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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
Establishes 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
Establishes direct sales organization.

1977/07
Establishes international sales department.

1978/01
Completes 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
Completes the second construction stage of Imazu Factory.
 

Product History/1970


1970/03

Develops Rapid Blood Analyzer (RaBA-3010).
Introduces the world's first digital display for clinical laboratory test instruments.

1970/04
Develops simple blood glucose meter (EYETONE).

1972/11
Develops reflectometer for urine analysis (AUTION ANALYZER/UA-6) and its test strip (URIFLET).

1973/03
Develops simple water pollution analyzer (VOLGA-110) and its test reagent (VOLGA KIT).

1976/07
Develops blood glucose analyzer (GLUCOLYZER/GA-1000) and its test reagent (POLAZYME).

1977/05
Develops medical reflectometer for simple blood biochemical testing (EYETONE MARK II) and its test strip (HEMAGRAPH/BUN/Bilirubin).

1977/09
Develops plasma-specific protein supersensitive NEPHELOMETER (LSA-290).

1978/04
Develops plasma coagulation analyzer (COAGSTAT).

1978/10
Develops simple blood glucose meter with built-in microcomputer (DEXTROMETER).

1979/04
Develops continuous blood glucose analyzer (GLUCOSE MONITOR/GM-3010).

1979/08
Develops automatic osmotic pressure analyzer (Osmotic pressure AUTO&STAT/OM-6010).

1979/10
Releases automatic PSP analyzer (PSP-AUTO/PSP-3010).

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