History
1952
August
Established Nippon Vacuum Technology Co., Ltd. (currently ULVAC Co., Ltd.)
1977
January
Established Kyushu ULVAC Co., Ltd. capital of 5 million yen
1980
July
Established ULVAC Service Co., Ltd. and opened the Omuta Plant.
1981
November
Renamed ULVAC Kyushu Co., Ltd.
1982
January
Increased capital 20 million yen
1982
March
ULVAC Kagoshima Industrial Park opened.
ULVAC Service Co., Ltd.
Separated the Kyushu area and established ULVAC Kyushu Service Co., Ltd.
Kagoshima plant and Kumamoto factory opened.
1983
September
ULVAC Kyushu Co., Ltd. and ULVAC Kyushu Service Co., Ltd.
merged and became ULVAC Kyushu Co., Ltd.
Increased capital 40 million yen
Kagoshima Plant and Kumamoto Plant, respectively,
Renamed Kagoshima and Kumamoto offices
1983
October
Oita branch office opened.
1984
September
Opened Oita Office and closed Oita Branch Office.
1985
January
Opened Kagoshima and Kumamoto offices.
1985
March
Fukuoka Factory opened.
1985
August
Oita Office was expanded.
1987
October
Construction of Kagoshima Service Factory Building
1989
April
Construction of a new plant in Kagoshima (first phase)
1989
October
Miyazaki sales office opened.
1990
September
Oita Office Expansion and Renovation
1991
April
The Kumamoto Plant was expanded.
1991
June
Expansion of Kagoshima Office (Second Term)
Omuta Plant closed
Opened processing technology center.
1991
October
Japan Vacuum Technology Co., Ltd. (currently ULVAC Co., Ltd.)
Become a wholly owned subsidiary
1994
May
Opened The Kokumin Service Center.
1995
July
Nagasaki Service Center opened.
The Miyazaki sales office was renamed Miyazaki CS Center.
1996
July
Acquired ISO9002 certification at Oita Plant
The Surface Treatment Division was established.
1996
October
Expansion of Kagoshima Office (third term)
1997
January
Acquired ISO9001 certification at Oita Plant
1997
March
Capital increased by 100 million yen
1997
November
Kitakyushu CS Center opened.
1997
December
Acquired ISO9001 certification at Kagoshima Plant
1998
August
Acquired ISO9001 certification at Kumamoto Plant
1999
January
Acquired ISO14001 certification at Oita Plant
2000
July
Nagasaki CS Center opened and Nagasaki Service Center was closed.
Integrated processing technology center into Kumamoto office
2001
January
Expansion of Kagoshima Office (fourth term)
Nippon Vacuum Technology Co., Ltd. was renamed ULVAC Co., Ltd.
2001
July
Acquired ISO9001 company-wide unified certification
2001
November
Miyazaki CS Center Expansion and Renovation
2002
January
Fukuoka Plant renamed Fukuoka CS Center
2003
October
The Oita Plant was renamed Oita CS Center.
The Kumamoto Plant was renamed Kumamoto CS Center.
2004
January
Increased capital: 200 million yen
Acquired ISO14001 company-wide unified certification
2004
February
Expansion of Kagoshima Office (5th term)
2005
October
Increased capital: 490 million yen
2005
November
Established Yukai Katsumitsu Co., Ltd. in Taiwan
2006
July
Resale center opened
Opened a pump center.
Separation from the Surface Treatment Center Kagoshima Plant
Kagoshima CS Center separated from Kagoshima Plant
National Branch Service Center Closed
2006
August
Kumamoto CS Center and Processing Technology Center Renovated
2007
February
Yukai Katsumitsu Co., Ltd. factory completed
2007
March
Kagoshima Office Extension and Renovation
2008
August
Yukai Katsuko Electric Co., Ltd. and Yukai Katsu Technology Co., Ltd. merged,
Becomes Yukai Katsu Technology Co., Ltd.
2008
October
Opened a cleaning center.
2009
June
Fukuoka CS Center closed
2009
July
Oita CS Center renamed Kitakyushu CS Center Oita Branch Office
Miyazaki CS Center renamed Kagoshima CS Center Miyazaki Branch Office
Moved the Technical Support Center to the Kagoshima Office
Moved the function of the resale center to the Technical Support Center
2010
January
The Kitakyushu CS Center Oita Branch Office was renamed Oita CS Center.
Kagoshima CS Center Miyazaki Branch Office renamed Miyazaki CS Center
2010
July
Separated the sales department and transferred to ULVACES Co., Ltd.
2010
October
At the same time as absorbing and merging ULVAC Seiki Co., Ltd.,
Separate service technology, surface treatment, and cleaning
Transferred to ULVAC Techno Co., Ltd.
Moved the head office to Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture.
2011
April
Fukuoka office closed