Company History

Ferrotec Ceramics Corporation

Jul-1984
PHOTON CERAMICS CO.,LTD.
Established in Kanazawa city, Ishikawa Prefecture
Opened Tokyo Sales office
Capital : 150M Yen
Dec-1985
Started sales promotion for the Machinable ceramics 「Photoveel」
Oct-1987
Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd financed capital to Photon Ceramics Co.Ltd
Oct-1989
Opened Osaka Sales Office
Dec-1989
Sumikin Photon Ceramics Co,Ltd
Capital：150M Yen
Transferred Sales right from Photon Ceramics Co,Ltd
May-1997
Head Office Plant (Ishikawa Plant) Moved to Matsuto-city, Ishikawa Prefecture (Hakusan City)
Jul-1998
Transferred Fine Ceramics business from Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd, and Changed corporate Name to “Sumikin Ceramics Co, Ltd”. Opened Kansai and Kyusyu Sales office.
Aug-1998
Increased capital to 450M Yen by Rights offering
Jan-2002
Kansai Plant Awarded ISO9002
Jun-2002
Merged Sumikin Quartz Co,Ltd and Renamed as”Sumikin Ceramics & Quartz Co,Ltd. Included Wakayama Plant (Quartz)), Substrate manufacturing section and opened Tohoku-Sales office. Capital: 480M Yen
Mar-2003
Increased Capital to 485.5 M Yen by Rights offer
Mar-2004
Main Plant (Ishikawa Plant) Awarded ISO9002
Jan-2005
Main Plant (Ishikawa Plant) Awarded environment management EA 21.
Jul-2008
Ferrotec Corp. financed capital, and divided Quartz division. Renamed as
”Ferrotec Ceramics Corpation”
Main Plant Renamed as Ishikawa Plant
Nov-2017
Opened Development Center in Hakusan city, Ishikawa Prefecture
Jan-2020
Merged with ADMAP Inc. and renamed as “Ferrotec Material Technologies Corporation”.
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