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NAME Institute of Energy Science and Technology (IEST)
Date of Foundation 2010.06.28
Capital 10,500 million Yen
Executives President: Tetsuya SHIOMI
Director: Makoto OGURA
Director: Hirofumi YANAGIZAWA
Auditor: Kosuke SATO
Technical Adviser: Akira KOHYAMA (Processor Emeritus, Kyoto University ;Professor, Support Organization for Education and Research, Muroran Institute of Technology)
Location

Moriyama Office

Address: 163 Morikawahara-cho,Moriyama-shi,shiga,JAPAN
Telephone: 81-77-585-5502
Facsimile: 81-77-585-5302

Muroran Office

Y-203 Muroran Institute of Technology,
27-1 Mizumoto-cho, Muroran, Hokkaido, JAPAN
Telephone: 81-143-46-5683
Facsimile: 81-143-46-5681
Main Customers

Universities and R&D institutes

  • Kyoto University
  • Hokkaido University
  • Commissariat à l’énergie atomique (CEA)
  • Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Private Companies

  • UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
  • GUNZE Limited
  • IBIDEN CO., LTD.
  • Krautkramer Japan Co., Ltd.

IEST History

2003.07.11 Established with a capital of 10 million Yen
2005.01.12 Obtained from Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) the sole licensing agent agreement for an international patent for production process of SiC fiber reinforced SiC composite materials
2007.04.19 Delivered and installed horizontal high-temperature furnace for Cef-NITETM production at our production site in Japan (at Ultra-High Temperature Materials Institute (JUTEM) in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
2010.6 Under the terms of the recent company split, IEST has acquired the business from the old IEST (hereafter known as ENS).

Patents & Registrations

2006.11.24 Registration of corporate name: ‘Institute of Energy Science and Technology’ (registration number: 5005732)
Registration of trademark: ‘Cera-NITE’ (advanced SiC/SiC composited materials) (registration number: 5005731)
2007.04.13 Registration of trademark: ‘Cef-NITE’ (SiC fibers) (registration number: 5041062)
2007.06.01 Registration of corporate name: ‘IEST’ (registration number: 5051939)
2008.04.25 Registration of trademark: ‘POROUS COATING’ (SiC fibers) (registration number: 5131789)
2008.12.19 Registration of trademark: ‘Fi-NITE’ (SiC nanopowder:5190558)