Birth of KEM（1961 to 1969）

Kyoto Electronics Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (KEM) set out with two main pillars of business: the manufacture and sale of scientific instruments, medical instruments, and medical substance generators; and the export and sale of scintillation counters and pH meters produced by HORIBA, Ltd. Business conditions at the time were very severe, so following the appointment of Nagahiko Kishimoto as Representative Director and President, proactive steps were taken to increase the number of engineers and develop prototypes of the company’s own products, with the aim of becoming an analytical instrument manufacturer focusing on Karl Fischer moisture titrators.