ASYST Technologies, LLC Timeline:
1996 - 2000
- May 1996 - EJOT Holding and ATF Inc. create ASYST Technologies LLC, a 50/50 Joint Venture located in Lincolnwood, Illinois.
- June 1996 - First Production Shipments
- May 1997 - First High-speed Automation delivered for assembly
- June 1997 - Ground breaking for Kenosha Facility
- January 1998 - First Production Shipments from Kenosha
- April 1999 - Completed Implementation of QAD Enterprise IT System (5 month implementation)
- May 1999 - First in-line/dial Automation received
- November 1999 - QS 9000 Certification
2000 - 2005
- September 2001 - Completion of new Quality and R&D Labs
- November 2001 - First palletized automation system received
- April 2002 - Automation Venture Start-up
- May 2004 - Ground breaking for Building II
- August 2004 - Automation division receives ISO 9001-2000 Certification
- April 2005 - Certified ISO/TS-16949:2002
2006 - 2010
- May 2006 - Cooperative Alliance with EJOT Kunstofftechnik (lighting business unit)
- October 2008 - Manufacturers agreement formed with LPS to represent ASYST products in India
- September 2009 - Acquired a lighting business unit
2011 - 2013
- January 2011 - Hired Toshihiro Imamura to represent ASYST in Japan
- March 2011 - Certified ISO/TS-16949:2009
- May 2011 - Implemented a clean room manufacturing cell
2014 - 2015
- August 2015 - Completion of 50,000 sq ft addition
2017 - Present
- December 2017 - Certified ISO 14001:2015
- January 2018 - Certified IATF 16949:2016
