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Corporate History

1958 Established Hakusan Kogyosho in Fuchu City, Tokyo;
Began development and sale of metal slitters
1971 Began manufacture and sale of roll slitters
1973 Developed a pitless-type friction winding slitter
1986 Reorganized and Changed the company name to HAKUSAN CORPORATION (Capital: 20 million yen);
Established DATAMARK Division;
Began development and sale of environmental measuring instruments
1987 Developed the battery-driven data logger LT-2001 for weather observation
1988 Developed the large-size friction winding slitter with 1,300 mm width
1989 Developed the data logger LS-3000PtV that functions for one year with dry cells
1991 Built Komatsu Factory in Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture;
Moved DATAMARK Division to Miyoshi Cho, Fuchu City, Tokyo
1992 Developed an automatic tension control slitter
1994 Rebuilt Musashidai Office
1995 Developed the ultra-small logger LS-8000SH with built-in GPS for structure exploration
1996 Accepted the order for a telemeter seismograph system connecting universities nationwide via communication satellite
1997 Moved DATAMARK Division to Nikko Cho, Fuchu City, Tokyo
1998 Developed the high-sensitivity seismic measuring instrument LT-9500 for National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention;
Adopted to the high-sensitivity seismograph network
1999 Developed the high-precision slitter for 10μm metal foil
2000 Accepted the order for a volcano observation network system upon the eruption of Mt. Usu
2001 Obtained ISO9001 Certificate
2002 Increased capital to 80 million yen;
Developed the ultra-small telemeter/logger LS-7000XT with dynamic range of 135 dB
2003 Developed the 24bit high-sensitivity structure exploration logger LS8200SD;
Won the Good Design Award (sponsored by Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization) for DATAMARK, a time-synchronized type multi-channel measurement network system;
Developed the highly extensible seismograph K-NET02 loaded with Linux for National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention;
Adopted to the strong earthquake observation network
2004 Won the Excellence Award of the 1st Tama Blue Award;
Established Communication System Integration Division
2005 Reorganized DATAMARK Division into Disaster Prevention Division;
Established Disaster Prevention Division

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