Company History

About Ferrotec Holdings

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Company History

■1980～1989 Establishment - ferrofluid technology at our core

1980	Sep	Established in Minato ward, Tokyo for the purpose of import and sale of computer seals, vacuum seals, and ferrofluids.
1982	Dec	Completed Chiba plant in Yokaichiba, Chiba prefecture.
1988	Apr	Commenced manufacture of ferrofluids at Chiba plant.
1989	Mar	Completed Kamaishi plant in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture.

■1990～1999 Growth - actively expanding offshore.

1991	Jul	Established Nippon Ferrofluidics America Corporation (now Ferrotec (USA) Corporation) in Massachusetts, U.S.A.
1992	Jan	Established Hangzhou Dahe Thermo-Magnetic Electronics Co., Ltd. in Hangzhou, China.
1993	Dec	Relocated corporate headquarters to Taito ward, Tokyo.
1995	May	Established Shanghai Shenhe Thermo-Magnetic Electronics Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China, and started producing thermoelectric module material.
	Oct	On the occasion of the company’s 15th anniversary, changed company name from Nippon Ferrofluidics to Ferrotec Corporation.
1996	Oct	Listed stock on JASDAQ.
1997	Jul	Established Ferrotec Corporation Singapore Pte, Ltd.
1998	Jul	Took an equity interest in GSQ Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Ferrotec GSQ Corporation.
	Jul	Established Ferrotec Quartz Corporation.
	Oct	Established Ferrotec Precision Corporation.
1999	Nov	Acquired Ferrofluidics Corporation in a takeover bid (made a wholly-owned subsidiary in Jan 2000).

■2000～2009 Establish new revenue bases for further growth

2000	Feb	Completed new plant, Hangzhou, China.
2001	Jan	Merger of Ferrotec GSQ Corporation and Ferrotec Quartz Corporation.
	Mar	Acquired Isawa Tsushin Co., Ltd., now Ferrocom Corporation.
	Oct	Relocated corporate headquarters to Kyobashi, Tokyo.
2002	Feb	Acquired new subsidiary, Technosilicon Corporation.
	Sep	Established Diacelltec Corporation in a joint venture with Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
	Oct	Established Romanian subsidiary, Ferrotec Engineering SRL.
2003	Jan	Merged Ferrocom Corporation and Ferrotec Precision Corporation as Ferrotec Precision Corporation.
	Nov	Technology and capital alliance with Aliontek Corporation.
2004	Jul	Executed exclusive supply agreement for vacuum seals with German affiliate of U.S. firm, Applied Films.
	Oct	Acquired vacuum seal sales rights from Advanced Fluid Systems of the U.K.
2005	Mar	Split off machine assembling division and established Shanghai Hanhong Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
	May	Entered into business alliance with KSM Inc., Korean manufacturer of metal bellows products Completed third plant in Hangzhou, China.
	Jul	Acquired Russian thermo-electric module manufacturer, SCTB NORD.
2008	Jul	Established Ferrotec Ceramics Corporation.

■2010～ Growth - a company where progress brings joy

2010	Jan	Acquired the Temescal division of Edwards Vacuum, U.K.
	Apr	Merged with Ferrotec Quartz Corporation.
	Jul	Acquired Integrated Materials, Inc., U.S.A.
	Sep	Ferrotec, its Chinese subsidiary, and Covalent Materials Corporation established a joint venture company, Hangzhou Jingxin Technology Co., Ltd.
2011	Apr	Established Ferrotec (Tianjin) Technology Co.,Ltd., Ferrotec (Ningxia) New Energy Co., Ltd and Ferrotec (Ningxia) Advanced Quartz Material Co., Ltd.
	May	Relocated corporate headquarters to Nihonbashi, Tokyo.
	Oct	Merged with Ferrotec Silicon.
2013	Jul	The share was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ because of the merger between the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange.
2014	Jul	Established Hangzhou Dahe New Material Technology Co., Ltd., China.
	Sep	Transferred Aizu, Fukushima plant.
2015	Jun	Ferrotec (Sichuan) Technology Co., Ltd. was established in Neijiang, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China.
	Jul	Acquired ADMAP Inc.
	Dec	Ferrotec (Ningxia) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. was established in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China.
2016	Jul	Acquired Asahi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
	Dec	Ferrotec (Dalian) Technology Co., Ltd. was established in Dalian, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.
2017	Apr	Ferrotec Corporation (the trading name was changed from Ferrotec Corporation split preparation company) took over the manufacture and sales businesses due to the absorption-type company split, and the trading name was changed to Ferrotec Holdings.
	Sep	Hangzhou Semiconductor Wafer Co., Ltd. was established in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China.
	Dec	Ferrotec Technology (Anhui) Co., Ltd. was established in Tongling, Anhui Province, People's Republic of China.
2018	Mar	Ferrotec (Jiangsu) Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. was established in Dongtai, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China.
	May	Established Zhejiang Advanced Precision Co., Ltd. in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China.
	May	Established Zhejiang Advanced Thermo Electric Technology Co., Ltd. in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China.
	May	Ferrotec (Jiangsu) Quartz Technology Co., Ltd. was established in Dongtai, Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China.
	Jul	Acquired Lubi (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China.