History

August	1979	Established Kyodo Shoji Corporation. Main business is to import and develop fine ceramic materials for use in glass fiber, ceramic fiber and IC packages,etc..
October	1981	Established subsidiary company ,Samcom inc.,in Nagoya. (Samcom changed its name to OPELS in 1986)
December		Kyodo Shoji Corporation changed its name to Samcom electronics Corporation. The head office moved to Komaki City in Aichi.
June	1983	Samcom changed its name to Santec Corporation. Changed its business from electronics to optical communication.
June	1984	Developed the world’s first optical-fiber mode-field-parameter test system-the FTS-2000 . FTS-2000 was Santec’s first product in the optical communication business.
October	1985	Started to export products.
November		To promote sales in the North America, Santec opened SANTEC U.S.A. CORPORATION in New Jersey, U.S.A.
December	1986	Developed multi-mode optical fiber test system. (FTX-2000)
January	1987	Developed Frequency-stabilized LD light source and Narrow-spectrum LD light source.
October	1988	Developed Broadband tunable wavelength LD light source.
June	1989	Completed construction of Head Office in Kamisue Komaki, Aichi.
February	1993	Developed Polarization-independent tunable-wavelength optical filter. Entered into full-scale business in the field of optical communication.
November	1996	OPELS changed its name to Santec OMC Corporation.
February	1997	Developed OWL-10. This product is one of the essential compornents for WDM.
April		Obtained ISO9001certification.
August	1998	Opened SANTEC Europe Ltd. in Oxford U.K.
January	1999	Established Santec Laser Corporation and Santec Photonics Laboratories Corporation.
April		Established Santec OCC Corporation.
August		Completed construction of our Photonics Laboratory in Komaki, Aichi.
March	2000	Launched ADM-10 (ADD/DROP Module) and IPD-10 (Integrated Photo Detector)
October		Launched OVA-650 (Optical Variable Attenuater).
Nobember		Launched MDM-15 (MUX/DEMUX Module) and OSW-20.
February	2001	Completed the construction of TowerD (Production facility)
March		Santec OMC Corporation was merged with Santec Laser Corporation.
July		Listed to Osaka Stock Exchange Hercules Market.
November		Completed the construction of TowerE (Head office) Opened Santec China in Shanghai.
March	2002	Santec Laser Corporation was merged with Santec OCC Corporation.
December		Santec Corporation merged with Santec OCC Corporation and Santec Photonics Laboratories.
April	2003	Started System Solutions Business
April	2004	Launched MOVA-1/8 (MEMSOVA) and TSL-320 (Tunable Light Source)
July		Obtained ISO14001certification.
December		MOVA (Micro-electro Mechanical Optical Variable Attenuater) was given Incentive Award of Chunich-Industrial Award
April	2005	Launched Next Generation OCT Light Source, HSL-2000, UWS-1000G.
November		Launched Swept Light Source TSL-510.
April	2006	Opened the office of System Solution Business in Tokyo.
August	2008	Started to supply HSL-200 for the world first Swept Source OCT System.
August	2009	Introduced the LCOS (Liquid Crystal On Silicon) production equipment.
December		OCT(Optical Coherence Tomography) system was received the Chunichi-Shinbunsha Award of Chunich-Industrial Award