April 01, 2009 Sakura Group Establishes Holding Company For Heightening Corporate Value By Reorganized and Optimized Business Segments November 15, 2007 Mr. Kenichi Matsumoto Awarded the Order of the Rising Sun October 01, 2005 Merger of Tiyoda Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with Sakura Finetechnical Co., Ltd. October 01, 2005 Establishment of Sakura Finetek Germany GmbH in Heppenheim, Germany July 29, 2005 Product launching of CBG Solvent Recyclers July 4, 2005 Opening of the hands-on training laboratory, "Lab=Square" at Head Office of Sakura Finetek Japan May 2, 2005 Relocation of SFJ Head Office to the Shin-ohashi area April 13, 2005 Product launching of Tissue-Tek® Prisma™ Multiple Stainer January 25, 2005 Product launching of Tissue-Tek® Crosstome™ Sliding Microtome January 1, 2005 Satoru Ishizuka became the president of Sakura Finetek Japan April 5, 2004 Product launching of Tissue-Tek® Xpress™< Continuous Rapid Tissue Processor