Hamamatsu completes new facility for expanded PMT manufacturing and R&D in Japan

Date Announced: 19 May 2015

Hamamatsu Photonics, a leading manufacturer of optical sensors, including photomultiplier tubes, electric light sources, and other optical devices, has announced the completion of new “Building No. 10” at the primary manufacturing site of its Electron Tube Division.

The new building will serve to expand the division’s PMT (photomultiplier tube) manufacturing capabilities, as well as improve its efforts into developing new PMTs. Operations at the new building are scheduled to begin in August 2015.

Building No. 10 is located on land developed in the north sector of the Toyooka Factory in Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture. A dedication ceremony for the new building took place on May 15, 2015.

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