster for quartz devices, received the 31st Business Prize of Kanagawa Industrial Technology Development Award.
2015 Established Hokuriku Service Center.
2016 Developed ALD equipment for optical devices "Genesis-AR Series" and Sputtering equipment for optical devices"AXIS-Series".
2018 Sold Ohnodai Parts Center.
Established Tohoku Service Center.
Recognized as “The Driving Company for the regional future“ by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
2020 Constructed the R&D Building (1,486m2) in Sagamihara Factory.
Recognized as one of "Global Niche Top Companies Selection 100" by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
2022 Made a transition to the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange with its market reorganization.