1953 | Establishment of the predecessor company, Omata Vacuum Machinery Research Center. |
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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. |