Corporate profile / chronology

Official name	GASTEC Corporation
Established	1st Sept. 1970
Street addresses	Head office & production 8-8-6 Fukayanaka, Ayase-Shi, Kanagawa, 252-1195, Japan Tel: +81(0)467-79-3910 Fax: +81(0)467-79-3979 Sales office 8-8-6 Fukayanaka, Ayase-Shi, Kanagawa, 252-1195, Japan Tel: +81(0)467-79-3911 Fax: +81(0)467-79-3979 Osaka office 2-14-8 Shin-Osaka GB 7F, Miyahara, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 532-0003, Japan Kyushu office 9-27 Kinkei-cho, Kokura-kita-ku, Kitakyushu, 803-0843, Japan
Capital	72.6 million yen
Business area	Manufacture, import/export and distribution of easy-to-use instruments for detecting / measuring gas and water quality, sale, etc.
Products	Direct reading detector tubes, instruments (including alarm meters) for detecting / measuring oxygen, carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulphide, as well as other toxic gases; ancillary equipment concerning gas measurement (sampling, correcting, etc.).
Applications	Environmental assessment (atmosphere, indoor air, workplace, etc.) process management, research, medical treatment, education, miscellaneous industrial uses.
President	Hiroshi Oguchi
Employees	150

Sep	1970	Operations began with 10 million yen in capital
Sep	1973	Detector tube certification testing started with the cooperation of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), U.S.A.
Mar	1975	Capital increased to 15 million yen
May	1980	For distinguished service to the gas industry in the field of carbon monoxide measurement, GASTEC is awarded Ota Prize of the Japan Gas Association
Oct	1980	Established Osaka sales office
Nov	1981	Established Kyushu sales office
Sep	1989	Relocated to present site
Oct	1989	Capital increased to 60 million yen
Nov	1997	Awarded Kanagawa industrial development grand-prix (regional environmental technology prize) for the GSP-250FT
Apr	1998	ISO 9001 certification
Oct	2000	Former President Shono receives the Green Cross industrial safety award of the Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association
Dec	2001	GASTEC service division incorporated as G-Service Co.
Apr	2003	GASTEC is awarded the 15th SME Excellent New Technology and New Product Prize
May	2004	Awarded the 2003 Technology Prize by AEAJ (AROMA ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN)