Profile
| Company Name | TOOL Corporation |
|---|---|
| Address | 3-3-14, Kamimeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0051, Japan |
| Capital | 82.5 million yen |
| Fiscal Term | End of December |
| Founded | April 1, 2002 |
| Employees | 81 (As of April 1, 2009) |
| TEL | +81-3-5723-8123 |
| FAX | +81-3-3715-3628 |
| President | Hideaki Hontao |
| Business | Commercial software package R&D Software development services |
| History | April 1970 Founded as Tool-sha Corporation April 2002 Established TOOL Corporation with a capital of 30 million yen Transferred all the business to TOOL Corporation Launched sales of LAVIS (Layout Viewer) in Japan July 2002 Capital increased to 82.5 million yen November 2002 Launched sales of LAVIS in Taiwan April 2003 Launched sales of LAVIS in the U.S. June 2003 Overseas exhibition debut of LAVIS at the 40th Design Automation Conference August 2003 Launched sales of LAVIS in Europe September 2003 Launched sales of MaskStudio (Fracturing System) in Japan July 2004 Exhibition debut of LAVIS at EDA & Test-Taiwan Conference & Exhibition April 2005 Exhibition debut of LAVIS at International IC-China Conference & Exhibition February 2006 Launched sales of LAVIS in China February 2007 Launched sales of LAVIS in India June 2008 Established TOOL America, Inc. in San Jose, CA, USA September 2008 Launched sales of MS-lite (Fracturing System) |
| Major Clients | IT Access, International Test & Engineering Services, ACCESS, Advanced Mask Inspection Technology(AMIT), Advantest, Abu Dhabi Oil, eSOL, Innotech, Wind River, NEC Electronics, NTT Software, Elpida Memory, OKI SEMICONDUCTOR, Omron, Association of Super-Advanced Electronics Technologies(ASET), Canon, Kyushu Denshi, Keio University, Kobe University, SANYO Electric, Sysmex, Shin-Etsu Chemical, Zuken, Seiko Instruments, Seiko Epson, Sony, Dai Nippon Printing, Takaoka Electric Mfg, Tamagawadenki, Toshiba, Toshiba Electronics Engineering, Toshiba Microelectronics, Toyo Precision Parts Mfg, Toppan Printing, Toppan Technical Design Center, Nippon Systemware, NEC, JEOL System Technology, JEOL Technics, NTT, Nihon Dempa Kogyo, Nippon Filcon, NuFlare Technology, Panasonic, Panasonic Electric Works, Semiconductor Leading Edge Technologies(Selete), Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center(STARC), East Japan Railway, Hitachi Information & Communication Engineering, Hitachi, Hitachi ULSI Systems, Hitachi High-Technologies, Fujitsu, Fujutsu LSI Technology, Fujitsu VLSI, Fujitsu Microelectronics, FUJIFILM Medical, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, HOYA, Holon, Marubeni Information Systems, Mitsubishi Electric, Mentor Graphics Japan, Yachiyocorporation, RealVision, Renesas Technology, Lasertec, Rohm, Waseda University 15 U.S. companies, 12 Asia companies, and 2 Europe companies |