History

Pulstec Industrial Co., Ltd. was incorporated at Hikumacho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, with the capital stock of 500,000 yen, with a view to manufacturing/selling electronic equipment.

Transferred the headquarters plant to Sodecho, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Pref.

Launched mass production of parts-mounted printed circuit boards for air conditioners.

Established Hokuryo Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.　by spinning the mass production division off.

Opened Hamakita Plant, a new manufacturing plant, at Ono, Hamakita City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

R&D for functional inspection equipment for component-mounted printed circuit boards was subsidized by Shizuoka Prefecture, and actual development work started.

Organized an R&D Project targeting to strengthen our R&D system, and started to develop our own products.

Successfully developed in-circuit tester "ICT-8000 Series".

Successfully developed automatic adjustment system for component-mounted printed circuit board "CASY-2000".

Successfully developed evaluation system for optical pick-up head on CD player "O-PAS1000".

Opened Tokyo Sales Office at Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo.

A new R&D section was established in Tokyo Sales Office to strengthen the development activities for new products related to optical disc.

Completed new headquarters plant at Higashi Mikatacho, Hamamatsu　city, Shizuoka Pref. and consolidated the existing headquarters and Hamakita Plant into one.

Developed image-processing equipment "PAMS3000".

Developed functional inspection Equipment for component-mounted printed circuit board (function tester) "U-FUN1600".

The R&D section was moved to the headquarters plant in order to enhance and optimize development environment.

Developed a drive unit for evaluation of optical disc "DDU-1000".

Analog RGB Code Signal Inspection System was subsidized by Shizuoka Prefecture, and actual development work started.

Established Pastel Co., Ltd. targeting to design, produce and sell printed circuit boards.

Technological promotion section was opened within the company's Tokyo Sales Office with the aim of collecting data and information of new products and technologies.

Developed a new type of in-circuit tester "Series 700".

Tokyo Sales Office was moved to Shiba Daimon, Minato-ku, Tokyo.

Opened Hosoe Technology Center in Hosoecho, Inasa-gun, Shizuoka Pref.

Successfully developed automatic adjustment system for optical pick-up head on CD player "O-PAS1100F".

Opened Osaka Sales Office at Esakacho, Suita City, Osaka.

Successfully developed the functional inspection equipment for component-mounted printed circuit board "F-900".

Merged with Hokuryo Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Entrusted by the Shizuoka Science and Technology Foundation, which is a prefectural foundation, started to develop optical disc standard analysis system as one of "industrial-academic joint R&D projects".

Development Department was established to strengthen our development activities.

Our R&D activities for non-contact three-dimensional scanner were selected by the Shizuoka Science and Technology Foundation as the "industrial-academic joint R&D project", and the relevant development activities started.

Successfully developed CD-R disc tester "OMT-2000x4".

Enlarged the headquarters plant building to increase our production capacity and to ensure the full potential of headquarters functions.

Developed a drive unit for DVD disk evaluation (world standard).

Established Pulstec USA, Inc. in Torrance, California, USA.

Developed Evaluation System for optical pickup head on DVD drive "O-PAS1000A".

Developed automatic adjustment system for optical pickup head on DVD drive "O-PAS1100F".

Developed evaluation system for DVD-ROM disc "DDU-1000 STEP-II".

Company went public on the over-the-counter stock market.

Opened DVD Disc Evaluation Center (D.E.C.) at Hosoe Technology Center, Aichi.

Developed three dimensional scanner "TDS Series".

Moved Osaka Sales Office to Hiroshibacho, Suita City, Osaka.

Developed parts mount checker "PMC-1000".

Tokyo Sales Office was moved to Ohsaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.

Our System Group obtained ISO9001-1994 certification.

Developed DVD tester player "SDP-1000".

Second plant was opened in Hosoe Technology Center.

All our domestic offices and plants have been qualified for ISO9001-1994.

Developed an initializer for phase change disc "ODI-1000".

Opened Europa Office in Swindon, UK.

All our domestic plants have received certification for ISO14001-1996.

Pulstec stock listed in 2nd Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange Market.

Developed 12x-speed CD-R/RW disk tester "RDC-12x".

Developed small diameter high density MO disc tester.

Opened Beijing Office in China.

Developed 2x-speed DVD tester player "SDP-2000".

Started sales and support of Medical Information System.

Established Pulstec Tianjin International Trade Co., Ltd. in free trade area of Tianjin, China.

Concluded License Agreement with Optware Corp. on Media Evaluation System applying Hologram Recording Technology.

Developed optical disc evaluation system "ODU-1000".

Developed DVD-R prewriting system "DPW-A05".

Developed collinear holographic media evaluation system "SHOT-1000".

Developed next generation optical pickup head evaluation system "OPU-1000".

Established Pulstec (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. in Beijing, China.

Developed optical pickup head for blue-ray disc evaluation System.

Developed initializer "ODI-2000".

Developed NBCA Writer for CPRM on DVD-R drive type "CARVEX".

Developed holographic recording material system "SHOT-500".

Developed optical disc (Blu-ray/HD DVD) automatic evaluation system "ODU-1000 (BDT/HDT)".

Developed DVD-R/RW disc tester "EXA-16".

Developed HVD evaluation system "SHOT-2000".

Developed 3-Dimensional scanner using grating pattern projection method "FSCAN".

Developed BCA writer system "CARVEX-BW10".

Developed optical alignment system for pickup heads "HS-1".

Developed three dimensional scanner for CMM, "TDS-PH".

Developed wavefront sensor "PWS-1000/2000".

Nano-engineering Optical System "NEO-500" was developed in cooperation with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).

Developed prewriting system "DHA-4000".

Developed "BD/HD MASTER".

Developed DVD data checker "DDM-10".

Developed BCA writer for BD "CARVEX-BW50".

Developed three dimensional body scanner "CAPSULAR 3D".

Developed in-line BCA writer "BW50" with BCA inspection function.

Developed in-line BCA writer "CARVEX BW10-Blue" with violet laser.

Developed lens unit check and adjustment system "Lucas".

Developed units with laser source beams 488nm and 532nm.

Developed defect check handler system for BD-ROM/R/RE "DHA-ERC3".

Developed optical pickup head evaluation system for R&D experiments, "PAL-100".

Developed low-cost pickup evaluation system for mass production, "O-PAS100".

Developed SER checker for BD.

Dissolved Pastel Co., Ltd., which was Pulstec's subsidiary.

Developed low cost optical disk checker "HR-1000".

Developed solar power generation type LED street light, "PAL Solar".

Developed BD MASTER stamper evaluation system.

Developed BW50P BCA writer handler system "BWS-1000".

Moved the company's head office to Hosoecho, Hamana-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Pref.

Moved the company's Tokyo Sales Office to Nishigotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.

Developed three-dimensional scanner for CMM "TDS-H".

Developed signal evaluation unit for multilayered BD, "SD3".

Developed optical disc checker, "DC-1000".

Developed "BDXL-MASTER" based on BDXL Specifications.

Developed "BD-MASTER" (2x speed).

Received the 5th Monozukuri Nippon Grand Award (sponsored by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun) by "Development of Endoscopic Surgery Navigator".

Developed nano-wave profile measurement unit "LUCAS-Nuk".

Acquired medical approval for Operation Navigation System equipped with FSCAN.

Developed portable X-ray residual stress analyzer "µ-X360".

Developed transparent object thickness and surface waviness measurement unit "HM-1000".

Developed portable X-ray residual stress analyzer "µ-X360n" for narrow space.

Developed retained austenite measurement software.

Developed electrochemical polisher.

Developed high speed real-time PCR system "Puls-QPCR".

Developed portable X-ray residual stress analyzer "µ-X360n" that is equipped with a vanadium X-ray tube.

Developed compact high-speed wavefront sensor "PWS-500".

Developed three-dimensional scanner "TDS-L".

Developed eccentricity checker "EC-1000".

Prizewinning the "Improvement of Nondestructive Inspection Technology" by the Japan Society for Nondestructive Inspection.

Obtained medical device manufacturing license in Japan.

Developed oscillation jig for "µ-X360n".

Developed portable X-ray residual stress measuring equipment "µ-X360n Long Range" that provides a longer measuring distance.

Prizewinning the Innovative Technology Award from the Japan Society for Technology of Plasticity.

Acquired ISO13485 Certification for Quality Management System in the Medical Field.

Developed "UHD MASTER" for super high-definition standard.

Closed the company's Europe Office.

Prizewinning Top Runner Grand Prix of Hamamatsu City New Energy and Energy Saving Support.

Acquired the Certification of NI Alliance Partner by National Instruments Japan Corporation.

Developed the world's lightest and smallest portable X-ray residual stress analyzer "µ-X360s".

Developed triaxial oscillation jig for "µ-X360s".

Developed ultra-compact X-ray residual stress analyzer with a separate type measurement sensor head.

Developed µ-X360s tri-axial oscillation measurement system using a general-purpose robot.

Developed µ-X360s for grain‐oriented electrical steel sheet measurement system using a general-purpose robot.

Be listed as "The Driving Company for the regional future" by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

Developed new product "muraR", which is Non-Contact Surface Hardness Variation Scanner, as World's first.

Certified "Next-generation support certification" called "Kurumin" by Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare.

Developed residual stress mapping system using a robot arm with a portable X-ray residual stress analyzer "μ-X360s".

Prizewinning "Grand Prize of Monozukuri Award" from The Japan Society for Precision Engineering.

Certified the second "Kurumin" certification as a childcare support company from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Obtained Class III medical device manufacturing and marketing licence in Japan.

Relocation of Pulstec USA, Inc. to Novay, Michigan, USA.

Developed X-ray Single Crystal Orientation System "s-Laue".

Received certification as an Excellent Health Management Corporation 2023 (Small and Medium-Sized Corporation Category).

Developed Hardened-layer thickness measurement system "Hardness EYE".

Received certification as an Excellent Health Management Corporation 2024 (Small and Medium-Sized Corporation Category).