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Profile

Company name

Chiyoda Technol Corporation

Chairman and CEO

Toshikazu Hosoda

President and COO

Ataru Inoue

Foundation

May 1, 1956

Establishment

June 12, 1958

Capital

90 million yen [shareholder equity 10.6 billion yen] (as of June 2022)

Annual turnover

30.9 billion yen (as of June 2022)

Number of employees

668 (as of June 30, 2023)

Headquarters

1-7-12 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8681, Japan

Chairman and President

Chairman C.E.O.
Toshikazu Hosoda

President C.O.O.
Ataru Inoue

History

Establishment-related history

May 1956

Launched an external personal radiation monitoring service with film badges in the Technical Division of Chiyoda Roentgen (currently Fujifilm Medical Co., Ltd.).

June 1958

Founded Chiyoda Appliance in Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo to manufacture and sell various radiation protective equipment for the prevention of radiation damage, and to maintain the film badge business.

August 1992

Completed headquarters building (Chiyoda Ochanomizu Building) in Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.

April 1996

Renamed the company: Chiyoda Technol Corporation

March 1998

Established Technol Support System Corporation in Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo to expand radiation measurement and printing operations.

April 2000

Established Technol Dose Center (currently Radiation Monitoring Center) in Oarai, Ibaraki to start dosimetry services using a new type of glass dosimeter.

April 2005

Established a joint venture company, A Atom Technol Kindai, K.K., with Kindai University to conduct business such as environmental measurements, radioactivity measurements, and research and development of nuclear power and radiation utilization.

May

Established a joint venture company, SRS Technol Co., Ltd. (South Korea), with Seoul Radiology Service Co., Ltd. (the largest personal radiation monitoring service organization in South Korea) to expand sales and services of radiation safety-related products in South Korea.

July

Merged Technol Engineering Co., Ltd., an affiliate company, into Curie Co., Ltd. then renamed the merged company Technol Curie Co., Ltd.

November 2007

Established Technol Aomori Corporation to expand business in the Aomori area.

July 2008

Merged Technol Curie Co., Ltd., an affiliated company, into Chiyoda Technol Co., Ltd. to further strengthen the maintenance and management of RI facilities.

July 2013

Completed the Onukidai Facility, a measuring facility using next-generation glass dosimeters.

October 2017

Constructed Radiation Monitoring Center Aomori to improve dosimetry services in the Tohoku region using new glass dosimeters.

Business Expansion

September 1958

Opened a representative office (currently Ibaraki Office) in Tokai-mura.

January 1967

Established Film Badge Center in Nihonbashi (Edobashi), Chuo-ku, Tokyo and started external personal radiation monitoring services using Radiophotoluminescence glass dosimeter (RPLD).

June 1972

Established Oarai Research Laboratory in Oarai, Ibaraki.

Installed X-ray generators and Co-60 irradiators, and started operating a standard radiation dose measurement/irradiation system.

June 1979

Completed the Film Badge Full Automatic System (FAS) that fully automates film development, density measurement, dose assessment, form output, etc. in film badge measurement.

May 1985

Enhanced various irradiation facilities for standard irradiation in the Oarai Research Laboratory and constructed the new Research Building.

April 1989

Established the Medical Equipment Supply Department with the aim of advancing into the medical device industry.

Concluded a general domestic agency contract with Nucletron B.V. (the Netherlands) and started selling their MicroSelectron HDR after-loading radiotherapy device in Japan.

Established Monitoring Service System (MOS) on the basis of revised laws pertaining to radiation protection and started operating this system.

December 1995

Oarai Research Laboratory became a certified business operator (in the radiation business category) by the Measurement Act.

April 1999

Concluded a sales contract on radioisotopes and equipment with AEA Technology PLC (UK) (currently QSA Global Inc. in the USA and elsewhere) and started sales.

March 2000

Concluded a written agreement on the manufacture and distribution of radioisotopes with Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (currently Japan Atomic Energy Agency).

Left: Mr. Takahashi, Vice President of Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (currently Japan Atomic Energy Agency),
Right: Hosoda, President of Chiyoda Technol Corporation (April 1, 2000)

April

Started manufacture and sales of radioisotopes.

Established Technol Dose Center in Oarai, Ibaraki to specialize in personal dose measurement service.

July

Completed Radiation Monitoring Center, a measuring facility using a new type of glass dosemeter, in Oarai, Ibaraki.

October

Started measurement services using new glass dosimeters.

July 2001

Relocated work environment measurement facilities from Tokyo to Oarai.

January 2003

Concluded a general domestic agency contract with Intra Op Medical Corporation (USA) and started selling MOBETRON mobile intraoperative irradiators in Japan.

February

Purchased 15,310 m² of land from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency and Oarai.

January 2004

Concluded a general domestic agency contract with Accuray Incorporated (USA) for selling the Cyber Knife II head and neck stereotactic radiotherapy device (the contract was later changed to a domestic distributor contract in October 2009).

February

Achieved a cumulative total of 10 million glass badges assembled and shipped.

August

Achieved a cumulative total of 10 million glass badge dose determinations.

October

Concluded a general domestic agency contract with Standard Imaging Inc. (USA) on QA products for radiotherapy.

July 2005

Held a ceremony for the 5th anniversary of Radiation Monitoring Center.

July 2006

Concluded a sales contract with Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), France on the Glass Dosimeter Monitoring Service System.

Transferred personal dose measuring services from Technol Dose Center to Chiyoda Technol.

December

Achieved a cumulative total of 20 million glass badges assembled and shipped.

October 2007

Achieved a cumulative total of 20 million glass badge dose determinations.

June 2008

Expanded treatment area of Accuray Cyber Knife II stereotactic radiotherapy device from head and neck to whole body (pharmaceutically approved).

September

Started using a new system of customer information management for personal monitoring services.

March 2009

Concluded a sales agency contract on glass dosimeters with the China Institute of Atomic Energy.

September

Achieved a cumulative total of 30 million glass badges assembled and shipped.

September 2010

Achieved a cumulative total of 20 million glass badge dose determinations.

April 2012

Achieved a cumulative total of 40 million glass badges assembled and shipped.

July 2013

Completed Oarai Onukidai Facility, a measuring facility using next-generation glass dosimeters.

December

Started measurement services using next-generation glass dosimeters.

February 2016

Concluded an import and sales agreement with JSC Isotope (Russia) for isotopes produced in Russia.

March 2017

Signed a Memorandum of Understanding for research cooperation on safe radiation utilization technology with the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

October

Launched measurement services using DOSIRIS® eye lens dosimeters.

April 2018

Started radiation measurement services at Radiation Monitoring Center Aomori.

January 2020

Significantly enhanced the functions of Monitoring Service System (MOS) to improve customer satisfaction.

June

Built an exhibition building for nuclear disaster prevention equipment at the Onukidai Office in Oarai, Ibaraki.

License

June 1967

Registered as a construction business operator (obtained a license from the Governor of Tokyo) under the Machinery and Equipment Installation Business and began operating machinery and installing equipment.

June 1974

Changed the registration to one licensed by the Ministry of Construction.

Started the Piping Business in addition to the Machinery and Equipment Installation Business.

May 1975

Registered as a Medical Equipment Sales Business (currently: Specially Controlled Medical Devices sales license) with the aim of selling radiological medical equipment.

September 1978

Started operations with accreditation as a Radiation Control Handbook Issuing Authority under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

April 1986

Registered as a Working Environment Measurement Agency (Radioactive Substances) under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and started measuring operations.

February 1989

Obtained a license for Import and Sales of Medical Equipment (currently: First Class Medical Devices Marketing License).

March 1991

Obtained permission to sell radioisotopes (currently Notification of Selling and Leasing Radioisotopes) based on the Act on Prevention of Radiation Hazard of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Started sales of radiation sources.

December 1995

Oarai Research Laboratory was certified as an accredited office (business category: Radiation) for the business of calibration, etc. of measuring instruments according to Article 143 of the Measurement Act.

March 2000

Received ISO 9001 certification for monitoring services.

June

Obtained manufacturing license for Medical Radiation Sources (Medical Devices) (currently: Manufacturing License for Medical Devices).

September

Obtained a Medical Equipment Repair Business License (currently: Repairing License for Medical Devices).

July 2002

Received ISO 9001:2000 certification for marketing and sales operations.

April 2005

Obtained a Manufacturing License for Medical Devices (packaging, labeling, and storage of medical devices).

February 2014

Received ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification for marketing and sales operations.

March 2019

Obtained accreditation from the Japan Accreditation Board (JAB) for glass badge services.

Applicable standard: ISO/IEC 17025 (accreditation scope: radiation monitoring)

March 2021

Obtained extended accreditation from the Japan Accreditation Board (JAB) for glass badge services.

Extended contents: Additional certification of eye lens dosimeters (DOSIRIS®, type SS).

Base

All offices

Main sales offices

Nuclear business sales offices

Research & measurement centers