History

 

 

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October 2000 OXIDE is founded by Yasunori Furukawa as the first civil servant managed institution
May 2001 World’s first successful commercialization of Super LN/LT
April 2002 The Director Award for the 14th Annual Small and Medium-Enterprises New Technology/Product
July 2003 Technology Award from 32nd Annual Japan Crystal Growth Association Conference
September 2003 Formed capital and business alliance with Toshiba Ceramics Co.,Ltd
May 2005 New facilities opened and Head Office transferred to Mukawa, Hokuto city
November 2005 1st Tsukuba Best Entrepreneur Award
December 2005 Optical Devices business started
April 2006 METI “300 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises” Award
June 2006 Formed capital and business alliance with Nikon Corporation
August 2006 Formed capital and business alliance with KLA-Tencor Corporation
August 2006 Optical Modules business started
October 2007 Formed capital and business alliance with NTT Advanced Technology Corporation
March 2008 2nd factory built
July 2008 33rd Inoue Harushige Award
October 2008 Granted ISO 9001:2000 / JIS Q 9001:2000 Certification
December 2008 Formed capital alliance with Lasertec Corporation
July 2009 Monozukuri Nippon Grand Award (Special Award)
November 2009 1st Yamanashi Business Grand Prix Award
October 2010 Yokohama Branch opened and started DUV Laser business
November 2010 Symposium Commemorating 10th Anniversary
April 2011 Encouragement Award of the Laser Society Industry Awards
April 2012      Kubota Lab and Miyazawa Lab established
February 2013 New lineup of 266nm laser products are released
April 2013 New lineup of Dr.SPECKLE are released
March 2014 METI ″Global Niche Top Companies Selection 100″ Award
March 2015 Scintillator Crystal business started
April 2015 Dr. SPECKLE won The Laser Sosiety Industory Award
July 2015 3rd factory built
December 2015 Symposium Commemorating 15th Anniversary
January 2016 Dr. SPECKLE won The Prize of Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry
April 2018 OXIDE’s CW DUV lasers won The Laser Industry Award 2018 Prize
August 2018 VUV Laser business started
June 2019 Signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement with NKT Photonics
February 2021 The Grand Prix of Forbes JAPAN SMALL GIANTS AWARD
April 2021 The company is listed on the Mothers Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
October 2021 Formed capital and business alliance with UJ-Crystal Corporation
April 2022 Transitioned listing from Mothers of the Tokyo Stock Exchange(the”TSE”) to the “Growth Market” of the TSE upon its market segment restructure
April 2022 Industry Award of the Laser Society Industry Awards
May 2022 Formed capital and business alliance with LQUOM Corporation
November 2022 JACG(the Japanese Association for Crystal Growth) Industrial Achievement Award
January 2023 Monozukuri Nippon Grand Award
January 2023 The acquisition of the shares of Raicol Crystals Ltd., which will become a subsidiary
January 2023 Additional investment in LQUOM Corporation
February 2023 Formed capital and business alliance with HTCS
March 2023 Completed stock transfer of Raicol Crystals Ltd.
March 2023 Signed MoU with NIMS to support startups
March 2023 Completion of 4th and 5th factories
September 2024 Completion of Phase 2 construction of 4th factory