{"id":23,"date":"2019-01-01T10:10:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T01:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mitsuboshidiamond.com:8082:8081\/company\/sample-company3\/"},"modified":"2019-04-25T19:30:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T10:30:40","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"company","link":"https:\/\/www.mitsuboshidiamond.com\/eng\/company\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Challenging to the future<\/b><\/h1>\n

We have been facing\u00a0up to sincerity for the market needs every ages, while cherishing the spirit of the founder of “only Good Things should be put out,” and to challenge with our customers.<\/p>\n

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Founding~1970s:
\nOur first challenge for the future<\/b>
\n (change from tool maker to equipment manufacturers)<\/b><\/h2>\n

We were looking ahead to the new age of automation while increasing our reputation in the industry and challenging equipment manufacturing.<\/p>\n

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1935<\/th>\n\u30fbFounded as “Mitsuboshi Diamond Tools Factory” in Miyakojima, Osaka
\n\u30fbLaunched manufacturing and sales of Mitsuboshi brand diamond glass cutter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/th>\n\u30fbChanged company name to Mitsuboshi Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd.
\n\u30fbLaunched manufacturing and sales of super-hard wheel glass cutter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1972<\/th>\n\u30fbEstablished Iida Factory in Nagano (old Iida Factory)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/th>\n\u30fbLaunched the world’s first cutting equipment for LCD substrates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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1980~90s:
\nSignificant contribution to the expand of domestic LCD TVs<\/b><\/h1>\n

We developed equipment with domestic manufacturers and supported the rapidly expanding industry in the midst of expanding the spread of LCD TVs in Japan country.<\/p>\n

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1982<\/th>\n\u30fbDeveloped fully automatic glass cutting equipment and glass scriber for solar batteries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/th>\n\u30fbLaunched Diamond Compact Wheel Chip
\n\u30fbDeveloped single head automatic precision glass scriber
\n\u30fbDeveloped automatic glass break machine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/th>\n\u30fbLaunched LCD substrate cutting, polishing, and washing line<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/th>\n\u30fbDeveloped fully automatic glass insertion\/cutting line for plain substrates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/th>\n\u30fbLaunched cutting, polishing, washing line for PDP substrates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/th>\n\u30fbLaunched high penetration cutting edge “Penett \u00ae”
\n\u30fbDeveloped laser scriber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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2000~2010:
\nChallenge for overseas markets<\/b><\/h1>\n

We have expanded our bases mainly in East Asia in order to respond more quickly as production bases change overseas.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2000<\/th>\n\u30fbEstablished “Taiwan Branch” and opened Bucheon, Korea Service Center
\n\u30fbLaunched LCD Substrate and PDP Substrate laser cutting line<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/th>\n\u30fbLaunched 6th generation substrate simultaneous cutting line and development of 7th generation substrate simultaneous cutting line
\n\u30fbEstablished Shanghai Mitsuboshi Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. maintenance facility in Shanghai, China
\n\u30fbEstablished equipment manufacturing and maintenance center “Mitsuboshi Diamond Industrial Co. Korea” in South Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/th>\n\u30fbAcquired CE-Mark (MPX Series)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/th>\n\u30fbDeveloped 8th generation substrate simultaneous cutting line
\n\u30fbPurchased Schott AG’s laser cutting business, Established MDI Schott Advanced Processing GmbH in Germany\u3000\u203b Current: MDI Advanced Processing GmbH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/th>\nAcquired a 100% share in Astec Corporation, thereby acquiring the company as a subsidiary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/th>\n\u30fbEstablished Taiwan Mitsuboshi Diamond Industrial Co., Ltd. in Taiwan.
\n\u30fbMoved old Iida factory to new location in the same city, reopened as “New Iida Factory”
\n\u30fbAcquired a 100% share in Laser Solutions Co., thereby acquiring the company as a subsidiary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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2010~present:
\nChallenging laser Processing for best proposal<\/b><\/h1>\n

In addition to cutting edge machining as well as various glass materials and other hard brittle materials and multi-layer foundations, we will continue to develop our technology so that we can process our customers’ materials in the optimal processes by incorporating new laser processing.<\/p>\n

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2010<\/th>\n\u30fbCompleted takeover of Laser Solutions Co.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/th>\n\u30fbIntegrated our 5 offices in Osaka to start operations at 1 head office in Settsu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/th>\n\u30fbEstablished MDI-SB Solar Co.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/th>\n\u30fbEstablished MDI Suzhou
\n\u30fbStarted camera business
\n\u30fbStarted laser oscillator development business<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/th>\n\u30fbStarted development of patterning device for next-generation solar cell (perovskite)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/th>\n\u30fbDeveloped “LPM900 Multi Head”, a device capable of covering glass curve processing and break.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/th>\n\u30fb \u30fbachieved shipment of 5000 units in 2018
\n\u30fbDevelopment of the world’s first laser-up and down division equipment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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