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Iwatsu Test Instruments Corp.; Suginami-ku, Tokyo (J)

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Summary:

Iwatsu Test Instruments Corp.; Suginami-ku, Tokyo or "Iwatsu Electric Co., Ltd.", now 'Iwatsu Test Instruments Corp.' manufactures test equipment since 1938. 1954 their first oscilloscope was introduced under the brand name 'Synchroscope'. Iwatsu is still active.

Founded:

1938

History:

August 1938: Iwatsu Electric Co., Ltd. founded in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
1943: New headquarters opened in Kugayama, Tokyo, Japan.
1952: Start of sales of IWATSU's first oscilloscope. The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (the new AIST) approved a bounty for an impulse radiation wave idea and IWATSU developed its first oscilloscope in 1954 (trademark registered as SYNCHROSCOPE).
1957: Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the first section.
1960: IWATSU's new factory for test & measuring equipment starts operations.
1961: IWATSU's first oscilloscope CRT developed and manufactured.
1962: IWATSU's first IC developed and manufactured.
1969: Listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange in the first section.

1970: The first domestic all-IC oscilloscope is launched.
1974: An IWATSU subsidiary, Colona-Denshi Co., Ltd., is established as a factory for testing & measuring equipment, and is renamed as IWATSU TEST INSTRUMENTS WORKS CO., LTD.
1979: An IWATSU subsidiary, IWATSU TECHNICA CO., LTD., is established for testing & measuring equipment design, and is renamed as IWATSU TECHNOSYSTEM CO., LTD. in 1992.
1985: An IWATSU subsidiary, TI MEASURING CORPORATION, is established for testing & measuring equipment sales, and is renamed as INTEC MEASURING CO., LTD.

1988: IWATSU's 50th. Anniversary exhibition takes place at the Science Museum, Tokyo.
1991: An IWATSU overseas affiliate company, Iwatsu Malaysia Sdn., Bhd., is established. 1993: Agreement for Sales tie-in with LeCroy Japan Corp.; sales start in 1994 and continue thereafter. 1994: 40-year anniversary of oscilloscope sales. 1997: Testing & measuring equipment business starts operations as the TME division. 1999: The Waverunner LT series of digital oscilloscopes, jointly developed with LeCroy (US), is launched. IWATSU receives ISO9001/ISO14001 certification. 2000: An IWATSU subsidiary, IWATSU TME SERVICE CO., LTD., is established for testing & measuring equipment after-sales. 2002: The unique 1GHz bandwidth analog storage oscilloscope, the TS-81000, is launched. Iwatsu separates its TME business to create Iwatsu Test Instruments Corporation. Fukushima Iwatsu, a manufacturing subsidiary of Iwatsu, spins off its TME manufacturing operation and Iwatsu Test Instruments Works Corporation is established.
2004: 50-year anniversary of oscilloscope sales. Iwatsu Test Instruments Works Corp., Iwatsu TME Services Co., Ltd. and Iwatsu Technosystem Co., Ltd. merge to form Iwatsu Test Instruments Corp.

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Some models:

Ctry	Year	Name	1st Tube	Notes
J	88	Quad Beam Oscilloscope SS-5710D		DC - 60 MHz, in dual beam sensibility: 2 mV/div and other beam sensibility: 0,1 mV/div. An...
J	88	Quad Beam Oscilloscope SS-5710		DC - 60 MHz, in dual beam sensibility: 2 mV/div and other beam sensibility: 0,1 mV/div.
J	88	Quad Beam Oscilloscope SS-5710C		DC - 60 MHz, in dual beam sensibility: 2 mV/div and other beam sensibility: 0,1 mV/div. An...
J	80	Digital Storage Oscilloscope D...		2 channel 60MHz, 20MHz sample/sec. It has functions for cursor measurement, aver...
J	83	Oscilloscope SS-5702 (SS5702)	150BTB31	2 channels, DC-20 MHz (max. 250 V_pp), Z-achsis input.
J	78	Synchroscope SS-5100 (SS5100)		2-channels, DC-10 MHz (max. 600 V_pp), Z-achsis input.

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