History
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.)”
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1883
Gihei Matsumoto separately opened a division of medical equipment in Honcho, Nihonbashi-ku.
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1901
The limited partnership Iwashiya Matsumoto Kikaiten was established.
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1907
Trademark “Sakura” (cherry blossom) was legally registered.
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1871
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1914
Start of manufacture and sales of “M.K. Microscope”, the first microscope of Japanese Production
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1917
The limited partnership Matsumoto Seizousho was established.
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1934
The limited partnership Matsumoto Seizousho was renamed Tiyoda Seizousho.
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1947
The Tokyo headquarters office was completed.
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1949
Tiyoda Optical Co., Ltd. manufactured the first phase-contrast microscope in Japan.
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1914
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1960
The Tokyo headquarters building was completed.
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1962
The company name was changed to Sakura Finetechnical Co., Ltd.
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1970
Business partnership with American Sterilizer Company was approved by the governmental authorities.
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1971
Sales partnership of Tissue-Tek? products with Miles-Sankyo Co., Ltd.
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1960
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1983
The new Tokyo headquarter building was completed.
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1983
Technical partnership with the Swedish company, Medscand AB, for an automated coverslipping machine
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1986
Sakura Finetek USA, Inc., the local corporation in the United State, was established.
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1992
The first Sakura pathology seminar (held in Kyoto)
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1993
The European representative office was opened in Liden, Netherlands. It was reorganized as a local corporation in 1994.
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1995
米Sakura purchased the cellular diagnostics business from Bayer Corporation, USA, to further strengthen and expand its worldwide strategies.
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1998
The new headquarters building of Sakura Finetek USA, Inc. was completed.
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2000
Sakura Finetek USA, Inc. completed the new development and manufacturing center (the second stage of construction).
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2001
Sakura Finetek Japan Co., Ltd. was established.
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1983