A&D Company, Limited

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A&D Company, Limited
Type Corporation TYO: 7745
Founded May 1977[1]
Headquarters Japan Tokyo, Japan
Key people Hikaru Furukawa (古川 陽), President
Industry Medical equipment and Laboratory equipment manufacturing
Website http://www.aandd.jp/
http://www.aandd.co.jp/
U.S. Food and Drug Administration registration numbers 3006899423, 3003864328, 3004128050 and 2082313

A&D Company, Limited (株式会社エー・アンド・デイ?) is a multi-national manufacturer of precision instruments for medical, laboratory, and other uses headquartered in Japan.[1] "A&D" stands for "analog and digital"[2] and is represented without any spaces (i.e. "A&D" as opposed to "A & D".)

The company has a great deal of expertise in the construction and operation of extremely high-precision measurement equipment. A&D engineers are occasionally contacted by scientists for advice in conducting laboratory experiments.[3]

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History

The company was founded in 1977[1] by a group of 13 engineers who left Takeda Riken Industry Co., Ltd. (currently Advantest) in Japan.[4][5]

A&D was first listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in March 2006 as symbol 7745.

Subsidiaries

Orientec Co., Ltd.

Formerly Toyo Baldwin Company Ltd.[6][7]

A&D Engineering

Also does business as A&D Weighing and A&D Medical.

A&D Instruments, Limited

A&D Australasia Pty Ltd.

Mercury Scale Company was founded in 1946 by Mr. Gwyn Adams and Mr. Bert Brice.[8]

A&D Korea Limited

(Hangul: 한국 에이. 엔. 디(주))

A&D Rus Co., Ltd.

(Russian: ЭЙ энд ДИ РУС))

A&D Technology, Inc.

A&D Technology, Inc. is a U.S. subsidiary specializing in automotive engine measurement systems formed in 2004. In August 2005, A&D Technology purchased the Powertrain Technology Division of MTS Systems Corporation.[9] MTS Powertrain Technology Division was formed in 1999 from two experienced test cell product and services providers, DSP Technology and Powertek.[10]

A&D Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

A&D Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (simplified Chinese:爱安德电子（深圳）有限公司) is recognized as one of the major exporters of medical devices from China in its own right.[11] The production facility officially opened on August 1, 2003[12] creating products for export. On June 10, 2005, A&D officially launched the marketing of products to Chinese customers as well.[13]

A&D Technology Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

(simplified Chinese:愛安徳技研貿易（上海）有限公司)

A&D Scales Co., Ltd.

In January 1996 A&D acquired controlling ownership of Hana Instruments Co., Ltd. of Korea, which is now A&D Scales Co., Ltd.[14] Hana Instruments was originally established in 1983.[15]

A&D Scientech Taiwan Limited

References

  1. ^ a b c Hale, Adeline B.; Hale, Arthur B. (1991), A & D Company, Limited, Miami, Florida: International Bio-Medical Information Service, OCLC 60637168 
  2. ^ ご挨拶, A&D Company, Limited, http://www.aandd.co.jp/adhome/profile/index.html, retrieved 2009-01-20 , archived by WebCite here
  3. ^ Shinada, Takahiro; Koyama, Hikaru; Hinoshita, Chie; Imamura, Ken; Ohdomari, Iwao (2002), "Improvement of Focused Ion-Beam Optics in Single-Ion Implantation for Higher Aiming Precision of One-by-One Doping of Impurity Atoms into Nano-Scale Semiconductor Devices", Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (Institute of Pure and Applied Physics) 41 (3A): L287-L290, doi:10.1143/JJAP.41.L287, ISSN 0021-4922, http://ipap.kopas.co.jp/link?JJAP/41/L287/ 
  4. ^ The A&D Story, Vision, Mission, Culture, and Business Systems, A&D Engineering, http://www.andonline.com/andh.nsf/html/AD+History, retrieved 2009-01-20 
  5. ^ 集团简介, A&D Technology Trading Co., Ltd., http://www.aanddtech.cn/about.asp, retrieved 2009-01-20 
  6. ^ , A&D Korea Limited, http://www.andk.co.kr/young_out.php, retrieved 2009-01-25 
  7. ^ Yoshihara, Masinori; Tetsuya Toyoshima & Kohei Arakawa, "Protective film for polarizing plate", EU 06767054.7, issued 2006, Application number EP1898240
  8. ^ A&D Australasia Celebrates 60th Birthday, A&D Australasia Pty Ltd., http://www.andaustralasia.com.au/web.php?p=1002, retrieved 2009-01-20 
  9. ^ About us, A&D Technology, Inc., http://www.aanddtech.com/about_us/, retrieved 2009-01-20 
  10. ^ Annual Report to Shareholders 1999, MTS Systems Corporation, p. 7, http://www.mts.com/en/InvestorRelations/reports/DEV_002435, retrieved 2009-01-20 
  11. ^ "Key Portable Medical Device Vendors Worldwide", China Portable Medical Devices Report (Beijing: ResearchInChina), December 2008 
  12. ^ A&D China (ADCH) Opening Ceremony, A&D Company, Limited, http://www.aandd.jp/whatnew/2003/2003octADCH.htm, retrieved 2009-01-20 
  13. ^ Takehiko Ogata, Launching Out Into China, A&D Company, Limited, http://www.aandd.jp/whatnew/2005/2005_june_china_medical.html, retrieved 2009-01-20 
  14. ^ Company History, A&D Company, Limited, http://www.aandd.jp/company/company_history.html, retrieved 2009-01-20 
  15. ^ Hana Instruments Co., Ltd., 13, Hong Kong: Trade Media Ltd., 1995, ISSN 1010-9579, OCLC 12905988 

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