Company History

Jiro Maruyama, the founder of the company, started the business in the rented room of a tiny apartment with his wife, Yuriko.
The company has grown and the number of staffs increased, as business has expanded to various fields. Over 23 years since the establishment, the headquarter has moved 8 times total in order to adjust to the growing needs for the bigger space of R&D and human resources attracted to RF’s unique spirit, and now it has offices, stores and manufacturing facilities over 41 locations throughout Japan.

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2007
    Nagoya Store
  • Opened the Stores with the showrooms.
    Nagoya Store (In front of Nagoya Station).
  • Welcomed the actress, Maako Kido, as a visiting researcher, and TV commercial has started to increase the awareness of digitalization in the x-ray field.
  • Seized the No.1 share for the digital x-ray sensor (in the digital x-ray field in clinics).
  • 〈Annual Sales: 4.8 billion JPY, Number of staff: 137〉
2006
    Osaka Store
    Fukuoka Store
    Tokyo Store
  • Opened the Stores with the showrooms.
  • Tokyo Store (Just in front of the Yaesu entrance at Tokyo Station).
  • Fukuoka Store (In front of Hakata Station).
  • Osaka Store (On the 35th Floor of Umeda Sky Building).
  • 〈Annual Sales: 4.2 billion JPY, Number of staff: 127〉
2005
  • Wireless Intraoral Camera, the Einstein series has been awarded and selected as "The Top 100 Products of the Year" by U.S. dental magazine, Dental Product Report, and announced as the must-own intoraoral camera for clinical diagnosis.
  • Announced Capsule Endoscope, "Sayaka" and Digital X-Ray Sensor "NAOMI".
  • Entered into the industrial field.
  • 〈Annual Sales: 3.6 billion JPY, Number of staff: 118〉
2004
  • Published "RF no chi (The Wisdom of RF)" (PRESIDENT Inc.).
  • Total shipment for the wireless train scope has reached 1,200 units.
  • 〈Annual Sales: 2.7 billion JPY, Number of staff: 100〉
2003
    Rental office building with the 7th relocation
  • RF’s approach to increase awareness of the dentistry, Fifty intraoral camera supporters in Japan started their activities.
  • Started the R&D project of the world's smallest industrial φ9mm inspection CCD camera, "NRZ-100".
  • Launched Industrial Equipment Marketing Department.
  • Capsule endoscope, "NORIKA3" has been honored with Good Design Award in the new development design category (Japan Institute of Design Promotion).
  • Published "Project Norika" (Tokuma Shoten).
  • 〈Annual Sales: 2 billion JPY, Number of staff: 91〉
2002
  • Wireless Intraoral Camera, "DP-6 ver.2" has been awarded as Best 100 Product and honored with AAA in medical field by CRA (Clinical Research Associates, the most prestigious non profit organization group that evaluates the dental products and dental techniques).
  • Conference was held at SONY headquarters between SONY's chairman Mr. Norio Oga and RF CEO, Jiro Maruyama.
  • 〈Annual Sales: 1.5 billion JPY, Number of staff: 75〉
2001
    Office building with the 6th relocation
  • Total shipment for the wireless intraoral camera has reached 19,000 units in Japan.
  • TV commercial started (PR activities to promote health exam twice a year).
  • Capsule Endoscope, "NORIKA3" has been announced.
  • Provided the natural disaster monitoring camera to the Tokyo government for Miyake-jima Island.
  • Provided the unmanned camera to Ministry of Building and Construction for natural habitat observation on Usuzan Mountain.
  • 〈Annual Sales: 900 million JPY, Number of staff: 45〉
2000
    Office building with the 5th relocation
  • Seized the 85% share of Japanese intraoral camera market with 8,500 sold units in total.
  • Seized the No.1 share of the domestic otolaryngology market, with the wireless CCD otoscope, "SSM-21".
  • Started marketing with direct mails to 65,000 dental clinics in Japan.
  • Started the customized service for the phone line "Cnet".
  • "PRO5" has been officially adopted as the camera for the rescue robot developed by Kyoto University.
  • World's Smallest Wireless Camera, "The Tiny" was officially adopted by NYPD.
  • Started the R&D project for X-Ray CCD sensors.
  • 〈Annual Sales: 700 million JPY, Number of staff: 30〉
1999
  • Entered into the security field.
  • Successfully achieved to lower the cost on the intraoral camera with the same ease of use with wireless technology.
  • Sold 1,500 units of wireless intraoral camera in 3 months, with rapid increase in the number of users.
  • Seized the 75% share of Japanese intraoral camera market with 4,800 sold units in total.
  • 〈Annual Sales: 500 million JPY, Number of staff: 22〉
1998
    Office building with the 4th relocation
  • 〈RF Co., Ltd. has been founded.〉
  • Super miniature wireless CCD camera shipments have reached 8,000 units total, and seized the No.1 share in the industry.
  • Started the R&D partnership with NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corpration).
  • The co-developed product with NHK, "Kame-Kame Kun" has been awarded in the 1998 Technology Exhibition.
  • Miniature CCD Camera, "PRO5" was adopted for JEM's 2001 International Space Development Station Project.
  • Provided the customized CCD cameras for Nagano Olympics.
  • Started the partnership with NTT for "TV Phone Phoenix" with the wireless technology.(NTT: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corpration).
  • The price setting of Wireless Intraoral Camera Satellite V series has become the market price leader.
  • Started free upgrade offer for the users of "SS-100 Ver.1".
  • Dental imaging software companies appointed the satellite V series intraoral camera as their exclusive imaging device.
  • Launched "DDS Department" with 2 years warranty and support programs.
  • Announced to provide 600 intraoral cameras to kindergartens in Japan for free of charge, in order to increase the awareness on their dental health and care.
1997
  • Space development agency of Japan decided to adopt our "CMD-5C".
  • Delivery and installation of 800 units of the customized CCD camera, "CD-6V" for Print Club.
  • Started to deliver "CMD-5C" for nuclear power plants (through Hitachi Engineering).
  • "CMD-5C" is adopted for TV live broadcast of the alpine skiing by Japan Broadcasting Corporation.
  • "GHz-LINK" has seized the No.1 share in the small FPU system for the broadcasting industry.
  • Entered into the dental field.
  • Initiated the R&D project on wireless intraoral cameras.
  • Started the sales and the advertisement on dental magazines.
1996
    Rental office building with the 3rd relocation
  • Delivery and installation of the customized CCD camera, "AMR II", to Atlanta Olympics.
1995
  • Entered into the broadcasting market.
1994
    Rental office building with the 2nd relocation
  • Delivery and installation of the wireless CCD camera, "CD-5C", to Tokyo University Nuclear Research Laboratory.
  • Began the R&D project on microwave.
1993
    First rental office building
  • Founded to become the innovator with CCD and wireless technologies based on the microwave.
  • 〈Annual Sales: 40 million JPY, Number of staff: 2〉
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