| Company name | Westech Company Limited |
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| Address | 633 Niizo Toda-shi, Saitama 355-0021 TEL：81+48-432-1101 FAX：81+48-432-1200 |
| CEO | Yoshiharu Nishikawa |
| Established | May 14, 1990 |
| Capital | 45,500,000 yen |
| Main Bank | Kiraboshi Bank (formerly Tokyo Tomin Bank) |
| Business outline | Machining plastic substrate (i.e. Bakelite Acrylic and other resins, light metals) for small electric parts alignment. Design and manufacturing vibration alignment machines and system for labor reduction |
| Main products | Customized tray for alignment and assembly purpose. Jig tool for robotic handling system. Horizontal vibratory alignment machine. Rotary type vibratory alignment machine. Automatic O-ring insertion machine. |
| 1990 | Start business as Monobe Company Limited with capital of 10,000,000 yen in Chiba prefecture, Japan. |
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| 1991 | Start manufacturing vibratory parts alignment machine and machined plastic tools for the alignment Rachan Enterprize Co. Ltd. is appointed as the company’s agent for Chinese market Mr. Yoshiharu Nishikawa is assigned as CEO. |
| To cope with rapid growth in purchase orders, the company moves to its current premises in Toda, Saitama Prefecture. | |
| 1992 | Company name is changed to Westech Company Limited. WESTECH augments its machining centers and other equipment and staff. WESTECH owns five machining centers. Registered name of Westech, and “ウエステック” (Westech in Japanese) |
| Utility model patent applied for “Parts alignment machine with digitally controlled table tilt angle during the vibratory alignment” (Registered 1997) Utility model patent applied for “Parts collection part concept for the vibration alignment machine” (Registered 1997) |
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| 1993 | Developed and patent applied for “Parts alignment machine with micro-computer controlled digitally setting table tilt angle, vibration speed, and duration for each step on the vibratory alignment” (Registered 1998) |
| 1994 | Developed and patent applied for “Vibration alignment machine with automatic parts loading system” (Registered 1998) Developed parts alignment machine with vacuum system Developed and patent applied for “Rotary type vibration alignment machine” (Registered 1995) |
| 1995 | Capital is increased to 20,000,000 yen |
| Number of in-house Machining Center: 7units | |
| Shifted to digital drawings (CAD system) | |
| 1996 | Apply patent for the horizontal counteraction parts aligning process (Registered 2004) |
| Capital is increased to 25,000,000 yen | |
| Open company website, and establish email system to correspond to the IT environment | |
| 1997 | SONG WON TRADING CO., LTD. is appointed as the company’s agent for Korea |
| Number of in-house Machining Center increase to 9 units | |
| 1998 | Capital is increased to 30,000,000 yen |
| 1999 | UNICHEM INDUSTRIES, INC. is appointed as the company’s agent for the United States. |
| High-precision high-speed micromachine is introduced Number of in-house Machining Center increase to 12 units |
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| 2000 | WESTECH reaches an installed parts aligner base of 250 companies and 1,000 units as of January. |
| Number of in-house Machining Center increase to 17 units | |
| 2001 | Business is affected by the market reduction of electronics parts supplier in cellular phone industry. |
| Start exhibition shows in Korea and China | |
| 2002 | Develop table top type horizontal counter-balance parts aligner, model MRV-I-STW. |
| Increase export to China and South East Asia contries. Patent is registered for the screw alignment method |
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| 2003 | Receive 818 parts alignment inquiries in one year Increase factory space |
| Machining center for metal is introduced. | |
| Number of in-house Machining Center increase to 18 units | |
| 2004 | Patent is applied for the spring alignment method |
| Introduce three-tab ultrasonic cleaning machine | |
| Machining center: 22 units | |
| Number of in-house Machining Center increase to 22 units | |
| 2005 | Capital is increased to 45,000,000 yen |
| 2006 | Total Sales of Parts Aligner achieved 1,500 units to over 300 companies. |
| Applied Patent for Vertical Parts Aligner (Japan and Korea) | |
| 2007 | Number of in-house Machining Center increase to 25 units |
| 2008 | Subsidiary company, Okita Bakelite Factory is established. |
| Number of in-house Machining Center increase to 27 units | |
| 2009 | Start selling the Manual-type Parts Aligner. |
| 2010 | Total Sales of Parts Aligner achieved 2,000 units |
| 2011 | Number of in-house Machining Center increase to 29 units |
| 2012 | Start selling the Rotary-motion Double-head Parts Aligner, model MRV-II-SRW |
| 2014 | Number of in-house Machining Center increase to 31 units |
| 2014 | Total Sales of Parts Aligner achieved 2,500 units |
| 2016 | Start selling the Rotary-motion Double-head Parts Aligner, model MRV-I-SRW |
| 2017 | Number of in-house Machining Center increase to 33 units |
| 2018 | Number of in-house Machining Center increase to 37 units |