Corporate Profile

Profile

Company Name

GL Sciences Inc.

Foundation

February 1, 1968

Head Office

Shinjuku Square Tower 30F,
22-1 Nishishinjuku 6-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 163-1130 Japan

Directors

President	Yoshihiro Nagami (Representative Director)
Executive Director	Yoshitaka Honda
Director	Koji Umehara
Director	Kyoji Shinkai
Director	Hideaki Hidaka
Director	Taiji Okubo
Auditor	Takahiro Saito

Capital

JPY 350,000,000

Number of Employees

469 (March 31, 2025)

Main Businesses

Gas/liquid chromatography equipment, pretreatment equipment, components, fillers, analytical columns, solid phase, peripheral equipment
Cuvettes for spectrophotometers and quartz products
Semiconductor-related analyzers
Bio-equipment and components
All other related products

Company History

February,

1968

GASUKURO KOGYO INC. was first established for the manufacture and sale of chromatography column packing material and consumable parts with a capital investment of 1,500,000 JPY.
April,

1975

Construction of the Musashi factory was completed in Iruma-City, Saitama and manufacture was moved from the Tokorozawa factory.
October,

1976

Established the, Gas Chro Yamagata Co., Ltd. subsidiary in Yamagata-City, Yamagata Prefecture.
April,

1986

Construction of a new factory in Fukushima (first stage construction) in Fukushima Industrial Park Fukushima City, Fukushima and part of the Musashi factory was moved there.
October,

1990

Changed the company name from Gas Chromatography Industrial Co., Ltd. to GL Sciences Inc.
April,

1991

Changed the name of a subsidiary of Gas Chro Yamagata Co., Ltd., to Techno Quartz Inc.
November,

1994

Moved to our new head office at 6-22-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku.
December,

1996

Acquired AI Technology Inc., which is a development-oriented manufacturer of non-contact IC cards and associated equipment.
February,

1998

Achieved ISO 9001 certification, the international standard for quality assurance and quality control at the Fukushima factory.
March,

2002

Acquired ATAS in the Netherlands as a subsidiary company, and changed the name to ATAS GL International B.V.
August,

2004

Achieved ISO 14001 certification, the international environmental standard.
February,

2005

Established GL Sciences, Inc. USA in California, USA as a subsidiary company.
March,

2005

Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Second Section.
September,

2006

Formalized a capital joint venture with Shimadzu Corporation to manufacture analytical instruments and laboratory equipment.
July,

2007

Established joint venture sales agreement for sample pretreatment and consumable products for use with analysis equipment between GL Sciences Laboratory Supplies Co., Ltd (Shanghai) and Shimadzu (Hong Kong) Ltd.
April,

2014

The company name ATAS GL International B.V. was changed to GL Sciences B.V.
April,

2017

Acquired FLOM in Japan as a subsidiary company.
October,

2018

Established GL Sciences (Shanghai) Limited in Shanghai, China, for the Chinese market.
December,

2018

Constructed a new factory in Fukushima City adjacent to the current factory, for HPLC consumables.
April,

2022

Transitioned to the Standard Market due to market restructuring at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
October,

2024

Integrated the management with Techno Quartz Inc. and established GLTECHNO HOLDINGS, INC. as a joint holding company.