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  • SpeedFam Company Limited
  • Head Office
    4-2-37 Ogami Ayase Kanagawa 252-1104 Japan
    Established
    14 May 1971
    Employees
    131 (Group 485)
    Representative
    Yasushi Obara  (President)

    Our Envionmental Policy

    Environment for the Society = Value for the Company, the Employees and the Customers

    (Cores of the EMS)

    1. Efficient utilization of resources and prevention of pollution from our business operation
    2. Compliance to the relevant laws and the regulations
    3. Continuous improvement

May 1971
Established SpeedFam Co., Ltd. as 50:50 joint venture by SpeedFam Corp. (USA) and Obara Metal Works Co., Ltd. (Japan)
January 1972
Began production and sale of single side polisher and lapper
June 1978
Began production and sale of double side polisher and lapper
January 1984
Established SpeedFam Clean System Co., Ltd. as production and sales group of cleaning machines
May 1984
Established sales and service group in Korea
October 1984
Established production and sales group in India
July 1985
Established sales group in Sendai, Japan
April 1986
Established sales group in Osaka, Japan
February 1987
Established production and sales group in Taiwan
June 1988
Began production and sales of edge polisher
May 1989
Established sales and service group in Singapore
July 2000
Began production and sales of DCP (dry planarization system)
September 2000
Dissolved joint venture to become a 100% investment subsidiary of Obara Corp.
September 2001
Established production and sales group in China
July 2004
Established sales and service group in U.S.A.
July 2004
Established sales and service group in Europe
October 2009
Began production and sales of laser equipment by division transfer from Obara Corp.
September 2011
Began production and sales of edge grinder by acquisition of Yuhi Technology Corp.
April 2014
Acquired Melchiorre S.r.l. for a broader lineup of grinders

(As of December 2023)

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