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Shinkawa (company)
Shinkawa Ltd. was a Japanese manufacturer of semiconductor back-end assembly equipment, best known for die, wire, and flip chip bonders; it joined Yamaha Motor in 2019.
Sodick Co., Ltd.
Sodick Co., Ltd. (株式会社ソディック) is a Japanese machine-tool maker headquartered in Yokohama, founded by Toshihiko Furukawa in 1976, best known for electrical discharge machines, machining centers, and metal 3D printers.
Soulbrain
Soulbrain is a South Korean company in Seongnam producing lithium-ion battery electrolytes from plants in Korea, the United States, Hungary, and Malaysia, plus semiconductor etchants and display materials.
Steve Chang
Steve Chang (張明正) is a Taiwanese entrepreneur who co-founded the cybersecurity company Trend Micro in 1988, led it as CEO until 2005, and remains its chairman.
Takemitsu Takizaki (Keyence)
Takemitsu Takizaki (滝崎武光) is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded Keyence, the factory-automation sensor maker, in Hyogo in 1972 and led it as president until 2000.
Tamisuke Yokogawa
Tamisuke Yokogawa (横河民輔) was a Japanese architect and Doctor of Engineering who founded the Electric Meter Research Institute in Tokyo in 1915, which became Yokogawa Electric Corporation.
TBM
TBM Co., Ltd. (株式会社TBM) is a Tokyo materials company founded in 2011 by CEO Atsuyoshi Yamasaki, known for LIMEX, a limestone-based alternative to plastic and paper.
Teijin
Teijin, also known as Teijin Limited, is a Japanese technology group founded in 1918 as Japan's first rayon manufacturer, now spanning high-performance materials, healthcare, and IT.
Tetsuya Iizuka
Tetsuya Iizuka (飯塚 哲哉) is a Japanese engineer, founder and CEO of the fabless semiconductor company THine Electronics since 1991, known for establishing the V-by-One HS interface used in high-definition televisions.
THine Electronics
THine Electronics (ザインエレクトロニクス) is a Tokyo-based fabless semiconductor company founded by Tetsuya Iizuka, known for its V-by-One HS interface standard used widely in 4K and 8K displays.
TIER IV
TIER IV (株式会社ティアフォー) is a Tokyo-based autonomous driving company founded in 2015 as a Nagoya University spinout; it develops the open-source Autoware stack and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2026.
Tokyo Electron
Tokyo Electron (TEL) is a Japanese maker of semiconductor production equipment, headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, founded in 1963; it is the world's fourth-largest by revenue.
TORICO LTD (Yuzo Torizuka)
TORICO LTD (株式会社トリコ), also known as Trico Co., Ltd., is a Japanese company founded by Yuzo Torizuka in 1973 that repairs semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment.
Toshihiko Furukawa
Toshihiko Furukawa was a Japanese business executive who founded Sodick Co., Ltd., a maker of electrical discharge machines and precision machine tools, in Yokohama in 1976.
Ueno Seiki
Ueno Seiki (上野精機株式会社) is a Japanese manufacturer of semiconductor and electronic-parts inspection equipment, founded in 1972 and headquartered in Mizumaki-machi, Fukuoka Prefecture, with a stated top share in visual inspection equipment.
Yokogawa Electric
Yokogawa Electric Corporation (横河電機) is a Japanese manufacturer of process-control and measurement instruments, founded in Tokyo in 1915 and known for the CENTUM distributed control system.
Yuzo Torizuka
Yuzo Torizuka (鳥塚祐三) is the Japanese founder CEO of TORICO LTD, a Tokyo company founded in 1973 as an electronic-parts trader and now centered on repairing semiconductor and LCD manufacturing equipment.