History of the company
1985 | May | Elenix was established in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture. |
Sept. | The corporate structure was changed, and the company Elenix, Inc. was established. | |
1986 | Jan. | Delivered the first Small Hole EDM Drilling. |
April | Began OEM supply of Small Hole EDM Drilling to Amada Co., Ltd. | |
1988 | Jan. | Reached 100 Small Hole EDM Drilling manufactured and sold. |
1989 | Sept. | Began exports to Southeast Asia. |
1991 | June | Reached 300 Small Hole EDM Drilling manufactured and sold. |
Nov. | Established the Head Office building and relocated to Komatsubara, Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. | |
Dec. | Began sales of CNC Small Hole EDM Drilling. | |
1992 | July | Collaborated with the US company Current EDM Inc. to form a key center overseas. |
Sept. | Began exhibitions at the Chicago Show. | |
1993 | April | Increased capital to 15 million yen. |
1994 | Sept. | Began sales of fully automated (electrode change, guide change) CNC Small Hole EDM Drilling. |
1995 | May | Began sales of the CT500A large-size CNC Small Hole EDM Drilling. |
1997 | April | Began sales of the CT500F immersion-type fully automated large-size Small Hole EDM Drilling. |
1998 | March | Reached 1,000 Small Hole EDM Drilling manufactured and sold. |
1999 | Oct. | Began sales of the CT900FX large-size CNC Small Hole EDM Drilling. |
2000 | Nov. | Began sales of the CT300FX/E-CNC/SF02 micro hole (f0.1 – 0.05 mm) drilling EDM. |
2001 | Jan. | Began sales of E-CNC new CNC system with 7-axis control. Began sales of the CT500FX/E-CNC/ESF Small Hole EDM Drilling. |
Sept. | Began sales of the RT250-20 and RT120N-5 immersion-type tilt-turn table. | |
Dec. | Began sales of the CT1600FX/ESF-24 large-size CNC Small Hole EDM Drilling. | |
2002 | Jan. | Began sales of the CT300FX/E-CNC/SF02FX micro hole drilling EDM with electrode change unit supporting electrodes as small as f0.03 mm. |
July | Began sales of multi-head component Small Hole EDM Drilling. | |
Oct. | Joined the Japan Machine Tool Builders’ Association. | |
2003 | April | Began sales of ultra-fine hole f30 micron continuous drilling machines. |
2004 | May | Began sales of Small Hole EDM Drilling with fully automated L/UL robot. |
2005 | Jan. | Began sales of spark plasma sintering machines. |
April | Received the 30th Matsubara Invention Award. | |
May | Began sales of the ESF36 automated electrode change system. | |
2006 | Aug. | Began sales of immersion-type 5-axis tilt-turn tables. |
Oct. | Began sales of the CT32P ultra-precise hole drilling EDM. | |
2007 | Oct. | Began sales of the ST300U+R 3D robot component machining center. Began sales of the MH6-1 fully automated Small Hole EDM Drilling for 7-axis machining of swaged holes. (Capable of hole diameters from 0.03 — 0.2 mm.) |
2008 | June | Began sales of the ESF48 automated electrode change system. |
2009 | March | Began sales of the CT2072FX ultra-large size CNC Small Hole EDM Drilling with rotating head. |
Sept. | Began sales of the CT1200FX large-size CNC Small Hole EDM Drilling. | |
2010 | Oct. | Began sales of the GT Series of micro EDM. Began sales of the GT400EUX CNC micro hole EDM conforming to CE Standards. Began sales of high-speed spark multi-plasma sintering machines. |