Message from CEOs
Never say never. Always be innovative.
For the 70 years since our foundation, we have been striving for high quality manufacturing in Miyagi.
Currently, our works are related to diverse frontier realms, such as super precise manufacturing and quality assurance, realized through our polishing, grinding, and cutting technologies. We deal with more than 4,000 clients domestically and internationally, receiving commissions about machining and technology development in areas ranging from industries, such as semiconductor, electronic devices, and automobile, to research institutions.
With the slogan of “never say never” in response to our clients’ technological challenges, we are striving for the advancement of our technologies and the development of new technologies. We strongly feel that solving technological challenges one by one not only contributes to our clients and society but also leads to our own growth.
With our motto of “contributing frontier technologies with precise manufacturing” and “creating amazement through meticulous workmanship,” we continue our endeavor to nurture ourselves to be even better engineers.
We greatly appreciate your continued support.
TDC Corporation
Ryoya Akabane, Chairman CEO
Yuko Akabane, President CEO
President and CEO: Yuko Akaba
After graduating from university, joined an advertising production company. In 2000, joined TDC, taking on roles in inspection, precision measurement, production management, sales, technical development, international sales, public relations, and marketing. Led initiatives to implement production management systems, labor management systems, and internet marketing, driving the digital transformation (DX) of existing business processes.
Appointed President and CEO of TDC in 2015.
Key Achievements and Roles:
- 2015–2017, 2018–2020 (METI Support Program for SMEs), 2018–2021 (JST A-STEP):
Served as a project manager for industry-academia collaborative technical development projects. - 2015: Led international corporate collaboration with ZOZ in Germany.
- 2020: Founded IchiGoo, a venture stemming from research at Jichi Medical University, to commercialize university-developed technologies; appointed CEO.
- 2020: Appointed Visiting Professor at Jichi Medical University.
- 2020: Enrolled in the Doctoral Program in Precision Engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, to conduct advanced research.
- 2024: Founded HAL Research to commercialize technologies co-developed with Tohoku University; appointed CEO.
Other Positions:
Vice President, Miyagi Advanced Electronics Industry Promotion Council (since 2020)
Vice President, The Abrasive Engineering Society (2019–2024)
Committee Member, MEMS Engineer Forum (since 2019)
Co-Chair, IEEE Sensors (2023–2024)
Joint Board Member, Tohoku University International Industry-Academia Collaboration Research Consortium (since 2018)
Officer, Precision Engineering Society Tohoku Branch (since 2019)
Awards and Recognitions:
2015: EY “Entrepreneur Of The Year” Tohoku Region Finalist
2021: Selected for Forbes Japan Forbes 100 (Forbes Japan’s list of the 100 most influential people of the year)
2023: Selected for Forbes Japan Small Giants Innovator
Lectures and Speaking Engagements:
June 2022: Speaker at JATES Technology Management Conference
July 2022: Keynote Speaker at TKC Tohoku Regional Lifelong Training Opening Ceremony
November 2022: Speaker at Sendai City Nano Terrace Utilization Seminar (Joint Communications Agency)
November 2022: Special Lecture at the 73rd Plastic Processing Union Conference
December 2022: Lecturer for Women Leaders Training Program at Sendai City Gender Equality Promotion Center
January 2023: Panelist at the Sendai City G7 Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting 100 Days Before Seminar
July 2023: Speaker at NEDIA (Japan Electronics Device Industry Association) Seminar
July 2023: Speaker at Honjo-Yuri Techno Network
July 2023: Lecturer at Miyagi Industrial Promotion Organization Next-Generation Leader Program
September 2023: Speaker at the 77 Bank Nano Terrace Seminar
September 2023: Speaker at Sendai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Women’s Study Group
November 2023: Speaker at the IMSI (Institute for Microelectronics and Semiconductor Integration) Research Group
March 2024: Speaker at the 113th Grinding Process Committee of the Abrasive Processing Society
March 2024: Invited Speaker at IWMM (International Workshop of Micro Machining)
April 2024: Judge at the 15th International Innovation Contest iCAN
April 2024: Speaker at the Tohoku New Business Council Young & Women’s Empowerment Forum
June 2024: Speaker at the 73rd Polymer Society Annual Meeting Special Session
September 2024: Speaker at the 8th Seminar of the Commerce and Industry Research Institute
September 2024: Speaker at the 13th Coalition Conference of the Optical Science Innovation Center