Company History/2000
2000/06/10
Changes company name to "ARKRAY, Inc."
2000/07
Establishes ARKRAY USA Office in South Bend, Indiana.
2000/09
Establishes Optron Business Center China Office
in Shanghai.
2001/02
Establishes ARKRAY Optron, Inc.
2001/11
Separates marketing department and establishes
ARKRAY Marketing, Inc. and ARKRAY Global Business,
Inc. as independent marketing companies.
2002/07
Establishes ARKRAY Factory Shanghai, Inc. in China.
2002/10
Achieves sales volume of 50 billion yen.
2003/02
Awarded the 4th Japan IT Management Grand Prize
for call center system. The first company to acquire
this prize in clinical laboratory test industry.
2003/04
Establishes ARKRAY Marketing Shanghai, Inc.
2003/08
Places an art advertisement in Kyoto Station central
concourse. (Uses a design from the public.)
2003/11
Acquires the certificate of "ISO-9001"
in ARKRAY Factory Shanghai, Inc.
2004/02
Awarded the 1st Prize for Promoting Machine Industry
for SPOTCHEM-EZ.
2004/04
Establishes ARKRAY Infinity, Inc.
2004/07
Concludes business and capital alliance with MC
lab.
2004/11
Establishes ARKRAY Europe, B.V. in Netherlands.
2005/03
Establishes office in Seoul.
2006/01
Establishes ARKRAY Group Tokyo Headquarters in
Yotsutani.
2006/02
Establishes ARKRAY Group Kyoto Headquarters in
Shijo-Karasuma. Changes former Kyoto Headquarters'
name into Science Park.
2006/04
Establishes ARKRAY AMERICA, Inc.; located in Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
2006/06
Enteres "Functional Food Material Market."
2006/07
"Style Seminor" hosted by ARKRAY becomes
recognized as certified workshop by registered
medical practitioner system in Japan Association
for Diabetes Care and Education.
2006/08
Establishes ARKRAY USA and ARKRAY FACTORY USA,
Inc.
2007/04
Awarded "Japan Patent Office Administrator
Honor" as a superior enterprize in patent
strategy.
2007/11
Establishes office in Beijing.
2007/12
Establishes joint venture company, ARKRAY PIRAMAL
Medical Pvt. Ltd. in India.
2008/05
Starts direct marketing for SMBG for diabetes.
2008/08
Opens "Daruma Dojo" for employee training.
2009/05
Establishes ARKRAY SAS.
2009/10
Establishes ELITECH France SAS.
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Product History/2000
2000/08
Develops clinical immunoassay analyzer (SPOTCHEM
IM/SP-IM).
2000/09
Develops and releases low calorie Japanese cake,
Prenova Kyoyu-kan, with technical cooperation
from Kanou Shoujuan.
2000/12
Develops compact automatic cytometer (SPOTCHEM
BC/SB-1410).
2001/05
Releases functional food, Kyoyu-cha and Kyoyu-zen.
2001/06
Starts diabetes care servise, e-SMBG.
2001/07
Releases foot care products, Prenova foot mirror,
Prenova foot mist.
2002/12
"Kyoyu-cha"
and "Kyoyu-zen mixed miso" are certified
as foods for specified health use.
2003/08
Releases functional food, Kyoyu-gayu "Kishu-Ume
porridge" and "Kyo-Mizuna egg porridge."
2003/09
Releases "GLUCORESCUE," low blood glucose
supplement jelly.
2004/10
Closes contract with IRIS in USA for sales of
a urine analyzer.
Releases "AUTION IQ/IQ-5210."
2004/12
Starts internet retail of medical data managing
system "synergy."
2005/01
Develops SMBG (self-monitoring of blood glucose),
X-meter GT-1910.
2005/06
Releases Micro Channel Array Flow Analyzer (MC
FAN/HR300).
2006/02
Develops "i-Pack A1c."
2006/07
Develops blood sampling lancing device (NATURALET
DEVICE) and blood sampling lancet (NATURALET).
2007/04
Develops dry clinical chemistry analyzer (SPOTCHEM
D-Concept).
2007/05
Develops glycohemoglobin A1c kit (CinQ HbA1c).
2008/08
Develops Nintendo DS software for diabetes control.
2008/11
Develops SMBG (self-monitoring of blood glucose), GLUCOCARD X-mini/01-mini.
2009/01
Develops fully-automated SNP analyzer (i-densy IS-5310).
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