History

Apr/1968: Founded with start-up capital of JPY 5 million; primary business is importing laser products; ten private shareholders
Apr/1971: Converted to 100% subsidiary of JEOL
Jul/1974: New capital JPY 10Million
Jan/1976: New capital JPY 20Million
Apr/1977: Opened Osaka Office（now known as the Osaka Branch）
Apr/1983: Merged with CTC. New capital JPY 30Million
Apr/1989: Opened Nagoya Office（now known as the Nagoya Branch）
Jun/1989: Founded JEOL Liosonic, a joint venture with JEOL
Jul/1992: Opened San Francisco Office
Apr/1993: Opened Tsukuba Office
Jul/1995: Moved the Head Office to Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku
Jun/2007: JLC Holdings (JLCHD) founded with shareholdings of JEOL = 14.9%, directors = 53.1% and employees = 32.0%
Jul/2007: Converted to 100% subsidiary of JLC Holdings
May/2011: Received the Grand Award from the Secretary General of the Small and Medium enterprise Agency as a small company to be cherished most in Japan
Jan/2012: Received the Grand Award for excellence in management fromShinjuku-City
Oct/2012: Received the Grand Award for Courageous Management from theTokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Feb/2013: Selected as the Best Practice for Active Participation by Women from the Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry
Mar/2013: Selected as one of Diversity Management Selection 100 from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Apr/2013: Selected as one of Omotenashi Management Selection 50 from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Nov/2013: Selected as the Qualified Company for Work Life Balanced Management from Tokyo Metropolitan
Dec/2013: Selected as one of Excellent SMEs and Micro Enterprise Selection 300 from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Oct/2015: Selected as one of "Companies Providing Career Support in 2015" by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Feb/2016: Selected as one of KAIKA Awards by Japan Management Association
Jun/2016: Authorized as "Work-Life Balance Promotion Enterprise" by Shinjuku Ward
Jan/2017: Selected as one of "the third grand prize of white companies" by the Planning Committee of White Companies Awards
Feb/2018: Selected as "Idea Award of Work-Life Balance" by Shinjuku Ward
Mar/2019: The book written by Nobuyuki Kondo / CEO received the outstanding performance award of "the Research Encouragement Prize on the business administration to cherish people" books category
Oct/2019: Founded Omicron Medical Japan, a joint venture with Omicron Laserage Laserprodukte GmbH and JLC Holdings