January 1975 |
Company founded in Tokyo, Japan as Eiraku APPEX |
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 |