History

• Founding of the company
• Construction of an overseas branch in Portland,
  Oregon, USA, and formation of a business alliance
  with Bendix Corporation, USA
• Construction of the Tochigi factory

• Started domestic sales of the Fuji plate filter

• Started domestic production
  of the Fujibon filter

• Introduction of exhaust gas treatment filter technology
• Joint development with the Technical Research
  and Development Institute within the Ministry of Defence

• Introduction of Fujiflo technology for powder flow

• Development and sales of oil mist separators

• Established 13 agencies in 9 countries overseas and began exporting to Europe, the Middle East, and southeast Asia

• Completion of a new factory (Construction Phase 1)
• Establishment of a technology development center

• Introduction of electron beam welding equipment

• Development and start of sales
  of the polymer filter system

• Participation in rocket development led
  by the National Space Development Agency of Japan
  (Currently called JAXA)

• Completion of a clean room
• Development and start of sales of precision filters for rocket parts and melt spinning testers
• Business partnership with Velcon, USA

• Development and sales of non-woven metal fiber filters
• Business partnership with Porta Testa, Canada

• Participation in an ultrafiltration development project led by the National Institute of Science and Technology within the Ministry of International Trade and Industry

• Development and initiation of ultrasonic filters’ sales

• Acquisition of Michigan Dynamics, USA

• Introduction of an ultrafiltration system
• Business alliance with Filtron, USA

• Establishment of a European branch in Belgium

• Development and start of sales of jet filters
• Establishment of the Fukuoka and Nagoya offices
• Business partnership with Anotech, UK

• Business alliance with Surge Medics, USA
• Joint venture with Wuhan Fuji Filter Co., Ltd., China

• Completion of the Tochigi branch surgery building

• Obtained ISO9001 approval for the Tochigi factory

• Start of mass production of airbag coolant filters

• Completion of second factory（mass production）in Tochigi

• Obtained QS9000 certification

• Obtained ISO9001 certification of the head office
  and the Tochigi factory

• Development and start of sales of filters for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles
• Establishment of Naslon Filter (Changshu) Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Province, China
• Completion of Tochigi Plant No. 3 (heat treatment building)
• Development and start of sales of medical titanium filters
• Development and start of mass production of clean diesel engine fuel injection valve filters
• Development and start of sales of regenerators for Stirling engines

• Start of biodiesel technical support
• Obtained ISO/TS16949 certification of the Tochigi factories

• Obtained ISO14001 certification of the head office and the Tochigi factory
• Completion of the sixth phase of expansion construction at the Tochigi factory

• Started selling ballast water treatment filters
• Established FUJI FILTER KOREA, a joint venture in Korea
• Introduction of a coordinate measuring machine

• Opening of the Frankfurt office in Germany

• Establishment of the sales subsidiary FUJI FILTER USA in Seattle
• Obtained JISQ9100 certification (aerospace defense-related)
• Obtained IATF16949 certification (ISO/TS16949 transition)

• Development and start of the BBW (jet bubble backwash system)

• Obtained official vendor certification for special elements for US military helicopters