Corporate Information, Brief history
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Corporate Information
| Trade name | atect Corp. |
|---|---|
| Foundation | October 10, 1959 |
| Establishment | April 23, 1969 |
| Head office location | 3275-1, Kami-haneda-cho, Higashi-omi City, Shiga Pref. TEL:0748-20-3400 FAX:0748-20-3401 |
| Capitalization | 775,841,000 yen |
| Related companies | atect Korea Corp. atect Engineering Corp. |
| CEO | Makoto Ohnishi |
| Directors | Takaki Sugiyama Masanobu Ishiyama Kenta Fukui |
| Auditors | Yoshihisa Higuchi Kuniharu Kusachi Ryouko Hashimoto |
| Operating officer | Yoshitaka Fukushima Tsuyoshi Yokota Akira Tokumoto Masanobu Momoi Atsushi Wada |
| Number of employees | Non-consolidated: 55 [16], consolidated: 101 [40] (As of March 31, 2018) *Number of full-time employees; part-time and temporary workers are indicated in brackets [ ]. |
| Bank | MUFG Bank Sumitomo Mitsui Bank Shiga Bank Shoko Chukin Bank Japan Finance Corporation |
Brief history
The company’s predecessor made buttons for clothes, I-type submarines, and insulator parts for thermosetting resins on train cars before World War II.
In October 1959, it began manufacturing as the Dainichi Kasei industrial factory. It started making a wide range of objects including a plastic mold business, cocks for gas appliances, cosmetics containers, and cam designs for sewing machines. To improve accuracy, we began to make molds in house.
After that, it expanded into plastic film speaker vibration plates. On April 23, 1969, it incorporated as Dainichi Kasei Corp.
- April, 1969
- Establishment of Dainichi Kasei Corp.
- April, 1990
- Began manufacturing spacer tape.
- March, 1994
- Began manufacturing petri dishes.
- May, 1996
- The petri dish division split off as Full-Steri Corp. and made a new factory.
- 1999
- Began selling agar petri dishes and kits.
- May, 2003
- Newly integrated the headquarters, factory and warehouse. Name was changed to atect Corp.
- March, 2004
- Acquired ISO9001 certification.
- June, 2006
- Acquired ISO14001 certification.
- June, 2006
- Listed shares on JASDAQ.
- October, 2006
- Established atect Korea Corp.
- 2009
- Started Powder Injection Mold (PIM) business.
- January, 2010
- Established atect Progressive and Innovative Manufacturing Corp.
- September, 2010
- Established 上海昂統快泰商貿有限公司 in Shanghai.
- October, 2016
- atect Progressive and Innovative Manufacturing Corp. changed its name to atect Engineering Corp.
- April, 2017
- The headquarters was moved to Higashi-omi City, Shiga Prefecture.
- june, 2021
- Introduced executive officer system and launched new system.