A tradition of quality for over 145 years
The history of Sakura Finetek dates to 1871, the early Meiji era in Japan. Prior to 1870, the company was known as Iwashiya, and it manufactured and sold pharmaceuticals throughout Japan. The medical equipment division of Iwashiya was formed in 1871, and by 1887, the trademark Sakura (literally, “cherry blossom”) was registered. Since then, the company has been manufacturing a variety of medical equipment including the first Japanese microscope. In 1962, the company name was changed to Sakura Finetechnical Company, Ltd.
Sakura Finetek USA, Inc. was established in the United States in 1986. The company acquired the histology and cytology product lines of Miles, Inc. in 1994. And by 1998, construction of its state-of-the-art research and manufacturing center was added in Torrance, California.
Sakura Finetek continues to lead both the North American and Global markets with products that offer high quality and dependability. Sakura Finetek offers first-in-class automation enabling the production of reproducible, high-quality blocks, and slides for pathological assessment. As we head towards an era of dramatic change in Pathology, the integration of new technologies will be critical.