COMPANY INFO
Corporate History
1985
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March |
Establishment: Capital of
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September |
Stepping motor driver RD-122 was released.
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December |
Article of RD-122 was published in magazine “Mechanical Automation”. |
1986
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March |
Stepping motor drivers RD-123, RD-023, RD-153, and RD-053 were released. |
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April |
Science and Technology Agency: Noteworthy Invention Award |
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May |
Ultra-compact controller RC-201 was released.
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August |
Stepping motor drivers RD-126, RD-026, RD-155, and RD-055 were released. |
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September |
Controller RC-202 for the unmanned system was released. |
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December |
Clean robot RR302 was released. |
1987
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February |
Micro-stepping motor driver was released. |
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March |
Article of RORZE unmanned system method was published in magazine “Processor”. |
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August |
Article of semiconductor clean handling system was published in magazine “Mechanical Automation”. |
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December |
Clean robot RR304 was released.
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1988
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June |
Capital was increased to 35,000,000 Japanese Yen. |
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September |
Vacuum clean robot RR351 was developed.
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1989
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March |
Wafer transfer unit RR6120 was released. |
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April |
New head office factory was constructed: Full floor area 682m2
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July |
Capital was increased to 49,000,000 Japanese Yen (free capital increase). |
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July |
“Group Zero” was established. |
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August |
Capital was increased to 114,000,000 Japanese Yen. |
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August |
Employee shareholding association started. |
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September |
Super clean robot RR307 was released. |
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October |
I/O master controller RC-207 was released.
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November |
Vacuum clean robot RR351 was released. |
1990
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March |
The second phase of the factory construction was completed: Full floor area 2,065m2.
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June |
Vacuum clean robots RR352 and RR452 were released.
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August |
RORZE Research Institute was opened. (Hamamatsu) |
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August |
Capital was increased to 400,625,000 Japanese Yen. |
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November |
Symmetry finger robots RR304L120TF51 and RR304L150TF51 were released. |
1991
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February |
Micro-stepping motor drivers RD-023MS and RD-323MS were released. ![]() |
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February |
Encoder input type oscillator built-in controllers RC-231 and RC-231HA were released. |
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March |
Expansion of head office building was completed: Full floor area 2,752 m2.
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July |
Cassette handling robots were released (RR501 and RR601). |
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August |
Site for new head office was acquired: 83,907 m2. |
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October |
New Business Award: Excellence Award |
1992
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May |
Micro-stepping motor driver RD-053MS was released. |
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| November |
Dual-arm clean robot RR701 was released.
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December |
Trajectory type self-traveling robot RZ9201 was released.
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1993
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May |
New Frontier Award: Grand Prize and Excellent Product Award |
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| August |
Two-phase micro-stepping driver RD-021M8 was released. |
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December |
Large glass substrate handling robot was released. |
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December |
100 V AC input five-phase stepping motor driver RD-A051 was released. |
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December |
Controller with S-curve acceleration/deceleration function RC-233 was released. ![]() |
1994
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June |
Underfloor trajectory type self-traveling robot was released. |
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| June |
ID number automatic reading system was released. |
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July |
Capital was increased to 490,625,000 Japanese Yen. |
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July |
Large glass substrate handling dual-arm robot RR405 was released.
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November |
Large glass substrate handling robots RR404 and RR467 were released. |
1995
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February |
Capital was increased to 546,875,000 Japanese Yen. |
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| April |
Mass production of large glass substrate handling dual-arm robot RR405 started. |
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October |
Construction of the factory for manufacturing glass substrate handling robot and system was completed: Site area 40,523 m2, Full floor area 3,056 m2.
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December |
High output low vibration type two-phase micro-stepping motor driver RD-026MS was released.
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December |
Loader/Unloader for handling SMIF pod was released. |
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December |
300 mm wafer handling system was released. |
1996
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February |
Subsidiary RORZE INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD. was established in Singapore. |
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| March |
Affiliate RORZE TECHNOLOGY, INC. was established in Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
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April |
Kyushu FA Center was opened in Kumamoto. |
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June |
Organization change to FA Centers in domestic offices was announced. |
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July |
Tokyo Sales Office was moved in Ebina, Kanagawa to be Kanagawa FA Center. |
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August |
Capital was increased to 771,875,000 Japanese Yen. |
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September |
Michinoue Factory extension (2nd phase) was completed: Full floor area 7,015 m2. Head office was moved and integrated, and old head office became Chujo Factory. |
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September |
Training building was constructed: Full floor area 458 m2. |
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October |
CE marking compliant Sensor Mate RS-112 was developed. |
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October |
Subsidiary RORZE ROBOTECH INC. was established in Haiphong-City, Vietnam. |
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November |
Subsidiary RORZE AUTOMATION, INC was established in Milpitas, CA, U.S.A. |
1997
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April |
Affiliate RORZE TECHNOLOGY, INC. became a subsidiary. |
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| August |
Head office factory extension (3rd phase) was completed: Full floor area 11,870 m2.
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August |
Chujo factory was integrated into Head office. |
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November |
Subsidiary RORZE SYSTEMS CORPORATION was established in Suwon-City, Kyunggi-Do, Korea. |
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December |
Company stock was registered as over-the-counter share. |
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December |
Capital was increased to 982,775,000 Japanese Yen. |
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December |
Standard platform Courier 6000 Series for 300 mm wafers was released. |
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December |
VOUP was proposed as mini-environment system. |
1998
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April |
New building of RORZE ROBOTECH INC. was completed.
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August |
Site was acquired in Koshi-machi, Kumamoto: 18,515 m2. |
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December |
SEMI Standards compliant FOUP opener YZLOAD was released. |
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December |
Standard cassette station for 300 mm wafers RACS300 was released.
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1999
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December |
New controller RC-400 Series was released. |
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2000
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April |
Motion Controllers RC-400, RC-410, and RC-420 were released. ![]() |
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| June |
Head office extension was completed: Full floor area 12,185 m2.
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| July |
Carrier stock for 300 mm wafers RICSS300 was released. |
| November |
New building of Kyushu FA Center was completed: Full floor area 6,692 m2.
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| December |
Multi-axis interpolating robot RR730 was released. |
2001
| April |
Large glass substrate handling dual-arm robot for 5th generation glass substrate RR421 was released. |
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| December |
Dual-blade multi-axis interpolating robot RR732 was released.
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2002
| April |
Cassette Station for 5th generation glass substrate RRG-80 was released. |
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2003
| April |
ISO 9001:2000 was acquired. |
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| September |
7th generation glass substrate handling system was developed.
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2004
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May |
Subsidiary RORZE TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS (SIP) CO., LTD. was established in Suzhou, China. |
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July |
New wafer handling vacuum robot “MUSASHI” was released.
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| October |
Head office factory was awarded “Chairman’s Award of Japan Greenery Research and Development Center”.
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| December |
Name of Kyushu FA Center was changed to Kyushu Factory. |
2005
| June |
Shares of IS TECHNOLOGY JAPAN, INC. were acquired, and business development for the bio-related business started. |
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| July |
RORZE SYSTEMS CORPORATION (Korea) completed a new factory in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, and moved there.
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| July |
Square-configuration chamber was released. |
| November |
Name of Kyushu FA Center was changed to Kyushu Factory. |
2006
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June |
ISO14001:2004 (Environmental Management System) was acquired. |
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2007
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April |
Selected to one of the 300 strongest small and medium enterprises. |
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December |
New EFEM RSC141 was released.
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2008
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January |
Name of RORZE ROBOTECH INC. was changed to RORZE ROBOTECH CO., LTD. |
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June |
Subsidiary RORZE TECHNOLOGY TRADING CO., LTD. was established in Shanghai, China. |
2009
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November |
We signed a sales agent contract in Japan with Cimetrix Inc. |
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December |
Vacuum platform was released. |
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December |
Single-axis robot GHR Series was released. |
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December |
Vacuum platform for 450 mm wafers was released. |
2010
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November |
Incubator (Cell culture equipment) “Scale120” was commercialized by the joint development with IS TECHNOLOGY JAPAN. INC. |
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December |
New EFEM ROSSO-E131 was released.
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2011
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June |
President Fumio Sakiya was awarded Medal with Yellow Ribbon. |
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2012
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November |
Stepping servo control system “New Controller Driver RMD Series” and the robot, load port, aligner, and wafer handling system using it were released. |
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December |
N2 purge wafer stocker was developed.
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2013
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February |
Subsidiary JIKA JIKA CO., LTD. was established in Haiphong City, Vietnam. |
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July |
Shares were listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange JASDAQ (standard) according to integration of cash market of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange. |
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July |
Operation of solar power plant (max. output 954 kW) in Head office started.
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November |
Scheduling software package “AsuRa” for bio-automation was released. |
2014
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March |
Operation of solar power plant (max. output 393 kW) in Kyushu Factory started.
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October |
Affiliate of NINGBO YUNYU MAGNETIC-TECH ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CO., LTD. was established in Zhejiang, China. |
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November |
Multi-axis interpolating robot RR73B was released. |
2015
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May |
Wafer handling robot RR759 was released.
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May |
N2 bottom purge load port RV201-F07-N Series was released. |
| October |
Cell culture equipment with the automated exchange function of culture medium “CellKeeper(R)” was released. |
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December |
New image sensor-mounted aligner RA320 L Series and RA420 L Series were released. |
2016
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January |
RORZE listing of shares was changed from JASDAQ to the Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
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| August |
RORZE was listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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November |
SCALE48 was released. |
2017
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January |
RORZE ROBOTECH received Excellent Corporate Award from Hai Phong.
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March |
Acquired 100% ownership of IS TECHNOLOGY JAPAN. INC. and renamed to RORZE Lifescience Inc. |
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RORZE ROBOTECH, the production base in Vietnam, started operation at its new plant(the 4th plant). |
2018
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April |
Fumio Sakiya, Advisor to the Board of Directors, was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays. |
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September |
Established Shanghai Rorze Remed Biotechnology Co., Ltd in Shanghai, China, a joint venture for the development, manufacture and sale of life science related equipment. |
2019
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April |
Established European subsidiary RORZE ENGINEERING GmbH in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. |
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April |
Received the Best Supplier Award from CANON ANELVA CORPORATION. |
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August |
RORZE ROBOTECH’s new factories (No. 5 to No. 7) in Vietnam completed. |
2020
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March |
Chinese subsidiary renamed RORZE CREATECH CO.,LTD. |
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April |
Kanagawa FA Center relocated to Yokohama City and renamed Yokohama Office. |
2021
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February |
RORZE SYSTEMS CORPORATION,a subsidiary in Korea, completed a new factory and office in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do,and relocation completed. |
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December |
RORZE CREATECH SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. established in Shanghai, China. |
2022
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April |
Transitioned to the Prime Market from the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
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May |
RORZE Lifescience Inc. invested in facilities and relocated in Tsukuba-shi. |
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September |
RORZE ROBOTECH’s new fctory (No. 8) in Vietnam completed. |
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September |
RORZE CREATECH’s new factory completed in Shanghai, China. |
2023
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March |
IAS Inc., the company of analytical solutions, became wholly-owned subsidiary. |
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2024
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June |
Nanoverse Technologies, Ltd., which is mainly engaged in the development, manufacture, and sale of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, into a subsidiary. |
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September |
Genostaff Co., Ltd, which conducts contract research on tissue staining and gene function analysis and sells instruments and ISH-related products, becomes a subsidiary of RORZE Lifescience Inc. |
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December |
Preciv Co., Ltd, an affiliate company that manufactures and sells precision machine parts, begins operations in Vietnam. |





































