Showa Shinku Co., Ltd. produces and sells vacuum equipment and components for quartz devices, optical thin films, electronic devices, etc. in Japan. The company provides vacuum evaporation equipment; sputtering equipment; ion plating equipment; dry etching and ashing equipment; vacuum metallurgic equipment for dissolution, heat processing, sintering, and degassing; multi-color and monochrome optical monitors for thin films; IAD cold cathode ion source; and liquid crystal injection equipment. It offers its products to various electronic component makers, universities, and government research institutes. The company was formerly known as Showa Shinku Kikai (Showa Vacuum Machinery) Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Showa Shinku Co., Ltd. in 1978. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Sagamihara, Japan.