History

Company History/1990

1990.10: Establishment of Konan Factory in Konan-cho, Koka-gun, Shiga
1990.10: Achieves sales volume of 10 billion yen.
1991.04: Tadashi Doi, the founder of the company, passes away.
1992.01: Awarded the 25th Medium and Small Business Research Institute Prize.
1992.04: Awarded Kyoto Prefecture award for invention for AUTO A1c.
1994.02: Awarded the first Kyoto Medium and Small Business Engineer Prize.
1994.05: Shigeru Doi becomes CEO.
1994.11: Designated as Medium and Small Business Model Factory by the governor of Kyoto.
1995.01: Provides free loan of blood glucose meter (GLUCOCARD) in the aftermath of Kobe Earthquake.
1995.06: Introduces the corporate brand name "ARKRAY"
1995.10: Achieves sales volume of 20 billion yen.
1996.11: Acquires the certificate of "ISO9001" international standard for quality system.
1997.11: Establishment of ARKRAY FACTORY Inc. as an independent production company
1999.02: Awarded the 24th Invention Award Sasagawa Honorable Prize for " glucose concentration measurement method"
1999.11: Acquires the certificate of "ISO-14001" international standard for the environmental management system.
1999.11: Establishment of ARKRAY Digital Laboratory, Inc.
1999.11: Establishment of KDK European Office in Dusseldorf, Germany
1999.12: Acquires the certificate of "ISO-13485" international standards for medical device quality assurance.

1991.05: Development of self-monitoring blood glucose meter "GLUCOCARD/GT-1610"
1992.12: Development of automatic glycoalbumin analyzer "GAA-2000"
Advocates new diabetes monitoring indicator "glycated-albumin."
1997.02: Development of simple blood lactate analyzer "Lactate Pro/LT-1710"
1998.07: Development of and releases data management software "MEQNET"
1999.08: eleases TOUCH TEST, a sensory level evaluator for diabetic neuropathy.
1999.08: Releases Prenova Socks, socks for people with diabetes.