Construction of a new manufacturing / R&D facility at Hamamatsu Photonics, K.K,
Electron Tube Division

Hamamatsu Photonics, a world leading manufacturer of opto-electronic components and systems, are pleased to announce the expansion of their Electron Tube Dicision facility in Iwata City.

The official groundbreaking ceremony for New Building #2 was held on 21th December 2008. The new building will be constructed on the site of the former Building #2, but will provide approximately 4 times the floor space of the original facility.

Building #2 will be 15,447 square meters and will house 200 people with R&D and production for scintillators, spot light sources, xenon lamps and other light sources, deuterium lamps and the novel Stealth Dicing technology.

The Scintillator Product Division will occupy approximately 50% of the total space and the new facility will enable a 3-fold increase in production.

This exciting expansion will strengthen Research & Development and boost the manufacturing capacity of Electron Tube Division to enable it to grow its annual sales by 10 billion Japanese Yen.

Completion of the new facility is around January 2010 with manufacturing estimated to start in February 2010.