History
| year | history |
|---|---|
| July 1968, | Osawa Laboratories, the predecessor of Photron, was founded by J. Osawa & Co. as a100 % owned subsidiary. |
| June 1974, | Photron Limited, a 100 % owned subsidiary of J. Osawa & Co., was founded. |
| September 1983, | Osawa Laboratories and Photron Limited merged to form Photron Limited as a 100 % owned subsidiary of J. Osato & Co. |
| May 1984, | Chisan Limited acquired the whole stock of Photron Limited from J. Osawa & Co. |
| June 1985, | Opened Ebina Plant in Ebina City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Opened Nagoya branch office. |
| December 1988, | Opened San Jose, California, Branch Office to sell products and collect market and technical information. |
| March 1991, | Opened Yonezawa Plant in Yamagata Prefecture to expand production capacity. |
| July 1992, | IMAGICA Corp. acquired all stock from Chisan Limited to own Photron Limited. |
| July 1994, | Opened Fukuoka Branch Office in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. |
| September 1997, | Company made public by offering stock over the counter. |
| January 2000, | Established Photron USA, Inc., a 100 % owned subsidiary, in San Jose, California, USA to expand the sales power in Americas. |
| June 2000, | Acquired I-Chips Technology Limited, a fabless developer-manufacturer of general-purpose LSI for imaging equipment, as a subsidiary. |
| April 2001, | Established Photron Europe Limited, a 100 % owned subsidiary, in a suburban city of London, UK, to expand sales power in the European markets. |
| November 2001, | Established Photron Vietnam Technical Center Limited, a 100 % owned subsidiary, as a local center for under-contract product development and design works. |
| March 2002, | Acquired ISO9001:2000 Product Quality Management certificate. |
| September 2003, | Moved the Head Office and R&D Studio (Ebina Plant) to the present location at Fujimi, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo. |
| August 2007, | Established Photron Medical Imaging Inc., a 100 % owned subsidiary. |
| January 2010, | ISO certificate status changed to ISO9001:2008. |
| April 2011, | Became a fully-owned subsidiary of Imagica-Robot Holdings(currently IMAGICA GROUP Inc.) and unlisted through demerger and merger. |
| July 2012, | Merged with IMAGICA DIGIX Inc. |
| August 2012, | In August 2012, Photron established PHOTRON (SHANGHAI) LIMITED in Shanghai, China, as the stronghold for enhancing the customer support service and sales capabilities, as the demand expands in the relevant market. |
| November 2014, | Acquired the whole stock of Telecute Inc.(Company name changed to IPmotion Inc. in April 2017) |
| May 2015, | Move the Head Office and Nagata-Cho Office to the present location at Kanda Jinbo-Cho, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo. |
| April 2017, | Transferred the Educational Imaging Systems Business to Photron Medical Imaging Inc. (now “Photron M&E Solutions Inc.”), a 100 % owned subsidiary. |
| April 2020, | Transferred the Educational Imaging Systems Business from Photron M&E Solutions Inc. |
| December 2020, | Acquired all shares of Photonic Lattice, Inc. and made it a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| April 2021, | Acquired TRASC and TASKEE business from IMAGICA Lab. Inc. and digital reality lab business from IMAGICADIGITALSCAPE Co., Ltd. |
| April 2022, | Transferred the optical measurement business to Photonic Lattice Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| April 2022, | Acquired all shares of ISLWARE INC. and made it a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| June 2022, | Acquired all shares of MEDIA SOLUTIONS,INC. and made it a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| July 2023, | Tochigi Technical Center opened in Shimotsuke City, Tochigi Prefecture. |
| April 2024, | Merged with IMAGICA Live Inc. |
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