ABOUT US
- Company Name
- YAMAMOTO SCIENTIFIC TOOL LABORATORY CO., LTD.
- Foundation
- SEPTEMBER 1952
- Headquarters Location
- 2-15-4 SAKAE-CHO, FUNABASHI, CHIBA, 273-0018, JAPAN
- Representative
- MASAYUKI YAMAMOTO
- Description of Business
- Manufacture and sale of high-accuracy hardness standard blocks and other hardness standard tools.
- Lines of Business
- Sales agencies for measuring instruments, tool retailers, and import/export trading companies
HISTORY
- 1939
- Successfully developed the first domestically manufactured hardness standard blocks.
- 1952
- Established YSTL in Chiba, as the world’s first specialized manufacturer of hardness standard blocks, and began mass production of various types.
- 1997
- Obtained ISO 9000 (now ISO 9001) certification.
Started supplying HRC hardness standard blocks to NIST.
- 2000
- Started supplying HR15N and HR30N hardness standard blocks to NIST.
- 2006
- Developed tungsten single crystal standard blocks for nanoindentation.
- 2009
- Obtained JCSS for Rockwell hardness standard blocks.
- 2014
- Obtained JCSS for Vickers hardness standard blocks.
- 2018
- Developed eNM standard blocks for HNM.
- 2020
- Obtained JCSS for Brinell hardness standard blocks.
HEADQUARTERS
2-15-4 SAKAE-CHO, FUNABASHI, CHIBA, 273-0018, JAPAN
