Nanotechnology Companies in Japan

Admatechs, established jointly by Toyota Motor Corporation and Shin-Etsu Chemical Corporation Limited, develops advanced materials. The company's R&D Division is developing several technologies based on VMC combustion technology, for example, coarse particle removal from spherical metal oxide particles, particle surface treatment, and high dispersion of particles.

Advantest Corporation is one of the world's leading automatic test equipment supplier to the semiconductor industry, and also produces electronic and optoelectronic instruments and systems.

Provides ultra-short pulse laser systems and solutions based on its unique carbon-nanotubes photonic technology.

Asahi Glass has developed a nanoscale film forming technology it is applying, among other things, to the manufacture of transparent conductive oxide (TCO) film for thin film silicon photovoltaic devices.

Grinding and dispersion machines for nanoparticles.

CCIC is a leader in the manufacture and sale of catalysts for the petroleum refining and fine chemicals industry and has used this knowledge to develop innovative technologies for the creation of nanomaterials.

EB lithography systems for nanofabrication.

Manufacturer of nanopowders for electronics manufacturing and probes for carbon nanotube AFM.

E-beam lithography systems.

Elpida Memory is a leading manufacturer of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) silicon chips. The company has developed a 65nm-Process 1-Gigabit DDR2 SDRAM, the world's smallest chip.

Precision molding technology with nanometer precision.

Eurotechnology Japan plans, supports and implements international business projects which bridge the USA-Japan and Europe-Japan interfaces. Eurotechnology is specialized in the areas of electronics, opto-electronics, mobile communications & computing, mcommerce, telecom & internet, environmental technology and intellectual property rights management. Eurotechnology participates actively in the international research community and in particular is also integrated into Japan's large R&D community. Eurotechnology provides foreign corporations with efficient access to Japan's high-tech world.

Field Emission Technologies Inc. was established in December 2006 in a collaborative effort by TCI (Technology Carve-Out Investment Limited Liability Partnership) and Sony Corporation. The company's aim is to promote the nano-Spindt FED by carrying out research, marketing, strategic planning and other initial stages of business development.

This subsidiary of Mitsubishi is a mass producer of fullerenes.

The company's nanocubic technology allows the production of nanoscale ultra-thin coatings. In addition, nanoparticle technology is employed to create magnetic needle-shaped metal particles and plate-shaped barium-ferrite particles that are only a few tens of namometers in size, and a new high-molecular binder material and nano-dispersion technology are used to ensure uniform dispersion of the particles.

Uses sub-100nm CMOS technology.

Manufactures colloidal silica nanoparticles.

The company has started a Special Project with a new Nanotechnology Development Department with a focus on researching and developing carbon nanofibers.

Manufactures nano-imprint and e-beam lithography systems.

The company develops optical sensors, photodiodes, opto-semiconductor elements, high-power semiconductor lasers and conducts research in biophotonics.