Osaka Vacuum, Ltd. : Company Profile

1950	Osaka Vacuum, Ltd. is established in Osaka. Started manufacturing Oil-sealed Rotary Vacuum Pumps.
1959	Started manufacturing Roots Vacuum Pumps.
1962	Opened the Sakai Factory.
1971	Manufactured Turbo Molecular Pump (TMP) for the first time in Japan, T650A (Awarded 1st Vacuum Technology Award in 1976 for production of TMP in Japan).
1972	Opened the Hachioji Factory.
1980	Manufactured the largest steam Ejector for degassing (I.D. 2 m) in Japan.
1981	Manufactured the Large Scale Cryo Panel for the "Heriotron E" plasma experimental equipment in Kyoto University.
1982	Manufactured a Vacuum System for the Experimental Nuclear Fusion Reactor, JT60, for the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute.
1983	Manufactured the Compound Molecular Pump (CMP), TG550 and its series. (Awarded the 10th Vacuum Technology Award (1985) and the JSME Medal for New Technology (1986), both for development of the CMP.)
1985	Manufactured the Magnetically Suspended CMP, TG600M, and its series.
1988	Opened the Nabari Factory.
1991	Opened the California Office in San Jose, CA, USA.
1993	Manufactured the Magnetically Suspended CMP for XHV, TG1121M, which reached 10^-10Pa (Awarded the 20th Vacuum Technology Award (1995) for developing the MS CMP for XHV).
1996	Formed alliance with Cutes Corporation (Taiwan) for sales and repair & support of TMP. Opened Seoul Office in Seoul, Korea. Nabari Factory received ISO9002 certification.
1998	Formed alliance with Shin Won Precision Co. (currently Shin Won Tech. Co., Ltd., Korea) for repair & support of TMP. Developed the Dry Vacuum Pump, DSP80. Hachioji Factory received ISO9001 certification.
1999	Formed alliance with Sterling SIHI GmbH (Germany) for Dry Vacuum Pump business. Manufactured Any orientation type TMP, TG-F Series.
2000	The 50th anniversary of the establishment.
2001	Established Shanghai Osaka Vacuum in Shanghai, China. Manufactured the MS CMP for reaction product, the TG-MI Series.
2002	Opened the Shanghai Office. Manufactured the Full-digital type MS CMP.
2003	Sakai Factory received ISO9001 certification.
2004	Manufactured the Ultra-Low Vibration MS CMP, the TG-ML Series.
2005	Established Osaka Vacuum U.S.A., Inc. (California, USA) Shanghai Osaka Vacuum received ISO9001 certification (0105Q14285R0S/3100)
2006	Received ISO14001 certification (JQA: EM5143) Manufactured the Ultra-high Vacuum MS CMP, the TG-MU Series. Manufactured the Radiation-hardened MS CMP, the TG-MR Series.
2007	Formed alliance with Shikoku Taiyo Nippon Sanso Co., Ltd. for sales and consignment operation. Manufactured the CMP for Analysis and Measurement Systems, the TG70F.
2008	Manufactured the CMP for Analysis and Measurement Systems, the TG240F.
2009	Manufactured the Compact Dry Vacuum Pumps DSP series.
2010	Formed alliance with three companies (Azuma Technos Co., Ltd. , Kyushu Keisokki Co., Ltd. , and Todoroki Sangyo Co., Ltd.) for sales.