History
1921-1950

1921 | October | Established Sibata Seisakusho and started manufacturing of laboratory glassware. |
1929 | May | Started manufacturing of glass analyzer for petrochemical industry. |
1933 | April | Sibata Hiromu Seisakusho succeeded in development of glass filters and started sales. |
1940 | August | Built one glass crucible furnace to start glass melting research. |
1941 | March | Sibata Hiromu Seisakusho started mass production of various distilling equipment and high precision glass filters, etc. |
1947 | March | Started manufacturing of Hiromu brand beakers, flasks, petri dishes and coolers. |
1947 | October | Started manufacturing of glass volumeters such as volumetric flasks, burettes and pipets. |
1951 | May | Started manufacturing of official type filter paper dust samplers, the first step in the field of occupational health. |
1955 | June | ‘HARIO glass’ tank furnace with JIS First-Class hard glass was completed for the first time in Japan. |
1956 | January | Authorized for indication of Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) by the Minister of International Trade and Industry. Authorization No. 4502 |
1957 | April | ‘Rotary Evaporator, Model A’ was completed, and manufacturing and Sales started for the first time in the industry. |
1960-1970

1962 | March | Developed light scattering type digital dust indicator and entered into the field of working environments. |
1962 | October | Sibata Sony Glass Co., LTD. was established through contributions of Sibata Chemical APP. MFG. Co., LTD., Sibata Hario Glass Co., LTD. and Sony Corporation and started manufacturing of CRTs for micro TVs and valves of measurement pipes. |
1968 | November | Entered into an exclusive sales agreement on industrial glass plant devices with Schott of Germany. |
1971 | September | Started sales of indoor environmental measurement equipment (for building management) under the enforcement of the Building Management Act by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. |
1973 | September | Established Interss Taiwan Limited in Kaohsiung Gaoxiong, Taiwan and started local manufacturing of glass volumeters. |
1977 | February | At the Invention Grand Prix Contest in 1976, our product, ‘precision fine differential pressure gauge’ was awarded Invention Merit Prize. |
1979 | October | Entered into a manufacturing and sales agreement with Büchi of Switzerland and started manufacturing and distribution of Rotary Evaporators of Büchi. |
1980-1990

1980 | January | Manufacturing and sales of mask fitting test equipment for nuclear power plants. |
1985 | January | Entered into an exclusive sales agreement with Metrohm of Switzerland on distribution of Metrohm products in Japan. |
1986 | April | Succeeded in receiving an order for a large project for Southeast Asia. |
1986 | July | Shipped glass manufacturing plant for glassware in China. |
1989 | January | Soka Factory became authorized JIS certified factory (JIS R3503) |
1990 | December | Delivered the world’s largest glass sand clock to Nima-cho, Shimane Prefecture. |
1993 | January | Established Metrohm Sibata Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Metrohme of Switzerland. |
1994 | February | Succeeded in receiving an order for a large environmental project, Japan-China Environmental Center (Beijing). |
1995 | December | Acquired ISO9001 certification, a global quality standard |
1996 | April | Interss Taiwan Limited (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) became authorized JIS certified factory (JIS R3505) |
1997 | February | Delivered Inhalation Testing Equipment to Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency. |
1997 | December | Acquired ISO14001 certification, a global environmental standard. |
1998 | October | Released new model dioxin sampler (HV-1000F) on market. |
2000-

2000 | February | Entered into a technical agreement on environmental measurement equipment with Met One Instruments of USA. |
2000 | December | Acquired OHSAS18001 certification, a global occupational safety and health standard. |
2001 | July | Established Nihon Buchi K.K., a joint venture with Büchi of Switzerland. |
2003 | January | Started ‘Customer Support Center’ (toll-free) as a contact for technical support to customers. |
2003 | April | Designed and constructed an hourly timekeeping sand clock installed at Japan Railway Osaka Station. |
2004 | January | Jointly developed yellow sand dust observation rider with Incorporated Administrative Agency, National Institute for Environmental Studies and Installed in Toyama Prefecture. |
2004 | March | Delivered to Incorporated Administrative Agency, National Institute for Environmental Studies ‘Seabed Simulation System’ which investigates the impact of chemical substances, including environmental hormones, etc. |
2005 | March | Delivered small animal nanoparticles exposure system to Incorporated Administrative Agency, National Institute for Environmental Studies. |
2005 | November | Released new model of Asbestos sampler (AIP-105) on market. |
2007 | July | Developed fiber monitor for asbestos measurement (Model F-1, FS-1) and started sales. |
2007 | December | Interss Taiwan Limited acquired new JIS Mark certification for glass volumeters (JIS R3505). |
2008 | February | Kyowa Tech Inc. acquired JIS Mark indication certificate for glassware for chemical analysis (JIR R3503). |
2009 | January | Established Metrohm Japan Co., Ltd. by Joint investment of Metrohm of Switzerland, SIBATA SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY LTD. and Shoko Co., Ltd. |
2009 | June | Merged with Kyowa Tech Co., Ltd. which became SIBATA SCIENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY LTD. Iida Factory. |
2010 | January | Entered into a distributor agreement with Duran of Germany. |
2010 | May | Moved the Head Office to a newly completed building on the premises of the Soka Office site. |
2011 | March | For those suffered in the Great East Japan Earthquake, made a joint contribution of 5 million yen from employee and company through Japanese Red Cross Society. |
2011 | July | Completed Laboratory at the Head Office. |
2011 | November | Establish employee shareholding association. |
2012 | August | Interss Taiwan Limited acquired ISO9001 certification. |
2014 | February | Made an equity participation in Protects who is in detection business of the norovirus. |
2014 | March | Established SIBATA USA INCORPORATED in Atlanta, Georgia |
2014 | May | Establish Sibata Scientific Technology Holding Limited in Ikenohata, Daito-ku, Tokyo |
2014 | September | Recognized P-1 Digital Dust Indicator as Legacy Analytical &amop; Scientific Instrument. |
2015 | January | Changed host computer system from NTT NewRRR to Nittetsu-Hitachi GRANDIT system. |
2015 | February | Introduced executive officer system. |
2016 | January | Made a company trip to Taiwan with all employees for 3 nights/4 days and visited Interss Taiwan Limited as a 95 year’s anniversary event. |
2016 | March | Along with the expansion of production, Iida factory Kawaji is expanded. |
2016 | April | Accepted four Vietnamese trainees at the Iida factory. |
2016 | May | Donated 3,000,000 yen through the Japanese Red Cross Society together with employees for the Kumamoto earthquake. |
2016 | November | With the increase in orders for large-scale plant equipment, a new outdoor large-scale plant workshop (movable tent) was established at the Soka head office factory. |
2017 | June | Double winner of the 2017 Environmental Award. 1. Heat cleaning equipment to detoxify waste electrical equipment containing small amounts of PCBs on-site (jointly with the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry) 2. Construction of airborne particle observation network and development of a prediction model (jointly with the National Institute of Research and Development) Environment graduate school) |
2018 | April | We set up an order center in the Soka head office factory to centrally manage orders for standard products. |
2018 | July | US Dr. Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits” seminar was held for managers and above. |
2019 | February | Introduced the head office system (Administration Headquarters, New Overseas Business Department, Sales Headquarters, Technology Development Headquarters). |
2019 | May | As we enter the new era of Reiwa, everyone will be called “San” at the company. |
2020 | February | We will launch a project team to work on the SDGs. |
2020 | June | Donated N95 masks to Soka City, Saitama Prefecture to support medical workers. |
2020 | September | The mask fitting tester MT-05U type is a product of the Tokyo Metropolitan Trial Certification System. (Certification number R207) |
2021 | September | To commemorate the 100th anniversary of our founding, we made a donation to our first business partner and first customer, the University of Tokyo. |
2021 | October | Celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding. |
2022 | January | A DX declaration aiming for corporate transformation through digitization and data collection and utilization. |
2022 | April | Aiming to unify the corporate image and improve brand value for the next 100 years (NEXT 100), we have started a renewal of our CI strategy. |
2022 | July | We formulated the SIBATA SCIEENTIFIC TECHNOLOGY LTD. Carbon Neutral Declaration 2121 in order to realize a sustainable society in which the next generation can live with peace of mind and to protect a green earth filled with clean air and water. |
2022 | September | Transferred the logistics base from “Misato Logistics Center” in Misato City, Saitama Prefecture to “Sugimura Warehouse Co., Ltd.” in Adachi Ward, Tokyo. |