Corporate Philosophy
Nanophoton is a manufacturer of laser microscope commercializing state-of-the-art instruments by utilizing photonics and provides instruments for worldwide laboratories and industries. Nanophoton was established in February 2003 by various professionals such as scientist, engineer and management sharing the same dream, “Leading edge microscopes from Japan!”
The word to express our philosophy is “Change the world by nanotechnology and photonics”. Nanophoton always stands at the frontier of time, provides ultimate performance by our stand-alone technology and contributes to the progress of science and industry.
Company Profile
| Company Name | Nanophoton Corporation |
| Founded | February 2003 |
| Office | P3-321 Photonics Center Osaka Univ., 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan 565-0871 |
| Phone | +81-6-6878-9911 |
| info@nanophoton.jp | |
| Board member Executive Profile | Chairman and Representative Director, Satoshi Kawata Director/ Vice President, Kengo Fujiwara Director, Minoru Kobayashi Director, Hyojin Kim Auditor, Yoshinori Shinohara Auditor, Kimiyo Hayashi |
| Technical adviser | Katsumasa Fujita Ph.D. Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University Yasuaki Kumamoto, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University |
| History | 2003.2. Nanophoton Corporation is founded 2004.4. R&D center is established at Center for Advanced Science and Innovation, Osaka University 2005.3. Nanophoton receives a prize of Mizuho New Business fund 2005.9. New product Laser Raman Microscope RAMAN-11 is released 2006.4. Nanophoton is awarded Japan Venture Award 2007.11. Satoshi Kawata Ph.D. is awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon from the Emperor of Japan 2008.9. New product Laser Raman Microscope RAMANplus is released 2011.4. Move the R&D center to Photonics Center building 2011.9. New product Laser Raman Microscope RAMANtouch is released 2012.9. New product Widefield Raman scope RAMANview is released 2013.9. New product Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering Microscope TERSsense is released 2014.3. Tokyo showroom is established 2016.7. Nanophoton Korea is founded/ Seoul Showroom is established 2016.7. Beijing Showroom is established 2016.9 New product Laser Raman Microscopy RAMANtouch/RAMANforce is released 2018.3 New product UV/DUV Microscopy RAMANtouch vioLa is released 2019.9 New product Randam walk scanning Raman Microscopy RAMANwalk is released |
| Offices | Osaka Umeda, head office Osaka R&D center, Headquarter Tokyo showroom & office Seoul showroom & office Beijing showroom |
| Business outline | Research, development and sales of laser microscopes and their related products |
| Sales achievement | Japan Osaka University, Osaka Prefecture University, Kyushu University, Industrial Technology Center of Okayama Prefecture, Kagoshima University, Kyushu University, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto Prefectural Technology Center for Small and Medium Enterprises, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kobe University, Kobelco Research Institute. inc, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST), SIGMA KOKI, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT), ShinSei, Stella Chemifa, Sumika Chemical Analysis Service, Sony, Tokyo University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Doshisha University, Nagoya University, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nikon, Nissan Arc, Panasonic, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hitachi, Fujifilm, Furukawa Electric, National Institute for Materials Science(NIMS), Meijo University, RIKEN, Micro Laser Systems, etc. Global Chinese Academy of Sciences, KOLON Industries, Korea Basic Science Institute(KBSI), Material Research Laboratory at UIUC, Nanyang Technological University, Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology(RIST), RJL Micro & Analytic GmbH, Seoul National University, Xiamen University, etc. |