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 | 80 (As of December 31, 2007) |
| 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 |
| 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 Electric Industry, 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, Semiconductor Leading Edge Technologies(Selete), East Japan Railway, Hitachi Information & Communication Engineering, Hitachi, Hitachi ULSI Systems, Hitachi High-Technologies, Fuji Photo Film, Fujitsu, Fujutsu LSI Technology, Fujitsu Microelectronics Limited, Fujitsu VLSI, FUJIFILM Medical, HOYA, Holon, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Matsushita Electric Works, Marubeni Information Systems, Mitsubishi Electric, Mentor Graphics Japan, Ratoc System Engineering, RealVision, Lasertec, Rohm, Waseda University 12 U.S. companies, 7 Asia companies, and 1 Europe companies |