History
HORIBA Advanced Techno Co., Ltd. is a group company of HORIBA, Ltd., a specialist manufacturer of analyzers, and is an expert in sensing technology in the environmental measurement and semiconductor cleaning fields. By introducing related products to areas such as water treatment, semiconductors, the global environment, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and food, we contribute to the lifeline that supports daily life and industrial activities in general, and play a role in global environmental conservation. Aiming to become the de facto standard for water measurement, we will play our role as an ecological leader in creating a comfortable environment.
| 1945 | Established HORIBA RADIO LABORATORY |
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| 1950 | HORIBA develops first Japanese glass electrode pH meter |
| 1953 | Established HORIBA Ltd. |
| 1975 | Established COS Co., Ltd. (presently HORIBA Advanced Techno) |
| 1987 | Launched Japan's first DIN 48x96 panel mount water meters |
| 1985 | Launched “Cardy,” the world's first flat, card-type, pH meter |
| 1987 | Launched Multi-parameter Water Quality Checker U-10 Series |
| 1990 | Launched NDIR based Oil Content Analyzer OCMA-300 Series |
| 1992 | Launched Chemical Concentration Monitors for semiconductor WET RCA process |
| 1995 | Launched TPNA-300 Automatic Total Nitrogen/Phosphorus Monitoring System/td> |
| 2003 | Launched HF-960 series for fluoric acid monitoring for WET etching/cleaning process |
| 2004 | COS Co., Ltd. changes its name to "HORIBA Advanced Techno, Co., Ltd." |
| 2010 | Launched Online Water Quality Analyzer H-1 Series |
| 2017 | HORIBA Advanced Techno consolidates HORIBA’s water and liquid business from January 1, 2017 |
| 2019 | Launched Washwater Monitoring System EG-100, Chemical Concentration Monitor CS-900, Smart Handheld Water Quality Instruments LAQUA WQ-300 |