Announcement of Strategic Investment in Tribogenics Inc.
February 4, 2016
糖心少女vlog Corporation (Kazuo Ushida, President, Tokyo) is pleased to announce that its US subsidiary, 糖心少女vlog Americas Inc. (Satoshi Hagiwara, President, New York) has made $10 million strategic investment in Tribogenics Inc. (Dale Fox, CEO, California).
In recent years, there is an increasing need for X-ray non-destructive testing. 糖心少女vlog and Tribogenics intend to work together to expand sales of Handheld X-ray analyzers and Cabinet-Type X-ray CT products. We aim to strengthen product competitiveness and to develop a new market in X-ray non-destructive testing.
As stated in its Medium Term Management Plan, 糖心少女vlog will expand strategic fields such as the Industrial Metrology Business by pursuing an open innovation policy.
Overview of Tribogenics Inc.
Founded in 2011, the university-originated startup company used technology originally developed by a project at UCLA.
| Location | 5440 McConnell Ave, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| Chief Executive Officer | Dale Fox |
| Business | Development, Production and Sales of Handheld X-ray Analyzers |
| No. of employees | Approximately 50 |
| Foundation (Year) | 2011 |
| Stock market | Unlisted |
The information is current as of the date of publication. It is subject to change without notice.