History

Company History/1970

1971.12
Along with business expansion, relocated its headquarters to Nishiaketa-cho, Higashi-Kujo, Minami-ku, Kyoto.
1974.09
Awarded Grand Prize at a trade show in Leipzig, East Germany for simple blood glucose meter (EYETONE).
1974.12
Awarded Kyoto City Award for Invention for Rapid Blood Analyzer (RaBA-3010) and simple blood glucose meter (EYETONE).
1975.05
Closes contract with Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for sales of automatic urine analyzer (AUTION ANALYZER UA-6).
1975.06
Establishment of Tokyo sales office
1975.09
Awarded Grand Prize at a trade show in Brno, Czechoslovakia for simple blood glucose meter (EYETONE) for the second year in a row.
1977.04
Establishment of direct sales organization
1977.07
Establishment of international sales department
1978.01
Completion of the first construction stage of Imazu Factory in Imazu-cho, Takashima-Gun, Shiga
1979.05
Closes contract with Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for sales of simple blood ammonia test reagent kit (AMITEST).
1979.09
Closes contract with Miles-Sankyo Co. for sales of simple blood glucose meter (DEXTROMETER).
1979.12
Completion of the second construction stage of Imazu Factory

Product History/1970

1970.03
Development of Rapid Blood Analyzer "RaBA-3010" Introduces the world's first digital display for clinical laboratory test instruments
1970.04
Development of simple blood glucose meter "EYETONE"
1972.11
Development of reflectometer for urine analysis "AUTION ANALYZER/UA-6" and its test strip "URIFLET"
1973.03
Development of simple water pollution analyzer "VOLGA-110" and its test reagent "VOLGA KIT"
1976.07
Development of blood glucose analyzer "GLUCOLYZER/GA-1000" and its test reagent "POLAZYME"
1977.05
Development of medical reflectometer for simple blood biochemical testing "EYETONE MARK II" and its test strip "HEMAGRAPH/BUN/Bilirubin"
1977.09
Development of plasma-specific protein supersensitive NEPHELOMETER "LSA-290"
1978.04
Development of plasma coagulation analyzer "COAGSTAT"
1978.10
Development of simple blood glucose meter with built-in microcomputer "DEXTROMETER"
1979.04
Development of continuous blood glucose analyzer "GLUCOSE MONITOR/GM-3010"
1979.08
Development of automatic osmotic pressure analyzer "Osmotic pressure AUTO&STAT/OM-6010"
1979.10
Releases automatic PSP analyzer
"PSP-AUTO/PSP-3010."