Japan 1966 Became Scott Research Laboratories / Kimoto Electric Co. Ltd. / Takachiho Chemical Industrial Company / Voltaix / Showa Densen Denryu Laboratory / Balance (Scale) 1974 Founded STEC Company / Arkonic / Takachiho Trading Company / Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp / Scott Specialty Gases / ATMI / /
Country
Japan / United States / South Korea / / /
Event
Business Partnership / M&A / /
Facility
Research Institute / Built Takachiho’s Fluorescent Light Bulb Factory / Tokyo Institute of Technology / Japan Automobile Research Institute / Tokyo Metropolitan University / Tokyo Institute of Technology Orchestra / Tohoku University / /
IndustryTerm
gas industry / conventional management / /
NaturalFeature
Takachiho Mountain Range / /
Organization
Chemical Evaluation and Research Institute / Tohoku University / Tokyo Metropolitan University / Technology Orchestra / Japan Automobile Research Institute / Narashino Air Force Regiment / Tokyo Institute of Technology / /
Person
John P. de Neufville / Takashi Kimoto / Fred Merz / Junichi Hanna / Kaoru Egami / J. Fredrick Mertz Jr. / Hiroshi Taguchi / Shinji Uehara / Masashi Egami / Naoki Inose / Toshiyuki Hobo / Maki Egami / Kenichi Akiyama / Paul Murphy / Miki Egami / John Swanciger / Shinzo Abe / Hideyuki Ogawa / / /
Position
Chairman and Founder / Prime Minister / Vice President of HORIBA STEC / President / engineer commission officer / current President / founder / Director Executive Managing / Governor / Professor Emeritus / Chairman / Professor / Managing Director / /
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