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APPEX has over the past 50 years grown from a local based optical vendor to a company with a solid domestic and international foundation.
We will continue to strength then our activities within our areas of core competence in the years moving forward to the benefit of our customers and business partners
Business Activities
- Sales & service of domestic and imported capital equipment
- Design, production, sales & service of semiconductor and related equipment for mass production as well as R&D
- Sales & service of vacuum components (vacuum pumps, leak detectors, gauges, vacuum systems etc)
- Design, production and sales of high precision parts
- Sales & service of optical lenses and related parts & accessories
- Strategic consulting for the Japanese high-tech industrial markets
Company Profile
| Company | APPEX CORPORATION |
| Establishment | January 1975 |
| Location | 〒106-0031 3-23-7. Nishiazabu Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan TEL 03-3478-3536 FAX 03-3402-4838 |
| Business Contents | Development,Production, Sales and Solutions of High Tech Equipment |
| Capital | ￥66 Million（January 2021） |
| Sales | ￥4.5 Billion（Fiscal Year ending June 2022） |
| Number of Employee | 144（January 2021） |
| Board of Directors | President and Representative Director Yasushi Matsumoto Director Haruhito Mikami Director Hirokazu Tsunokawa Director kenichi Tsunoda Auditor Takashi Imai |
| Business Partners | 【Overseas】 Milestone Systems A/S (Denmark) DELO Industrial Adhesives (Germany) Cn1 Co., Ltd (Korea) UniJet (Korea) 【Domestic】 Applied Materials Japan, Ikegami Communication Systems, Canon Inc, Canon ANELVA Corp, Canon Marketing Japan, Kyoshin Communication, SONY Semiconductor, SONY Finance International, Toshiba, JVC-Kenwood, Hitachi Kokusai Denki, Bridgestone, Sumitomo-Mitsui Financial & Lease, Mitsubishi Electric, Mitomo, Carl Zeiss Microscopy, Hakuto, Contact Corp, others |
Connecting Japan and the world
APPEX’ negotiation skills connect domestic customers
and overseas manufacturers.
Setting up activities in Japan requires many aspects to be considered and analyzed. Language, requirements to products and organization, habits, demand and cost projections are just some of them. APPEX offers its long experience in acting as bridge between Japan and overseas to propose a suitable set-up and business plan for small and medium sized high-tech companies.
International Negotiation Skills get high Marks
from Domestic Customers
APPEX’ experience in dealing with manufacturers from France, Germany, Holland, Denmark, USA, Korea, Taiwan is highly appreciated by our domestic customers
Embracing a wide area of Equipment Design
Mechatronic Engineering: Design of sub-assemblies or complete systems for semiconductor and related process equipment for R&D and mass production
Electrical Engineering: Electrical design & lay-out, testing etc
Design of software: Design & programing of system specific and interface (user/system) software
Development Power
We support and provide development assistance for control systems and semiconductor equipment and can offer our expertise in cases where customization or localization is required
We have experience with semiconductor process equipment such as CVD, etching, thin film deposition, MEMS, Alignment systems, semi and full automatic leak detection systems, wafer transport systems, FOUP handling, specially designed vacuum pumping systems, high precision cooling equipment etc
Flexible Production and Service Facilities
APPEX operates 3 locations in Japan equipped with facilities to support the various activities:
- Ichikawa Factory: Cleanroom for semiconductor manufacturing and testing, full production facilities incl production management system, green purchasing and ISO14001 certified
- Shin Yokohama Technical Center: Service facility for vacuum and optical products. ISO14001 certified
- Arai Factory: Support facility for nationwide field service activities
Company History
| January 1975 | Company founded in Tokyo, Japan as Eiraku APPEX |
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| April 1976 | Appointed distributor for Canon broadcasting lenses |
| March 1977 | Appointed official service provider for Canon broadcasting lenses |
| November 1979 | Established Kawasaki Factory |
| April 1980 | Appointed official service provider for Canon semiconductor equipment |
| April 1983 | Started field service for Canon semiconductor equipment |
| August 1983 | Changed name to APPEX Corp |
| May 1986 | Inaugurated Arai Factory for halogen lamp production |
| January 1988 | Produced first semiconductor equipment for CVD-process |
| August 1993 | Signed service agreement with Alcatel Vacuum Technology, France |
| June 1995 | Inaugurated Ichikawa Factory |
| April 1996 | Appointed distributor for Alcatel Vacuum Technology |
| April 1998 | Initiated field service for Ultratech steppers |
| May 2000 | Initiated activities for Alcatel Deep Etching Equipment |
| September 2001 | Inaugurated demonstration room for Alcatel Deep Etching Equipment |
| June 2005 | First deep etching equipment produced locally for Alcatel |
| May 2007 | Opened Osaka office |
| December 2007 | Inaugurated Shin Yokohama Technical Center for vacuum and optics sales and service activities |
| September 2008 | Appointed distributor of Advanced Laser Separation International (ALSI) |
| August 2010 | Appointed distributor of UniJet, Korea |
| October 2010 | Appointed distributor of Nanoplas, France |
| October 2010 | Appointed distributor of Milestone Systems A/S, Denmark |
| April 2011 | Appointed distributor of PSM,Korea |
| August 2012 | Appointed distributor of Fogale Nanotech, France, for optical and semiconductor products |
| June 2013 | Initiated service for Carl Zeiss Microscopy |
| September 2013 | Appointed distributor of Obducat AB,Sweden |
| September 2013 | Appointed distributor of TRUMPF Huettinger GmbH + Co.KG |
| August 2015 | Appointed distributor of DELO Industrial Adhesives, Germany |
| May 2016 | Appointed distributor of AiSTRIX of Asahi Net, Inc., Japan |
| December 2017 | Appointed distributor of Semi-TS, Korea |