Corporate History

• April 1958

  Wakabayashi Manufacturing established.

• May 1964

  Omi Plant built in Honmachi, Omi-mura, Higashichikumagun, Nagano.

• November

  Waka Manufacturing Co., Ltd. established.

• April 1973

  Matsumoto Plant built in Akashina-cho,Higashichikuma-gun, Nagano.

• December 1981

  Head Office built in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo.

• October 1982

  Capital increased by 11.5 million yen to 23 million yen.

• April 1987

  WAKA Manufacturing Korea established in the Masan Free Export Zone with 100% investment of 50 million yen.

• April 1990

  New Matsumoto Plant built in the Akashina Industrial Zone, Higashichikuma-gun, Nagano.

• October 1995

  New Omi Plant built in Honmachi, Omi-mura, Higashichikumagun, Nagano.

• September 1996

  Start of mass-production of millimeter wave coaxial connectors for V-band and K-band.

• March 1998

  Head office relocated to Minami-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.

• June 1999

  ISO9001 certification acquired by the head office and Matsumoto Plant.

• April 2000

  The start of mass-production of milli-meter wave coaxial connectors for 1 milli-meter W-band.

• June

  Korea Waka renamed Celltech Co., Ltd.

• October 2001

  ISO 14001 certification acquired by the head office and Matsumoto Plant.

• August 2003

  ISO9001 certification obtained by the Omi Plant.

• December 2005

  ISO14001 acquired by the Omi Plant.

• April 2008

  All Celltech Co., Ltd. shares sold.

• October 2011

  Yoshinosuke Wakabayashi appointed as C.E.O.

• March 2013

  JAXA certification acquired for coaxial connectors.

• May 2016

  Head office relocated to Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.

• October 2017

  Received the Monodzukuri Grand Award NAGANO 2017

• March 2018

  Opened Kansai Sales Office, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka

• April 2023

  Reorganized Kansai Sales Office and opened West Japan Branch.

• June 2023

  Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange(TOKYO PRO Market)

• November 2023

  Matsumoto factory relocated to Hotakakashiwabara, Azumino-shi, Nagano.