Happy New Year！

As of January 1, 2025, Nanophoton Corporation has integrated with Bruker Group and become Nanophoton – a Bruker Company.
With this transition, I will step down from my role as Chairman and CEO of Nanophoton. The column I have written periodically over the past 7.5 years, titled “Chairmans Office”, will now be renamed “Founder’s Note”.

At Osaka office in Nanophoton, rooms have been referred to by their room numbers. My office is neither called as “the Chairman’s Office” nor “the Founder’s Office”; it is simply “Room 110.” Since each room is identified solely by its number, it’s easy to repurpose spaces—from office to meeting room, meeting room to showroom. This allows us to adapt and change the use of each space swiftly and flexibly.

I believe this swiftness and flexibility – freedom and resilience – are crucial to any organization. If we lose flexibility by being bound to rules and systems decided in the past, neither organizations nor individuals will be able to succeed across ages. Just like people, the Globe, societies, and companies must continually renew themselves, experiencing mutations and natural selection in order to evolve.

In today’s rapidly evolving global landscape, predicting the future is a challenging endeavor. For instance, it was inevitable that 80 years ago, no one could have drafted a constitution that fully anticipated the realities of today’s world.

The future is not something to be predicted, but something to be created.

Nanophoton started completely from scratch 22 years ago. Now, we are building a new chapter from scratch by integrating with a historically established company. Together, we are striving to create a new future. In times when society is evolving at an unprecedented pace, we aim to adapt and grow with even greater freedom and resilience than ever before.

We are grateful for your continued support of Nanophoton as we embark on this new journey.

1 January, 2025

Satoshi Kawata
Founder, CSO, and Head of CoE,
Nanophoton – a Bruker Company