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What is "IBI-TECHNO"?
Building on the foundation of accumulated technology that we have cultivated over the years, we go a step further, establishing brand new technology unique to IBIDEN, further progressing our high value add. At IBIDEN, this philosophy is called "IBI-TECHNO".
IBIDEN boasts a history of more than 90 years, and throughout this time the company has continued to amalgamate and fuse our unique technologies, expanding into the fields of electrochemistry, residential housing materials, ceramics and electronics. As a technical developer, we have continued to grow whilst always providing the market place with advanced technologies. The history of IBIDEN is also a history of challenging the boundaries of technological development.
Technological Background and the Future Outlook
Currently our primary businesses are Electronics and Ceramics related. Our Electronic products include Printed Wiring Boards and IC Package Substrates, while our Ceramic products include Graphite Specialty products and DPF etc. In all fields, we co-operate with the world's leading businesses, seizing the initiative with technological innovations.
With the 'IBI-TECHNO' philosophy at its core, our business will continue to demonstrate strong traction leading to further expansion and the creation of new markets.
IBIDEN’s the Technological Change
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IBIDEN’s the Technological Change
History of IBIDEN
- IBIDEN’s Inception and Expantion of Business Operations
- Advances into Electric-furnace Operations
- The Transition from Electric Power Generation to Materials Manufacturing
- Business Restructuring and Transformation into an Electronics Company
- Creating New Business Lines
Chronology
| 1912 | Ibigawa Electric Company founded with a capital of one million yen, at 8 Takaki-cho, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo |
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| 1917 | Ogaki Plant opened, manufacture and sale of carbide begun |
| 1919 | Manufacture and sale of carbon products begun |
| 1921 | Higashi-Yokoyama Power Plant begun operation |
| 1935 | Manufacture of nitrolime begun |
| 1949 | Aoyanagi Plant completed first electric tunnel furnace for carbon sintering in Japan |
| 1958 | "Mechanical Manufacturing of Carbon Electrodes for Films" received the 4th Okochi Memorial Production Award |
| 1960 | Sale of IBI-BOARD melamine decorative laminate |
| 1969 | Manufacture of Graphite Speciality |
| 1972 | Manufacture of printed wiring boards begun |
| 1974 | Manufacture of "IBI-Wool"wiring fiber begun |
| 1982 | 70th anniversary; name changed to IBIDEN CO., LTD. |
| 1988 | Manufacture of IC package begun at Gama Plant |
| 1994 | Received TPM Award |
| 1998 | Manufacture of IC package begun at Ogaki Plant |
| Manufacture of "Alumina Mat" supporters for automobile exhaust gas catalytic converters begun | |
| Received TPM Special Award | |
| 2000 | IBIDEN Philippines, Inc. established for IC package in the Philippines |
| World's first commercial application of SiC-DPF (SiC diesel particulate filter) in automobiles | |
| 2001 | Volume production of SiC-DPF begun at Ogaki-Kita Plant |
| IBIDEN Electronics (Beijing) Co., Ltd. established for manufacture of electronic devices in China | |
| IBIDEN DPF France S.A.S. established for manufacture of SiC-DPF in France | |
| 2004 | IBIDEN Hungary Kft. established for manufacture of SiC-DPF in Hungary |
| 2007 | Ogaki Central Plant opened as the base of development and mass production of electronics |