About Us

The Meiji era was a key period when the Western culture, including modern technologies, was introduced to Japan.
Keeping pace with such times, the company called Iwashiya, the predecessor of the present Sakura Finetek Japan, started a new business of manufacturing and selling medical equipment which was one of new industrial fields in the Meiji era.

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  • 1871

    Origin of “Sakura Finetechnical Co., Ltd. (Sakura Finetek Japan, Co., Ltd.)”

  • 1883

    Gihei Matsumoto separately opened a division of medical equipment in Honcho, Nihonbashi-ku.

  • 1901

    The limited partnership Iwashiya Matsumoto Kikaiten was established.

  • 1907

    Trademark “Sakura” (cherry blossom) was legally registered.

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  • 1914

    Start of manufacture and sales of “M.K. Microscope”, the first microscope of Japanese Production

  • 1917

    The limited partnership Matsumoto Seizousho was established.

  • 1934

    The limited partnership Matsumoto Seizousho was renamed Tiyoda Seizousho.

  • 1947

    The Tokyo headquarters office was completed.
    Restart of business after the end of the Second War.

  • 1949

    Tiyoda Optical Co., Ltd. manufactured the first phase-contrast microscope in Japan.

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  • 1960

    The Tokyo headquarters building was completed.

  • 1962

    The company name was changed to Sakura Finetechnical Co., Ltd.

  • 1970

    Business partnership with American Sterilizer Company was approved by the governmental authorities.

  • 1971

    Sales partnership of Tissue-Tek? products with Miles-Sankyo Co., Ltd.

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  • 1983

    The new Tokyo headquarter building was completed.

  • 1983

    Technical partnership with the Swedish company, Medscand AB, for an automated coverslipping machine

  • 1986

    Sakura Finetek USA, Inc., the local corporation in the United State, was established.

  • 1992

    The first Sakura pathology seminar (held in Kyoto)

  • 1993

    The European representative office was opened in Liden, Netherlands. It was reorganized as a local corporation in 1994.

  • 1995

    米Sakura purchased the cellular diagnostics business from Bayer Corporation, USA, to further strengthen and expand its worldwide strategies.

  • 1998

    The new headquarters building of Sakura Finetek USA, Inc. was completed.

  • 2000

    Sakura Finetek USA, Inc. completed the new development and manufacturing center (the second stage of construction).

  • 2001

    Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. was established.