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Company Profile

Corporate Name	PIOLAX MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.
Date of Establishment	April 1st, 1999
Capital	490 million yen
Stockholder	Piolax, Inc. (100%)
Business Contents	Manufacturing and sales of medical devices
Main Financing Banks	MUFG Bank / Bank of Yokohama / Mizuho Bank
Executives	President Yuri YAMAMOTO Managing Director Shigeru SUZUKI Director Takeshi ISHIKAWA Director Kenji MAKINO Auditor Manami MURAO
Number of Employees	226 (As of April 1st, 2025)

History

1990	-	“PIOLAX, Inc.” established a “Special Development Division”
1995	October	“PIOLAX, Inc.” established a “Medical Appliance Division”
1996	January	Marketing approval for “Piolax Hydrophilic Guidewire” (angiographic guidewire)
1996	May	Launching of OEM Marketing of “Piolax Hydrophilic Guidewire” (angiographic guidewire)
1996	September	“Production and OEM” vending of guidewires used for cardiac therapy
1996	September	“Technical Center” established at Kariba-cho, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
1997	May	Obtained certifications for ISO9001, ISO13485
1997	November	Hydrophilic Guidewire CE marked
1999	March	Marketing approval for “Piolax W-Spiral Catheter”
1999	April	“Medical Appliance Division” separated and “Piolax Medical Devices” was established
2009	April	Obtained all of SOLUTION's stocks
2010	March	“RevoWave”, a non-vascular guidewire CE marked
2010	April	Absorption type merger of SOLUTION
2010	July	Manufacture and sales approval for &ldq;Flexella-J” (esophageal stent)
2015	February	Completed “Yokohama Plant”, a new factory for medical device manufacturing in Kamiyabe-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa
2018	September	Development department moved to “Yokohama Plant”