Organization Chart

• 1980
• 1984

  Aug.

  Shimane Masuda Electronics Co., Ltd. was established with a capital of 10 million yen.

  Oct.

  Began operations as a Si semiconductor assembly and testing partner of Mitsubishi Electric.

• 1985

  Jun.

  Started of GaAs MES FET low-noise semiconductors production

  Oct.

  Increased capital to 12 million yen

• 1987

  Oct.

  Commencement of GaAs compound semiconductors production

• 1990
• 1993

  Aug.

  Increased capital to 15 million yen

• 1995

  Aug.

  Obtained ISO 9002 certification

• 1997

  Aug.

  Increased capital to 18 million yen

• 2000
• 2000

  Aug.

  Increased capital to 24.5 million yen

• 2001

  May

  Yuzuru Ishikawa was appointed as CEO

  Jun.

  Increased capital to 66 million yen

  July

  Built a new factory and relocated
  Increased capital to 133.5 million yen, Commencement of module product production.

• 2002

  Apr.

  Full-scale entry into electronics manufacturing services

• 2003

  Apr.

  Commencement of MAP QFN package development

  Dec.

  Transitioned to ISO 9001:2000 certification

• 2004

  Mar.

  Obtained ISO 14001 certification

  Oct.

  Signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI)

• 2005

  Apr.

  Commencement of mass production of modules using 0402 size surface-mount components

  Oct.

  Commencement of products using carbon nanotubes（CNT） development
  Signed a collaborative development agreement with Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI) to create products using CNT

• 2006

  Feb.

  Commencement of mobile phone assembly production/Commencement of security devices production

  Oct.

  Signed a licensing agreement with Applied Nanotech, Inc. (ANI) for the development of products using CNT
  Exhibited products developed using CNT at Nanotech in Dallas

• 2007

  Mar.

  Commencement of 0.36mm thick MAP QFN products production

• 2008

  May

  Commencement of MEMS products production

• 2010
• 2010

  Apr.

  Commencement of production of hollow structure packaging for satellite broadcasting

  Jun.

  Commencement of production of sensor products

• 2012

  Jun.

  Commencement of production for GPS-LNA products

• 2013

  Jan.

  First time exhibiting at NEPCON Japan

  Mar.

  Established a local subsidiary, SMET CO., LTD, in Thailand

• 2014

  July

  Mass production commenced at SMET

  Oct.

  30th Anniversary of the Company's Operations

• 2015

  July

  Obtained ISO 9001:2008 certification at SMET through a multi-site approach

• 2016

  Sep.

  Established a Kanto Area Sales Office

  Oct.

  Commencement of IoT innovation project

  Nov.

  Signed a Product Supply Agreement with Nest Labs, Inc.

• 2017

  July

  Commencement of a pilot test for water level sensors in rivers under the IoT innovation project

  Sep.

  Obtained ISO/TS 16949 certification

  Dec.

  Commencement of shipments of products to Nest Labs, Inc.

• 2018

  Aug.

  Transitioned to ISO9001/ISO14001:2015 certification

  Sep.

  Transitioned to IATF16949:2016 certification

• 2019

  Oct.

  Futoshi Hiratani was appointed as CEO

• 2020
• 2021

  Oct.

  Commencement of product development utilizing wireless communication technology

• 2022

  Dec.

  Selection for the 8th Research Proposal Solicitation (RFP) by JAXA

• 2024

  Oct.

  40th Anniversary of the Company's Operations