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The business day of Advanet

Corporate History --- about ADVANET
 Advanet Inc.

2011.4

Advanet Inc. and Spirit 21 Inc. merged and operate as Advanet Inc.

2011.3

Advanet appoints Dr. Shoji Fuchigami as a Representative Director & CEO

2010.3

Advanet appoints Mr. Kazuya Kurihara as Representative Director & President, CEO

2008.4

Vantec Inc. and Spirit 21 Inc. merged and operate as Spirit 21 Inc.

2008.1

Advanet Inc. Tokyo branch relocated to present location

2007.11

Became a member of Eurotech Group,S.p.A based at Italy
Account end has been changed to Dec

2006.10

The capital has been increased to 72.44 million yen.

2006.7

Obtained ISO27001 Certification (Head Office in Okayama)

2006.4

Advanet to Open a Development Center in Kobe

2006.2

Kazuya Kurihara assumed the presidency
2004.8
Advanet Inc. headquarters relocated to present location
 
2002.5
Transition to ISO 9001:2000 completed.
Extension of ISO 9001/ISO 14001 certification to Spirit 21 Inc. registered
 
2002.2
Japan's first Compact PCI Pentium4 CPU board developed
 
2001.4
ISO 9001 periodical audit (2nd) passed
New factory of Spirit 21 Inc. constructed with latest Mounting lines installed
 
2000.10
Tokyo sales office upgraded to Tokyo branch to meet growing business needs
 
1999.6
Manufacturing department (Vantec Inc.) obtained ISO 14001 certification
 
1999.4
Headquarters building in Okayama expanded to meet growing business needs
 
1998.3
ISO 9001 periodical audit passed
 
1997.10
Trial involvement in Okayama Information Highway Project
 
1997.7
 
Participation in NTT Corporation's OCN project
 
1996.7
 
Advanet web site opened
Soldering testers, board checkers, surface mount lines added to reinforce production/testing capacity
Corporate intranet completed and in-house-developed internet server installed
 
1996.5
 
Vantec Inc. became responsible for volume production, while Spirit 21 Inc. became responsible for prototype manufacturing and separated from software development department (new location: 138-110 Tanaka, Okayama; total area of 900 sq. m.) to meet growing business needs
Internet business launched and building of corporate intranet system started
 
1995.4
 
ISO 9001 certification audit passed
 
1995.2
 
ISO 9001 pre-audit completed
 
1995.1
 
Migrated integrated CAD/CAM/CAE systems for electronic circuits to the latest CR5000
Integrated file management system (PDM5000) introduced
 
1993.1
 
Upgrading and improvement of quality assurance system started to meet ISO 9001 certification requirements
 
1992.7
 
Integrated CAD/CAM/CAE systems for electronic circuits upgraded to improve processing capabilities
 
1992.5
 
R&D Center built for new product development; active investment in future businesses
 
1991.6
 
Tokyo sales office opened to boost sales capacity
 
1991.5
 
Corporate name altered to Advanet Inc.; second-phase CI system introduced
Capital increased to JPY 42 million
 
1991.2
 
Profit center approach applied to subsidiaries to operate on a stand-alone basis
 
1990.12
 
9 integrated CAD/CAM/CAE systems for electronic circuits added to achieve full automation of circuit designing through PCB designing using 12 systems
Headquarters of Vantec Inc. relocated to 153-101 Tanaka, Okayama to meet growing business needs[total area of 900 sq. m.]
Surface-mounting CIM lines set up in Vantec Inc. to establish high-mix low-volume production system
 
1990.4
 
HP 3070AT board tester introduced to integrate PCB testing into CIM
 
1990.2
 
Spirit21 Inc., established as a software development subsidiary, (with a capital of JPY 10 million; president Fumio Komatsu), to meet growing business needs
 
1989.7
 
Vantec Inc., established as a manufacturing subsidiary, (with a capital of JPY 10 million; president Fumio Komatsu) to meet growing business needs
 
1988.4
 
Main factory relocated to 3-20-8 Noda, Okayama to meet growing business needs [total area: 1,000 sq. m.]
Capital increased to JPY 21 million
Chip mounting equipment, reflow furnaces and automatic jet soldering machines introduced to build production system of surface mounted PCBs
VAR agreement signed with Fujitsu Ltd.
Sales of Fujitsu's FMR series PCs and development/sales of AFM series expansion cards launched
 
1987.7
 
3 integrated CAD/CAM/CAE PCB design systems introduced to strengthen in-house development of PCBs
 
1985.7
 
MDS series introduced to step up computer-aided development system
 
1983.2
 
MDS225 upgraded to MDS286FD-KIT to develop 8086 systems
 
1982.10
 
Main factory relocated to 497-1 Fujisaki, Okayama to meet growing business needs [total area of 500 sq. m.]
Automatic soldering machines and environmental testing equipment introduced for volume production of PCBs
 
1981.9
 
Intel's MDS225 introduced to develop microcomputer-aided systems
 
1981.7
 
Advanced System Inc. established with a capital of JPY 10 million
Designing/manufacturing of industrial electronic control and measuring equipment commenced
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