1962 | Kataoka Ironworks (the predecessor of Alpha Company) was established in Fuji city, Shizuoka. |
1972 | Alpha Company was established, specializing in the cold-forging of non-ferrous metals. |
1974 | Succeeded in developing a two-piece spool for fishing reels, which became very popular during the fishing boom of the time. |
1977 | Developed an ultra-thin aluminum frame for hand-held calculators, helping to usher in a new era in compactness. |
1978 | Developed forged aluminum wheels for go-carts. |
1980 | Developed a one-piece forged aluminum pipe with an irregular shaped flange for car air conditioners, and patented the production process. |
1984 | Developed single-piece silencers for car air conditioners. |
1992 | Developed a plutonium container for the Atomic Energy Corporation. |
Developed a new condenser manifold for car air conditioners. | |
Alpha's expanding technical knowledge was integrated to create "MicroForging", an unprecedented high-precision forging technology. | |
1993 | Through MicroForging, Alpha developed a wide variety of heat sinks. |
1994 | Installed state-of-the-art equipment, designed for mass production of heat sinks. |
1996 | Expanded its standard lines of heat sinks with new series. |
Alpha was designated a Model Creative Enterprise by Shizuoka Prefecture. | |
1997 | Alpha was designated a Model Creative Enterprise by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. |
Alpha Novatech, Inc. was established in America. | |
1999 | Developed heat sinks with a sloping base. |
Developed copper embedded heat sink. | |
2000 | Developed 0.35mm fin thickness heat sink. |
2001 | Released UB series(fin thickness 0.55~0.6). |
Released Z series(fin thickness 0.35). | |
2002 | Alpha's new production facility is brought online. |
2003 | Released Low Pressure Drop Heat Sink Series. |
Released DCC series(for DC-DC Converter). | |
Released L, LC series. | |
Released MD, FHC series. | |
Released natural convection pin fin heat sinks, N series. | |
2005 | Obtained IS09001:2000 certification. |
President Hiromi Kataoka (current chairman) earned the Prime Minister Prize in the 1st Monodukuri Prize. | |
Released 0.23mm fin thickness heat sink, T series. | |
2006 | Obtained ISO14001:2004 certification. |
President Hiromi Kataoka (current chairman) was awarded Medal with Yellow Ribbon of autumn. | |
Released natural convection pin fin heat sinks, N series. | |
Released LT series. | |
Released heat sinks with Attachment Tabs. | |
Released Solderless Z-clip Anchor. | |
2008 | Executive Director Tetsuji Kataoka was inaugurated as the president. |
2009 | Released round heat sinks CN series. |
2011 | Released innovative attachment method of QSZ-clip and anchor pin. |
2014 | Second factory at our production facility brought online. |
2015 | Expanded the second factory. |
Introduced robots, greatly increasing the level of production automation. | |
2018 | Released quickSet (QT series) heat sinks with torsion springs. |
2023 | Third factory at our production facility brought online. |
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