Lead the Market as a Respected Pioneer
History
1979
August
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.
1981
December
Kyodo Shoji Corporation changed its name to Samcom Electronics Corporation.
The head office then moved to Komaki City in Aichi, Japan.
1983
June
Samcom changed its name to Santec Corporation.
Business shifted from electronics to optical communication.
1984
June
Developed optical fiber mode field parameter test system, the FTS-2000.
FTS-2000 was Santec’s first product in the optical communication business.
1985
November
Started to export products.
To promote sales in North America, SANTEC U.S.A. CORPORATION was established in New Jersey, USA
1986
December
Developed a fully automatic optical fiber test system. (FTX-2000)
1987
January
Developed Narrow-spectrum LD light source(NSL-155) and Frequency-stabilized LD light source.(FSL-155)
1988
October
Developed Broadband tunable wavelength LD light source.(TSL-80)
1989
June
Completed construction of the Head Office in Kamisue, Komaki-City, Aichi.
1993
February
Developed Polarization-independent tunable-wavelength optical filter. Entered into full-scale business in the field of optical communication.
1997
February
Developed OWL-10. This product is one of the essential components for WDM.
April
Obtained ISO 9001 certification.
1998
August
Opened SANTEC Europe Ltd. in Oxford U.K.
1999
August
Completed construction of our Photonics Laboratory in Komaki, Aichi.
2000
March
Launched ADM-10 (ADD/DROP Module) and IPD-10.(Integrated Photo Detector)
October
Launched OVA-650.(Optical Variable Attenuator)
2001
February
Completed the construction of Tower D (Production facility)in Ohkusa, Komaki, Aichi.
July
Listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange JASDAQ Market.
November
Completed the construction of Tower E (Head office) in Ohkusa, Komaki, Aichi.
Opened Santec Shanghai in Shanghai, China.
2003
April
Started selling System Solution Business.
2004
July
Obtained ISO 14001 certification.
December
MOVA -1/8 (Micro-electro Mechanical Optical Variable Attenuator) was given Incentive Award of Chunichi-Industrial Award.
2005
April
Launched Next Generation OCT Light Source, HSL-2000, UWS-1000G.
November
Launched Swept Light Source TSL-510.
2006
April
Established Sales office at Shinagawa, Tokyo
2008
August
Started to supply HSL-200, the world first commercially available Swept Source OCT System.
2009
August
Introduced the LCOS (Liquid Crystal On Silicon) production equipment.
December
OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) system received the Chunichi-Shinbunsha Award of Chunichi-Industrial Award.
2010
July
Received subsidies from the NICT, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and NEDO, Independent Administrative Institution New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization for our LCOS related research respectively.
2011
July
Concluded a research contract on the PREDICT project with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
2013
September
Established Santec Photonics Laboratory (R&D facility) Silicon Valley in California, USA.
2014
June
Received subsidies from NEDO , Independent Administrative Institution New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization for our “Optical router switch” research for the next-generation optical communication network.
2015
March
Launched SLM, Spatial Light Modulator.
August
Obtained ISO 13485 certification.
Launched 6th generation Tunable Laser TSL-550.
September
Launched Medical equipment brand “MOVU”.
October
Obtained FDA approval for optical intraocular dimension measurement device SS-OCT biometer ARGOS.
2016
May
Obtained sales certification of optical intraocular dimension measurement device SS-OCT biometer ARGOS in Japan.
2017
March
Launched All-New 7th generation Tunable Laser TSL-770.
2018
March
Announced an Ultra-Compact Attenuator and Tap-Photodetector for 100G+ digital coherent transceivers.
June
HSL technology received the Inoue Harushige Award.
2019
January
Launched High Speed Wavelength Scanning Tunable VCSEL HSL-1.
May
Made strategic alliance on Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography biometer with Alcon
Received FDA Approval for SS-OCT Bio Meter ARGOS®(Model Name：ARGOS ver1.5)
2020
June
The transition from a company with the audit and supervisory board to a company with the audit and supervisory committee.
2021
September
Selected by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) as a contract researcher for the "Beyond 5G R&D Promotion Project".
October
Acquisition of JGR Optics Inc. turning it into a consolidated subsidiary.
October
Acquisition of OptoTest Corp. by SANTEC U.S.A. CORPORATION turning it into Santec Holdings Corporation’s sub-subsidiary.
2022
April
Transfers from the JASDAQ market to the Standard market in accordance with the reorganization of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's market segmentation.
May
Established Santec AOC Corporation, Santec LIS Corporation, Santec OIS Corporation, and Santec Japan Corporation for the transition to a holding company structure through a company split (simplified absorption-type company split).
October
Established Santec Global Corporation to strengthen group management in North America and as a regional control company.
2023
January
Changed the company name of JGR Optics Inc. to Santec Canada Corporation and OptoTest Corp. to Santec California Corporation.
April
Changed the company name to "Santec Holdings Corporation" and shifted to a holding company structure.
The AOC Company business was transferred to "Santec AOC Corporation," the LIS Company business to "Santec LIS Corporation," the OIS Company business to "Santec OIS Corporation," and the domestic sales and solutions businesses to "Santec Japan Corporation" through an absorption-type company split.