| Year | Month | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | July 17 | Founded as a maintenance and service company for clinical laboratory instruments at Itabashi-Ku, Tokyo. |
| 1986 | September | The Head Office was transferred to Fuchu-city, Tokyo. |
| 1989 | February | Starting the production and sales of clinical laboratory instruments such as fractionating devices, dilution apparatuses and washing apparatuses started as PSS own products. |
| 1991 | February | Matsudo Research Laboratory was founded in Matsudo, Chiba, as a research and development facility. |
| 1993 | January | The Head Office was transferred to Inagi-city, Tokyo. |
Development of automated nucleic acid extraction instrument with Magtration® technology
| Year | Month | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | June | Successfully commercialized the immunochemical luminescence measuring system (HiMICO) using magnetic particles technology. The invented technology was applied for patent in various countries including Japan, U.S., and Europe, and was named "Magtration® Technology" |
| October | Successfully commercialized the automated DNA extraction system using the Magtration® Technology. | |
| 1996 | August | Entered an OEM contract as for Automated DNA extraction system and others with TOYOBO. Co., Ltd. (JAPAN). |
| 1997 | November | Entered an OEM contract as for Automated DNA extraction system and others with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. (Switzerland). |
| 1998 | December | Entered an OEM contract as for Automated DNA extraction system and others with Boehringer Mannheim GmbH (Germany) (currently, Roche Diagnostics Ltd. (Switzerland)). |
| 1999 | July | Entered an OEM contract as for Automated DNA extraction system and others with GenoVision AS (Norway) (currently, Qiagen AS). |
| 2000 | October | Entered an OEM contract as for Automated DNA extraction system and others with Magnetic Biosolution Sweden AB (Sweden). |
Oct, 1999, Japan Red Cross implemented "NAT test(Nucleic Acids Amplification test)" to donated blood for the first time in the world, and the PSS system was the answer. PSS is a leader in helping to reduce serum hepatitis incidence after transfusions.
| Mid 1960s | 50% |
|---|---|
| Late 1960s | 16% |
| Around 1995 | 0.5% or less |
| 2000 | 0.00034% |
"Development of diagnostic technology using magnetic microparticles" CMC Publishing
From 'Monthly Bio industry 2004 August issue'
| Year | Month | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | February 28 | IPO at OSE NASDAQ Japan Market (currently "JASDAQ" Market) |
| Year | Month | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | April | Head Office transferred to Matsudo-city, Chiba, where all facilities including Matsudo Research Laboratory were incorporated in the new office building. |
| July | Establishment of U.S. subsidiary, PSS Bio Instruments, Inc. (currently, Precision System Science USA. Inc., California, U.S.), and European subsidiary, Precision System Science Europe GmbH (Mainz, Germany). | |
| 2002 | July | Establishment of a subsidiary, Universal Bio Research Co., Ltd. (Matsudo, Chiba). |
| August | Entered an OEM contract as for Automated DNA extraction system and others with QIAGEN AS (Norway) and QIAGEN GmbH (Germany) (the contract renewed with QIAGEN Instruments AG (Switzerland)). | |
| 2004 | August | Entered an OEM contract as for compact immunochemical luminescence measuring system with Mitsubishi Kagaku Iatron Inc. (currently, LSI Medience Corp.). |
| 2006 | May | Entered an OEM contract as for Automated DNA extraction system and others with Invitrogen Corporation (U.S.) (currently, Life Technologies Corporation). |
| July | Establishment of a subsidiary, PSS Capital Co., Ltd. as an investment company of PSS group, which manages Bio Contents Fund LLP. | |
| August | Entered an OEM contract as for Automated DNA extraction system and others with Beckman Coulter. Inc. (U.S.) | |
| 2007 | February | Entered an OEM contract as for sample purification-reaction treatment system with NanoString Technologies, Inc. (U.S.) |
| July | Entered a domestic exclusive-sale agreement concerning automated protein purification apparatus and its reagent kit (Purelumn system) with GE Healthcare Bioscience K.K. | |
| U.S. subsidiary PSS Bio Instruments Inc. renamed Precision System Science USA, Inc. |
PSS has developed and commercialized automated genetic diagnostic systems, providing a wide span of applications for customers.
| Year | Month | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | April | Entered a collaboration with Diagenode SA (Belgium) and Nippon Gene Co., Ltd. in development of automated system for epigenetics. |
| 2009 | September | PSS invested in NPS Co., Ltd. (affiliated company accounted for by the equity method) and collaboration agreement with Nippon Pulse Motor Co., Ltd. |
| Entered a sales and maintenance agreement with a U.S. clinical testing center, ARUP laboratories. | ||
| 2010 | October | We moved to JASDAQ(Standard) Listed market. |
| 2011 | April | PSS reaches an agreement with DiaSorin to develop a molecular diagnostic analyzer for LAMP. |
| 2012 | March | PSS reaches Development Agreement with Abbott. |
| 2013 | April | PSS and ELITech Group enter into a Joint Development, Distribution and Supply Agreement on PSS's "geneLEAD", a fully automated, sample-to-result, Real-Time PCR analyzer. |
| July | Due to the merger between (OSE) Hercules and JASDAQ, PSS was listed on TSE JASDAQ (Standard) market. | |
| August | PSS and LG Life Sciences enter into a Supply and Distribution Agreement for PSS's "geneLEAD", a fully automated, sample-to-result system for NAT. | |
| 2014 | May | PSS and Roka Bioscience enter into an OEM Agreement on Development of Automated Molecular Diagnostics System. |
| October | PSS reaches Agreement to Supply Abbott with Two Types of Sample Prep System. | |
| November | Started operation of PSS Odate Reagent Center | |
| December | PSS and ELITechGroup reach OEM Agreement on "geneLEAD XII" a fully automated, sample-to-result, Real-Time PCR system. | |
| 2015 | September | We moved to Mothers Listed market. |
| 2016 | June | PSS obtained additional stocks of NPS Co., Ltd. and made it a wholly owned subsidiary. |
| 2017 | May | Capital & business alliance with Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, issuance of new shares through third-party allotment. |
| 2020 | April | Received a letter of appreciation from the French Ambassador to Japan for the supply of a fully automated PCR testing system. |
| July | Received "Subsidy for Domestic Investment Promotion Project for Supply Chain Measures". | |
| August | Fully automated PCR testing system and PCR reagents for "COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)" test are launched in Japan. | |
| 2021 | January | Receives the NIKKEI BUSINESS DAILY Award for the Nikkei Superior Products and Services Award 2020 for the fully automated PCR testing system "ELITe InGenius" and the THE NIKKAN KOGYO SHIMBUN Award 63rd New Product Award 2020 for "geneLEAD VIII". |
| October | PSS Shinjuku Laboratory (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) is registered as a sanitation laboratory. | |
| 2022 | April | Moves to the Growth Market in accordance with the revision of the Tokyo Stock Exchange's market classification. |
| July | PSS Odate Reagent Center Plant No. 2 begins operations. | |
| December | PF BioLine Co., Ltd. is established as a joint venture with Ferrotec Holdings Corporation. |
