Company History

1954 Sugawara Laboratories founded in Benten-cho, Ushigome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; company builds its first stroboscope.
1956 Reorganized as a corporation.
1959 First Anderon meter produced.
1960 Prony brake dynamometer produced.
1962 Head office and factory relocated to Komae City in Tokyo.
1967 Completion of hysteresis dynamometer.
1969 Established self-contained supply system for xenon flashlamps used in stroboscopes.
1975 Completion of high-voltage high-frequency electric spark generator.
1976 Completion of high-intensity stroboscope for iron and steel industry.
1979 Capital increased to 16 million yen.
1981 Completion of ultrahigh-speed nano-pulse flashlamp.
1984 Founder Shigeji Sugawara received Medal with Blue Ribbon for contributions to stroboscope development.
1985 Completion of Strobe vision analyzer capable of real-time analysis of fleeting images.
1986 Capital increased to 35.2 million yen.
1987 Completion of motor analyzer for evaluating overall motor characteristics.
1989 Head office and factory relocated to their current location (Kawasaki Micon City).
1992 Completion of high-intensity light source for capturing images of high-speed moving objects.
1996 Development of high-sensitivity dynamic torque sensor.
1997 Completion of new series of high-precision Anderon meters.
1998 Completion of high-precision Waviness meter.
1999 Development of precision cogging torque measurement instrument.
2000 Development of stroboscope with variable flash duration.
Development of precision motor torque measurement instrument.
2002 Development of bearing torque measurement instrument.
Development of instrument for measuring roundness.
2003 Automatic Anderon meter displayed at Motortech Japan 2003.
Development of nano-pulse light providing approximately 40-nsec flash duration.
2004 Sugawara's 50th anniversary marked.
2005 Released 50 Nm dynamometer and vibration generator for Anderon calibration.
2006 Completion of high-power strobe flash unit of 5000 Joules.
Sales cooperation with M.E.A. TESTING SYSTEMS LTD., Israel.
Sales cooperation with PRO-PII TECHNOLOGY CORP., Taiwan.
2007 Developed ultrahigh-speed dynamometer and linear lord tester.
2008 Obtained certification of ECO-ACTION 21.
2009 Released Anderon Analyzer with vibration spectrum analysis function.
Sales cooperation with VISIONPLUS CO., Korea.
2010 Supplier's Declaration of Conformity for ISO9001.
2011 Released the Synchro Wave Analyzer that measures Waviness and Roundness at the same time.
Released 80W-power strobe flash unit for fiber light guide for machine vision applications.
2012 Sales cooperation with GLOBETEK, India.
2013 Released cogging torque tester for middle size servo motors.
Sales cooperation with KNOWING INSTRUMENTS SHANGHAI CO., LTD., China.
Released ULTRA XENON, the combined pulse flash device for sintering and curing.
2015 Research collaboration for photonic sintering process by the ULTRA XENON, with Yamagata University (funded by A-STEP grant from JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (JST)).
2016 Released high-speed dynamometer of the rotational speed up to 120,000 r/min.
Released 15W-power battery-operated portable strobe MIGHTY STROBE X-1.
2017 Released new Anderon Meter (ball bearing vibration tester). Measuring range is 3-100 mm in outer diameter.
2018 Released the high-brightness LED portable stroboscope MIGHTY STROBE L-1.
Released the high-speed digital processing Anderon Analyzer ADA-105.
2019 Released Controller DM5000 and HB series Dynamometers with ± 0.1% torque accuracy.
Released the pocket LED strobe P-1 and LED strobe LS-500 for surface inspection.
2020 Released the bearing vibration tester ADM-104 with the improved oil circulation mechanism of the spindle.
2021 New cogging torque and torque ripple test systems ATM-100 and ATV-100 have been released.
Anderon Vibration Generator ADC-105 and VVU-105 have been released.
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