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Thank you for visiting the website of Kato Tech, the leading company in texture measurement technology. Please read our company history below to learn more about us.
History of Product Development
| 1972 | Commercialization of F-type electronic measurement equipment (KES System) for measuring the texture of fabrics, thread, etc. |
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| 1973 | Commercialization of Yarn Torsion Torque Tester (YN1). |
| 1975 | Commercialization of Shear/Tensile Fatigue Tester (F5). |
| 1978 | Commercialization of four models of the KES System FB-type. |
| 1984 | FCommercialization of the type-II Thermo Labo warm/cool feeling tester (F7). |
| 1985 | Commercialization of Strip Biaxial Tensile Tester (G2), Strip Biaxial Tensile Tester (G1), and Heavy Load Strip Biaxial Tensile Tester (G1). |
| 1986 | Commercialization of the Friction Tester (SE) and Handy Compression Tester (G5). |
| 1987 | Commercialization of Air Permeability Tester (F8-AP1). |
| 1990 | Commercialization of Fully-Automatic Tensile and Shear Tester (KES-FB1-AUTO). |
| 1991 | Commercialization of Automatic Tensile and Shear Tester (FB1-AUTO-A), Auto Measurer (FB6), and Water Permeability Tester (F8-WA); and improvement in precision and functionality of F7 Thermo Labo II B. |
| 1992 | Commercialization of the Automatic Pure Bending Tester (KES-FB2-AUTO-A). |
| 1994 | Commercialization of the Automatic Compression Tester (KES-FB3-AUTO-A). |
| 1996 | Commercialization of the Automatic Surface Tester (KES-FB4-AUTO-A). |
| 2001 | Commercialization of Environmental Simulation Instrument. |
| 2002 | Commercialization of Finger-Robot. |
| 2003 | Commercialization of Walking-type dummy. |
| 2004 | Commercialization of Liquid Diffusion Evaluation System (LDES). |
| 2005 | Commercialization of Hair Tensile Tester (Compact-type), Compression Tester (Compact-type), and Electrospinning Unit (N.E.U.). |
Business Expands Throughout Japan and Wold
| 1972 | Professor Masako Niwa (Nara Women’s University) announces the commercialization of the KES System F-type products at an academic conference. |
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| 1977 | Export of KES System products to CSIRO in Australia. |
| 1979 | Export of KES System products to Shanghai, China. |
| 1980 | Export of KES System products to D.W.I. in Germany. |
| 1982 | NHK does a science documentary introducing our electronic measurement instruments. Export of KES System to IWS (Ilkley) in the UK, Dupont in the US and others. |
| 1983 | Export of KES System products to WRONZ in New Zealand. |
| 1984 | Export of KES System products to Korea. |
| 1985 | port of KES System products to Marks & Spencer in the UK. |
| 1986 | Export of KES System products to Hong Kong, China, Belgium, the UK, the US, and Denmark. |
| 1987 | Export of KES System products to the UK, the US, Italy, Korea, and France. |
| 1988 | Export of KES System products to India, Australia, the UK, East Germany, Korea, and China. |
| 1989 | KExport of KES System products to the US, West Germany, Sri Lanka, and Hong Kong. |
| 2000 | Export of the CE-marking KES-FB-AUTO (FB1-A, FB2-A, FB3-A, FB4-A) to Europe. |
| 2001 | Kato Tech teams up with Ube Medical Co., Ltd. in medical equipment production, exports KES System products to P&G in the US and Germany. |
| 2002 | Expansion of sales channels for sanitary products including disposable diapers. |
| 2003 | Kato Tech makes full-scale entry into automotive field. |
| 2004 | Expansion of sales channels to university research institutes in China. |
| 2005 | Kato Tech begins development on consignment for Toyota Motor Corporation. |
