About Us
History
| 1868 (Early Meiji Era) | Started business as Ishida Kyokuzan Printing Works, forerunner of SHASHIN KAGAKU Co., Ltd. |
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| March 1988 | Built a first plant for our large photomask business at Kumiyama site (current Kyoto Plant). Introduction of world’s first large-format electron-beam (EB) mask writer. |
| September 1995 | Plant and facilities renewed; manufacture of industry’s first 800mm large photomasks started. |
| April 1999 | Electronic Division (currently for our large photomask business) acquired "ISO9002 (now ISO9001)" certification. |
| October 2001 | Electronics Business Division spun off from SHASHIN KAGAKU CO., LTD., by corporate split and SK-Electronics Co., Ltd. established as an independent company. |
| May 2002 | Consolidated subsidiary Finex Co., Ltd., established in Taiwan as large photomask manufacturing and sales company. |
| September 2002 | Kumiyama site (current Kyoto Plant) acquired "ISO14001" certification. |
| September 2003 | Listed on First Section of Japan Securities Dealers Association (current OSE-JASDAQ). |
| July 2004 | Finex Co., Ltd. acquired "ISO9001" certification. |
| December 2004 | Changed from First Section of Japan Securities Dealers Association, to First Section of Osaka Securities Exchange JASDAQ (current Tokyo Securities Exchange JASDAQ (Standard). |
| January 2005 | Completion of world’s first 8th generation photomask factory at the Kumiyama site (current Kyoto Plant). |
| November 2005 | Consolidated subsidiary "SKE KOREA CO., LTD.," established in Korea as large photomask sales company. |
| November 2008 | Completion of Shiga Plant, world’s first 10th generation and 11th generation photomask factory. |
| December 2008 | Finex Co., Ltd. acquired "ISO14001" certification. |
| March 2009 | Started world’s first sales and shipment of 10th generation photomasks. |
| September 2010 | Consolidated Subsidiary "SK-Electronics Shanghai Co., Ltd." established in China as sales. |
| September 2011 | Shiga Plant acquired extended "ISO14001" certification. |
| November 2012 | Kyoto Plant acquired "OHSAS18001" certification. |
| December 2013 | Taipei Branch opened in Taiwan as sales base of Finex Co., Ltd. |
| July 2014 | Sales of glass dry etching plates for various types of offset printing launched. |
| October 2014 | Obtained "Second Class Medical Devices Marketing License" from Kyoto Prefecture. |
| June 2016 | Obtained a License as Distributor and Leaser of Advanced Control Medical Equipment (QMC, Medical Institute). |
| June 2017 | “Electric Stimulator WILMO” launched. |
| June 2018 | “Picking Tag” launched. |
| March 2019 | Head office, Kyoto Plant acquired "ISO13485" certification. |
| August 2020 | Acquired ISO45001 certification in our Kyoto Plant. |
| September 2020 | “Digital Colposcope Q-CO” launched. |
| May 2022 | “Extreme tag” launched. |
