History
1966
Founded Mitaka Kohki Co., Ltd. President: Giichi NAKAMURA
1966.05
Loaded the ozone detector onto K-18M-14 Rocket
1966.10
Cooperation with balloon observation of Aerospace Research and Development of the University of Tokyo Onboard solar telescope.
1966.11
Designed and manufactured an experimental device for solar eclipse and delivered it to Tokyo Observatory Laboratory
1971.03
Start of production and distribution of 30cm, 40cm large telescopes for the Tokyo Gakugei University, Kyoto University, the national universities and more
1972.03
Start of development, production and distribution of precision coordinate measuring equipment
1983.11
Participation in SEPAC plan of Space Science Laboratory and loading the special camera onto the space shuttle, Columbia
1988.10
Breaking new ground with medical devices and acquisition of medical device manufacturing license
1989.10
Start of development of Neuro-Sat
1990.04
Start of commercial production of Cygnus, the space pointer, and acquisition global patent and a good reputation from neurosurgeons around the world
1991.07
Capital increase to 10 million yen
1992.06
Neuro-Sat was approved as a medical device by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and got a lot of attention as a next-generation brain stereotactic instrument.
1994.03
Release start of Overhead positioning stand, OH1, all over the world
1994.06
Giichi Nakamura assumed the board chairman, Katsushige Nakamura assumed the president
1994.08
Delivery 103cm aperture Cassegrain fork telescope, the largest in Japan to public observatory And more delivered so far over 50cm aperture large telescopes to 17 public institutions
1996.07
Start of commercial production of NH series, Non-Contact 3D Auto Measuring System
1998.12
Loading the XUV Doppler telescope onto observation rocket S-520-22. Success of the world's first high resolution observation of sun’s corona
1999.03
Development of neurosurgery microscope and start of production and distribution of MM30/SOH
1999.03
Development of NH-3SP, Non-Contact 3D Auto Measuring System and achievement of resolution 1 nano-meter
2002.03
Participation in green fuel production technology development project and development of solar tracking concentrating system
2002.04
Completion of sales contract of OH3 stand with Leica Microsystems
2002.10
Started mass production of OH3 stand
2004.03
High resolution microscope MM50 completed. Resolution 9 microns.
2005.03
Development of fluorescence microscope which can operate on a tumor brightened by fluorescent material in bright field
2006.03
Development and manufacture of the "Balancing Point Setter", a surgical support multi-jointed arm.
2006.04
Devising of the seawater desalination unit and external-combustion generating equipment with using Solar tracking concentrating system
2006.04
The Emperor visited Mitaka Kohki head office factory
2006.04
Started mass production of non-contact contour measuring instrument "MLP-2".
2006.09
Started mass production of OH4 stand
2007.09
Started mass production of OH5 stand
2008.10
Launched UniAMR, an endoscope holding system
2011.05
Established Fujimi R&D Center
2012.05
Established Yokohama factory
2014.01
ISO13485 (Quality Management System for Medical Devices) certified (Head Office)
2014.10
Established Kikugawa factory
2015.12
Established Osaka Office
2017.06
Established Okinawa Office
2018.07
Second-class marketing License for medical device certified (Head office)
2018.08
Launched Surgical Microscope MM90/YOH
2019.11
MIPS, the world's first medical device using projection mapping, is launched.
2020.03
4K3D Digital Video Microscope "HawkSight" is launched