2004

December 2004

Exhibition at SEMICON Japan 2004

Hirata exhibited its products at SEMICON Japan 2004 held at the Makuhari Messe international convention center in Chiba , Japan from December 1 to 3, 2004.

August 2004

Two new plants to increase production capacity

Hirata has put a clean room and a machining plant in use in response to aggressive equipment investment in LCD and semiconductor industries. The new clean room plant is used as the assembly/test space for super large-size LCD substrates. The other houses a large five-face machining centers to deal with the increasing dimensions of the production equipment Hirata produces. The total floor space added is 3,300 square meters.

July 2004

SEMICON West 2004 Exhibit

HIRATA participated and placed its products on display at the SEMICON West 2004 trade exhibit held on 14th ? 16th of July in San Francisco/United States. This is the second time that HIRATA participated in the event which also participated in the exhibit during the previous year.

June 20004

Flat Panel Display Technological Exhibit (known as FINE DECK Japan 2004)

HIRATA participated in the Flat Panel Display Technological Exhibit (called FINETEC Japan 2004) that was held from June 30 to July 2 at TOKYO BIG SIGHT.