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

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."