Company Profile
History
History
| 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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