Current MNGN members include the following:
AJI Co., Ltd.
Based in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, AJI Co., Ltd. is exploring the forefront of MEMS product development by offering its proprietary technology to enable the world's highest level of precision for microfabrication. AJI’s equipment features compact design and yet very high robustness, taking advantage of its unique Vision servo, image processing, and force control techniques. AJI’s equipment, the world’s first of its kind that has achieved both high speed and high accuracy for wafer-level packaging, has been adopted by some of the major semiconductor manufacturers. AJI provides comprehensive services ranging from product design, production, after-sales support, and software development.
Ceratech Japan Co., Ltd.
Ceratech Japan is an integrated solution provider focusing on the precision processing of electronic and optical materials. Ceratech provides processing services for ceramics materials in general (various ceramics, glass, quartz crystal, functional crystal, magnetic materials etc.), ranging from cutting, grinding, polishing to optical bonding, optical thin film design and deposition. Called “Materials Processing Services” (MPS), Ceratech’s integrated processing services provide excellent quality, quick turn-around time, and flexibility to meet customer needs.

From heavy-duty applications to nano-technology, Hirata delivers production equipment to the world’s top manufacturers on a global level. Hirata knows manufacturing.
Hirata has compiled an impressive record of delivering industrial equipments mainly in the fields of automotive, FPD, semiconductors, robots for industrial uses, household appliances and more to its customers. It is also engaged in various production and sales of industrial equipments in response to the demands of its customers in other fields. The technology and knowledge gained this experience in inter-disciplinary production serve as the motive power for the company as it continue to rise up to the challenges of developing new technologies.
http://www.hirata.co.jp/en/
Koken Co., Ltd.
Koken has long contributed to the growth of semiconductor and FPD (flat panel display) industries by offering our core technology – precise positioning mechanism based on manufacturing techniques such as Kisage and hand-wrapping and high-precision measurement technology. Even more precise positioning mechanisms are increasingly required for a variety of equipment in micro and nanotechnology fields. Koken provides systems tailored to meet customer requirements, such as micro component profile measurement machines, MEMS assembly equipment, and FIB (focused ion beam) microfabrication tools.
The Nippon Signal Co., Ltd.
The “ECO SCAN” MEMS-based micro scanning device from Nippon Signal provides a number of outstanding features such as small size, light weight, high speed and low power consumption compared to conventional optical scanning devices. These features make the ECO SCAN ideal for use in new applications where small form-factor, energy efficiency and durability are particularly desirable.
Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd.
Nippon Thompson developed needle roller bearings first time in Japan using our own technology, and we are supporting the development of technology with a rich array of creative products such as Linear Way Series and Mechatronics Series using the foundation of the advanced technology. Especially, we contribute to the development of MEMS with the skillful small products such as Micro Linear Way of 1mm in width of the most minimum rail in the world, Linear motor table NT…V of 14mm in the section height, and Micro actuator TM of 15mm in the width of the table.
Nitta Moore Company
Nitta Moore proposes micropump developed by German MEMS company Bartels. The size of micropump is 14mm x 14mm, its thickness is only 3.5mm. According to our survey, it is the smallest size in the market. We are able to customize our miropump upon your requirements from laboratory to mass production. With customised micropump, you will realize miniaturization.
We are also manufacturer of micro tubes and micro fittings made of plastic. Combination of our products, we hope to help your microfludic system.
Olympus Corporation
Olympus has commercialized a wide range of cutting-edge digital products such as deep ultraviolet to near infrared optical microscopes, laser microscopes, and probe microscopes based on our core technology “Opto Digital Technology,” a fusion of optics and digital technologies. These advanced products enable high-accuracy measurements over a wide range of millimeters to microns to even nanometers, revolutionalizing the inspection machine business domains. Our customers have full trust in Olympus products based on reliable technological prowess and track records.
Sumitomo Precision Products, Co., Ltd.
As Japan’s leading manufacturer of Bosch process-enabled equipment for deep silicon etching of MEMS, Sumitomo Precision Products offers various MEMS process equipment solutions based on a wealth of experiences we have accumulated over the years in collaboration with our subsidiary STS of the UK. Sumitomo Precision Products addresses wide-ranging customer needs not only for MEMS manufacturing but also for packaging (3D integration, chip-size packaging) and powerMOS silicon trench fabrication, beginning from R&D to volume production phases.
Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Microfabrication technology has enabled the rapid advance of various electronics systems that surround us in our daily life, such as flat panel televisions, mobile phones, and personal computers. As a leading supplier of photo resist materials, TOK offers materials and equipment for manufacturing and continues to support the progress in microfabrication technology in an effort to help realize a better, affluent society.
www.tok.co.jp
Toray Engineering Co., Ltd.
Toray Engineering develops advanced equipment taking advantage of our two core competencies – engineering and electronics. In micro & nanotechnology-related fields, we have commercialized the following equipment for our customers:
- Inspection and measurement purposes: surface profiler and measurement
equipment (with a height accuracy of nanometers), glass substrate particle
inspection equipment (submicron resolution), and semiconductor wafer
appearance inspection equipment (for ultra-high-speed checking on the whole
surface of the wafer)
- Chip mounter on substrates (with submicron positioning accuracy)
- Machines for 2D micro code marking and thin film coating over glass substrate
for LCD panel production
Virtus Advanced Sensors, Inc.
Virtus Advanced Sensors is a US-based next-generation sensor company commercializing multi-axis inertial sensors including accelerometers, gyros and integrated motion sensors developed based on MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology. Virtus also maintains offices in Tokyo, Japan (Virtus Japan K.K.) and Hong Kong, China (Virtus Asia, Ltd).
Other members (Alphabetical Order, as of March 2008)
- Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
- City of Yokohama
- Enplas Laboratories, Inc.
- Global Emerging Technology Institute (GETI)
- Iwatani International Corporation
- Kyoritsu Chemical & Co., Ltd.
- Shimizucho Metal Plating Industry Co., Ltd.
- Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- Shinkawa Ltd.
- SUN-S
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