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Contact
Organization for Hamamatsu Technopolis
2-7-1 Higashi-Iba, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture 432-8036, Japan
Tel.: +81-53-489-9111
Fax: +81-53-452-0016
URL: http://www.optronics-cluster.jp/english/index.html
Department of Industry Promotion
Hamamatsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2-7-1 Higashi-Iba, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture 432-8501, Japan
Tel.: +81-53-452-1116
Fax: +81-53-452-6685
URL: https://www.dopita.net/
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Concentration of R&D capabilities in the optic and electronic fields
Centered on optic and electronic technologies, R&D is being promoted on high-function and high-performance basic technologies that will support next-generation industry. Among them, efforts are being made in such areas as laser, CMOS and other electronic devices, digital imaging, and nanotechnology.
Next generation industrial creation through coordination among industries, universities and government agencies
In order for local companies to develop products, industry, academia, and local governments are cooperating and promoting the commercialization of research results applying optical technology, such as next-generation imaging devices that can acquire image information.
Promotion of high-level human resource development
Local companies, the administration, and educational institutions are cooperating in human resource development to upgrade the technological level of local companies, such as the nurturing of laser processing engineers by related universities.
The western region of Shizuoka, an area where
manufacturing industries, such as textiles,
musical instruments, and automobiles are concentrated, is home to many brand-name corporations. On the basis of leading research and an abundant concentration of industries, the Photon Valley Project is creating and fostering industries centered on optical technology. New global enterprises that will lead industrial society in the future are being founded here.
The world's first all-electronic TV (Photo shows a reproduction device)- It all began with the single Japanese katakana character イ
The seeds of Photon Valley were sown in 1926, when Dr. Kenjiro Takayanagi succeeded in transmitting the Japanese katakana character イ on the screen of the world's first all-electronic television set. Since then, the western region of Shizuoka has given birth to optical and electronic technologies. Leading companies, including Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., which developed the photomultiplier tubes that contributed to Dr. Masatoshi Koshiba who is the Nobel Prize winner in Physics, and research institutes, such as Shizuoka University and Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, are promoting high-level R&D.
Analog Circuit Technology Course- Providing consistent support measures, from research to commercialization and human resource development
In order to create the optronics industry, consistent support measures are provided. In addition to the Knowledge Cluster Initiative and the Industrial Cluster Plan, various measures are being implemented, including the formulation of a regional revival plan, the opening of the Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, and the implementation of the laser processing core human resource development project.
Image sensor development for optical information communications- New industries born in Photon Valley are leading the way toward the future society
Various new industries are being born through the commercialization of advanced technology research results by the technical strengths of manufacturing companies concentrated in the Hamamatsu area. Innovations are being promoted in a wide range of fields, including ultra-high-precision manufacturing and processing using nanotechnology; the application of high-function and high-performance imaging devices in such fields as medicine, transport, and welfare; even further evolving information technology; space development; and robotics.
Hamamatsu and Jena Are Linked by Optics
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The Hamamatsu area is promoting exchange with the Jena region in Germany, which is known as one of the world's foremost optical industry zones. Companies, research institutes, and government officials of the two areas have made reciprocal visits to introduce each side's technologies and products. Furthermore, Shizuoka University has concluded an academic exchange agreement with the University of Applied Sciences Jena, and people-to-people exchange and joint research have started centering on optics-related fields. |
Centered on companies affiliated with Carl Zeiss, many optical makers are located in the Jena region. (Courtesy of Carl Zeiss) |
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