Brief history of YCC
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- Brief history of YCC
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| 1925(Taisho 14) | Toshiyasu Kato founded a company (beginning status of Yamaju Ceramics) as porcelain exporting company in Seto-city |
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| 1935(Showa 10) | At Owariasahi-city, Toshiyasu Kato established new factory of porcelain which had integrated porcelain production line and expanded the business area toward southeast Asia |
| 1938(Showa 13) | Toshiyasu Kato re-organized the company (old status of Yamaju Ceramics) to be a limited partnership |
| 1942(Showa 17) | Produced Acid-resistance bottles as an appointed factory by Japanese Army government for the demand of World War 2 (Pacific Theater) |
| 1948(Showa 23) | Re-started the production of Porcelain & Pottery for consumer market as commercial trading was allowed to resume |
| 1952(Showa 27) | Getting a head start on Porcelain & Pottery market as introducing the "Heavy oil fired tunnel kiln" |
| 1958(Showa 33) | Shifting the most production into "Semi-Porcelain-Pottery" dinner set. Main sales area changed to U.S.A. Canada, and Australia |
| 1967(Showa 42) | The founder Toshiyasu Kato passed away in hurry. Hisao Kato was inaugurated as the representative of company |
| 1969(Showa 44) | Prepared the mass productive factory of porcelain & pottery by rationalizing lines throughout |
| 1970(Showa 45) | Visited Science & Technical Research Laboratories (NHK STRL) to be advised about new possibilities for innovative business |
| 1971(Showa 46) | Decided to enter the business of oxide single crystal |
| 1972(Showa 47) | R&D activities for YAG single crystal for Laser oscillation under the guidance of Tohoku University |
| 1973(Showa 48) | Incorporated to be "Yamaju Ceramics Co., Ltd" (in the capital amount JPY 10,000,000) Hisao Kato inaugurated as the President |
| 1974(Showa 49) | Single crystal laboratory was moved to Seto-city. Then, operation started as Crystal division Seto Factory Merger with Limited Partnership "Yamaju Shouten" |
| 1976(Showa 51) | Mass production of Lithium Niobate single crystal wafers for IF filters of TV & VTR had started |
| 1982(Showa 57) | Mass production of Lithium Tantalate single crystal wafers for IF filters of TV & VTR had started |
| 1983(Showa 58) | Made big investment into Seto Factory for capacity increase |
| 1985(Showa 60) | SBIC (Nagoya Small and Medium Business Investment & Consultation) participated capital investment to Yamaju Ceramics |
| 1987(Showa 62) | Invested to porcelain & pottery production for effective rationalization against Plaza Accord |
| 1988(Showa 63) | R&D activities for "doped single crystals*" started as new project * Adding the other elements into Lithium Niobate for further possibilities of various applications |
| 1991(Heisei 3) | Due to serious arise of Yen currency, we were forced to retire from porcelain dinner ware export production |
| 1998(Heisei 10) | Expanded the production facilities significantly due to rapid demand of Lithium Tantalate for radio frequency filter of mobile phone |
| 1999(Heisei 11) | Michiya Kato inaugurated as the President |
| 2000(Heisei 12) | Increased floor space of Seto Factory |
| 2003(Heisei 15) | Acquired ISO9001 |
| 2006(Heisei 18) | Acquired ISO14001 Commercialization of Black-Yellow-LT for SAW filters |
| 2008(Heisei 20) | Take a patent for Black-Yellow-LT |
| 2010(Heisei 22) | Developed Single Crystal (Sapphire) for LED, SOS, Base substrate for high precision hybrid wafer applications |
| 2011(Heisei 23) | Ietaka Sahashi inaugurated as the President |
| 2012(Heisei 24) | Centrair R&D Center and Factory was built in Tokoname-City Began full-scale mass production of large diameter 6 inch LT single crystal |
| 2015(Heisei 27) | Expanded Centrair R&D Center and Factory and Seto Factory, and production facilities had installed significantly |
| 2019(Heisei 31) | The new building of Headquarters and Factory was completed |
| 2022(Reiwa 4) | Installed a large diameter wafer precision polishing line at the Headquarters factory |
| 2023(Reiwa 5) | Shigehiko Nagai inaugurated as the President |
- Company profile TOP
- Brief history of YCC
- Products and applications, core technologies
- Location
- Sustainability