History
History of IEI
| 1971 | Iwashita Engineering, Inc. established in Tokyo, Japan with a capital of One Hundred Million Yen. |
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| 1972 | Welding machines, automatic wax machine and dispensers were started to import. |
| 1973 | Increased a capital to Five Million Yen. Established representative offices in Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines and Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong. |
| 1975 | Started manufacturing and selling of Self-Developed Dispensers. |
| 1980 | Increased a capital to Twenty Million Yen. Osaka sales office established at Yodogawa, Osaka |
| 1981 | Sendai sales office established at Aoba, Sendai |
| 1982 | Increased a capital to Forty Million Yen. Fukuoka sales office established at Hakata, Fukuoka. |
| 1983 | Representative offices established in the USA, East Coast, West Coast, Middle West, and European countries, such as Germany, England, France, Italy, Spain and Sweden. |
| 1984 | Increased a capital to Sixty Million Yen. |
| 1985 | Kanto sales office established at Kawagoe, Saitama. Nagoya sales office established at Chikusa, Nagoya. Iwashita Instruments, Inc. (IEI-USA) established in California, USA. |
| 1986 | Headquarters of IEI moved to Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo |
| 1989 | Nagano sales office established at Matsumoto, Nagano Iwashita Instruments Pte. Ltd. (IEI-Singapore) established in Singapore. |
| 1991 | Increased a capital to One Hundred Forty-Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Yen. |
| 1993 | Completed first part of Kita-Kyushu Technical Center. Started the operation as hub of fundamental research on fluid dispensing technologies, development on applied robotic systems and software for automation, design and manufacturing of dispensing products and factory automation equipment, development on electric packaging/assembling systems, manufacturing of precision parts stocking raw material and overseas shipment. |
| 1996 | Kansai branch established at Suita, Osaka. Started the operation as hub of distribution and technical support in west part of Japan. Iwashita Instruments (M) Sdn.Bhd. (IEI-Malaysia) established in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| 1998 | Iwashita Instruments (Thailand) Ltd. (IEI-Thailand) established in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 1999 | Introduced new machines to Kita-Kyusyu Technical Center. Improved the precision machinery ability. |
| 2000 | Headquarters moved to Takanawa Minato-ku, Tokyo. Show Room opened in the headquarters. |
| 2001 | [Webshop] started as an Internet Shopping. |
| 2003 | Iwashita Instruments (H.K.) Ltd. established in Hong Kong. |
| 2005 | Iwashita Instruments (ShenZhen) Ltd. established in China. Reduced a capital to Ninety-Five Million Yen. |
| 2006 | Iwashita Instruments (M) Sdn Bhd (IEI-M'SIA) moved to Penang, Malaysia. Iwashita Instruments (ShenZhen) Ltd. Moved to Futian, Shenzhen. |
| 2010 | Iwashita Instruments (SuZhou) Ltd. (IEI-SuZhou) established in SuZhou, China. |
History of Products Developments
| 1975 | Start sales of AD1000 and AD2000C series dispensers. |
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| 1976 | Start sales of MD series multi-dispensers, highly precise dispenser AD3000 and dispensing valves. |
| 1977 | Start sales of barrels and plungers, standard needles, Teflon needles, cartridges and other accessories. |
| 1980 | Start sales of pressure tanks. |
| 1988 | Start sales of programmable dispensing robot Autoshooter 7. |
| 1990 | Start sales of pressure compensation dispenser ACCURA 1, 3-axies dispensing robot model Autoshooter-9, low cost dispensing robot model Autoshooter-3. |
| 1991 | Start sales of Automatic rotate dispensing unit RPD-10A and pinch tube dispenser ROLLMATIC 5. |
| 1993 | Start sales of Accura-7 and automatic dispensing system with loader and unloader. |
| 1994 | Start sales of time compensation dispenser AD9000 and heating and cooling temperature control dispenser NEO-ONE. |
| 1995 | Start sales of dispenser with automatic pressure compensation system ACCURA 9. |
| 1997 | Start sales of high spec digital dispenser Shotmatic-gear, pressure compensation dispenser ACCURA-EX and highly precise programmable dispenser, Motion Gear series. |
| 1998 | Start sales of Automatic dispensing system, system dispenser LU2020. |
| 2000 | Start sales of Automatic dispensing system equipped loader and unloader SYSTEM3000, micro three-axis dispensing robot EzROBO-3, high precision coating system EzCOAT and desktop three-axis robot Ace ROBO. |
| 2001 | Start sales of dispenser AD3000D. |
| 2002 | Start sales of dispenser ACCURA DG, AD3000DX. |
| 2003 | Start sales of system dispenser SYSTEM300. |
| 2005 | Start sales of dispenser with new pressure compensation ACCURA 8. |
| 2006 | Start sales of high performance pinch tube dispenser ROLLMATIC DG, three-axis desktop robot EzROBO-5 series and AV503. |
| 2007 | Start sales of mixing system with weight control. |
| 2008 | Start sales of dispenser with pressure compensation ACCURA 8DX. Start sales of UV sealants system for OLED. |
| 2010 | Start sales of desktop robot EzROBO GX series. Start sales of ultra small desktop robot EzROBO smart. |