Company: American KSS Inc
City: Santa Clara
Country: USA
url: http://www.kss.com
Kinseki was established in 1897 as a natural quartz jeweler in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. The word Kin-seki means Golden Stone. The company became Kinsekisha Laboratories in 1941 and started developing electronic components utilizing quartz. Our brand KSS was taken from KinSekiSha. In 1960, we developed the technology for mass production of pure, high- quality synthetic quartz. The name of the company was changed to Kinseki, Limited was established in 1980. The company became public in 1986 on the Tokyo Nikkei Stock Exchange.
Since our founding, the company has gained a world-wide reputation as a leader in diversified manufacturing with integrated processes that range from growth of synthetic quartz to the manufacturing of quartz incorporated frequency control products.