Company History
Products History
Company History
Products History
2016
myBeat Home ECG
UDCLRSF: High-grade Long Neck Radius
CBN-LBF: 2 Flute cBN High-grade Long Neck Ball
2016
Mitsuke No.2 Factory opened
2015
Started selling Diamond coated drills for Cemented Carbide
Started selling DSD: Driver’s Sleep Detector
2014
Revolutionary Diamond Coated UDC F series able to Machine Mill, Cemented Carbide and Ceramics with an amazing finish quality.
Developed geometries : Ball nose.
2012
Revolutionary Diamond Coated UDC series able to Machine Mill, Drill and Thread mill Cemented Carbide and Ceramics.
Developed geometries : Ball nose; Long Neck Ball Nose; Long Neck Radius; Drill (Ø 0.4 – 3.5mm) and Thread mill (M2 – M8).
2010
Development and initial sales of HSB – HSLB series; Hard Max coating 2 flutes – long neck ball end mills / Development and initial sales of HLRS4000 series; Hard Max coating 4 flutes long neck radius end mills / Development and initial sales of C-CES2000S series; UT coating 2 flutes square end mills
2009
Obtain ISO 9001 for special tool machine division / Development and initial sales of AZS series; 3 flutes high feed vertical and XY-axis milling square type end mills for aluminium / Development and initial sales of CNRS series; 4 flutes active corner radius end mills for titanium and heatproof steels / Development and initial sales of CRRS series; 4 flutes active corner radius end mills for raw materials / Development and initial sales of RLE high performance router series / Development and initial sales of DC diamond coated router series for a better tool life and dimensional accuracy
2009
Union Tool Singapore PTE Ltd. Thai representative office founded / expansion of Taiwan Union Tool Corp. third factory
2008
Obtain ISO 9001 for rolling dies division
2008
Kitakanto sales office opens
2007
Development and initial sales of HRRS and HFB end mills
2006
Development and initial sales of CZS series; 4 flutes square type end mills for part milling
2006
New End Mills factory Mitsuke opens
2005
Development and initial sales of OPTECH-ME/EDR20
2005
Anjo sales office and Hiroshima sales office open
2004
Development and initial sales of HM Coat end mills
2004
Megatool Inc. changed its corporate name to U.S. Union Tool Inc.
2003
Development and initial sales of K series; 2mm shank drills
2003
Union Tool (Waigaoqiao Shanghai) Co. Ltd., founded
2002
Development and initial sales of UNIMAX drill series, miniature cutting tools for steel
2002
Dongguan Union Tool Corp. founded
2000
Union Tool Singapore PTE Ltd., Union Tool (Shanghai) Co. relocates / Obtain environment management system, ISO 14001
1999
Obtain ISO 9001 at measurement equipment division
1998
Union Tool is listed on 1st section of Tokyo Stock Exchange
1997
Obtain ISO 9001 at PCB drill carbide end mill and linear motion product division
1997
Nagaoka N° 4 factory build / Union Tool Hong Kong Ltd. founded
1996
Union Tool is listed on 2nd section of Tokyo Stock Exchange / Head office relocate / Mishima Research Center opens
1995
Union Tool (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. founded
1995
Development and initial sales of TMI, PCB thickness measuring device
1994
Nagoya sales office opens
1994
Development and initial sales of web thinned drill NT series / Obtain ISO 9002 at PCB drill division
1992
Development and initial sales of centerless grinder CG series / Development and initial sales of rolling machine RF-20
1991
Nagaoka N° 3 factory build
1991
Development and initial sales of optical spindle runout measuring equipment; OPTECH-RI
1990
Tokyo factory relocates
1989
Union Tool is listed on the over-the-counter market of Japan Securities Dealers’ Association
1988
Atsugi sales office opens / Heat treatment plant in Nagaoka factory build
1988
Development and initial sales of compact digital indicator; MICROFINE S1M
1987
Development and initial sales of sub-micron digital measuring instruments / Development and initial sales of OPTECH-M; non-contact drill diameter measuring device
1986
Union Tool Europe S.A. founded
1986
Development and initial sales of MD series extremely small diameter drills for PCB / Begin full-scale sale of carbide end mills as UNIMAX Series
1985
Nagaoka N° 2 factory build / Taiwan Union Tool Corp. founded
1985
Development and initial sales of diamond drills / true guide
1983
Development and initial sales of digital measurement equipment series
1983
Head office building expand / Nagaoka sales office opens
1982
Osaka sales office opens
1981
Megatool Inc. founded
1981
Development and initial sales of roller table
1980
Expansion of Nagaoka’s N° 1 factory
1979
Nagaoka N° 1 factory build
1976
Nagaoka factory to produce crossed roller guide opens
1975
Development and initial sales of crossed roller guide
1971
Corporate name changed to Union Tool Co.
1971
Development and initial sales of drill pointer, MDP
1970
Construction of new corporate building
1970
Begin full-scale sales of carbide drills
1963
Development and initial sales of carbide drills / rotary burrs
1961
Introduce the nation’s first carbide burrs for dental applications
1960
Union Tool Chemical Research Co. Ltd. founded