History

October 2000 | OXIDE is founded by Yasunori Furukawa as the first civil servant managed institution |
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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 |