About Us
History
| 1958 | Established Hakusan Kogyosho in Fuchu City, Tokyo; Began development and sale of slitters for metal |
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| 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); Began development and sale of environmental measuring instruments |
| 1987 | Developed the battery-driven data logger LT-2001 for weather observation |
| 1988 | Developed the large-sized friction winding slitter with 1,300 mm width |
| 1989 | Developed the data logger LS-3000PtV that functions for one year with dry cells |
| 1992 | Developed an automatic tension control slitter |
| 1995 | Developed the ultra-small logger LS-8000SH with built-in GPS for structure exploration |
| 1996 | Received the order for a telemeter seismograph system connecting universities nationwide via communication satellite |
| 1998 | Developed the high-sensitivity seismic measuring instrument LT-9500 ; Adopted to the high-sensitivity seismograph network (Hi-net) for NIED* |
| 1999 | Developed the high-precision slitter for 10μm metal foil |
| 2000 | Received the order for a volcano observation network system upon the eruption of Mt.Usu |
| 2002 | Increased capital to 80 million yen; Developed the ultra-small telemeter/logger LS-7000XT with dynamic range of 135dB |
| 2003 | Developed the 24bit high-sensitivity structure exploration logger LS-8200SD; Won the Good Design Award for DATAMARK (Domain of New Frontier Design), a time-synchronized type multi-channel measurement network system; Developed the highly extensible seismograph LX-7000 loaded with Linux for NIED* ; Adopted to the strong earthquake observation network |
| 2004 | WWon the Excellence Award of Tama Blue Award for “the time-synchronized type multi-channel measurement network system” |
| 2006 | Began sale of Earthquake Early Warning Devices |
| 2007 | Developed the strong-motion seismograph LX-8000 for NIED* ; Adopted to Digital Strong-Motion Seismograph Network (KiK-net) Developed the strong-motion seismograph for Special Project for Earthquake Area; Adopted to Metropolitan Seismic Observation network (MeSO-net) |
| 2009 | Developed the Portable Earthquake Simulator "Jishin The Vuton" |
| 2010 | Developed the multiple slitter DA700 for battery materials Began sale of "VissQ-Pro" (visual sensor system for quakes) which developed for tower buildings |
| 2011 | Developed the data recorder for Ocean Bottom Seismograph (OBS) with Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo Won the Kuramae Venture Award for creating market and job through our business |
| 2013 | Developed packing machines which constitute the slitting system Won the Highest Award of Tama Blue Award for “VissQ-visual sensor system for quakes” |
| 2017 | Formed a business and capital alliance with Tokyo Power Technology Ltd. |
| 2018 | Formed a business and capital alliance with SAP Japan Co., Ltd |
| 2020 | Established Hyper-Environmental Robots Laboratory (HERO Lab.) Released "optical sensor seismic monitoring system" that enables highly accurate seismic measurement in extreme environments. |
| 2021 | Released "HERO Inner Mask" that reduces the stuffiness of wearing non-woven masks. |
* NIED = National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention