History

  • April 1970
    Founded as Tool-sha Corporation
  • April 2002
    Established TOOL Corporation with a capital of 30 million yen
    Transferred all the business to TOOL Corporation
    Launched sales of LAVIS (Layout Viewer) in Japan
  • July 2002
    Capital increased to 82.5 million yen
  • November 2002
    Launched sales of LAVIS in Taiwan
  • April 2003
    Launched sales of LAVIS in the U.S.
  • June 2003
    Overseas exhibition debut of LAVIS at the 40th Design Automation Conference
  • August 2003
    Launched sales of LAVIS in Europe
  • September 2003
    Launched sales of MaskStudio (Fracturing System) in Japan
  • July 2004
    Exhibition debut of LAVIS at EDA & Test-Taiwan Conference & Exhibition
  • April 2005
    Exhibition debut of LAVIS at International IC-China Conference & Exhibition
  • February 2006
    Launched sales of LAVIS in China
  • February 2007
    Launched sales of LAVIS in India
  • June 2008
    Established TOOL America, Inc. in San Jose, CA, USA
  • September 2008
    Launched sales of MS-lite (Fracturing System)
  • January 2010
    Opened TOOL Taiwan Office in Taipei, Taiwan
  • June 2011
    Established TOOL Taiwan, Inc. in Taipei, Taiwan
  • May 2012
    Launched sales of LAVIS-plus
  • April 2013
    Launched sales of RSCALC