M.W. started in 1930 (Showa 5) as an import/export businesscompany. In 1941 (Showa 16), the first affiliatemanufacturing company was established. Through the turmoilbefore and after the war, from the mid-1950s, M.W. started anexport/import agency to handle laboratory & medicalsupplies. When the semiconductor industry made progress inJapan, M.W. started local sales of the electronic industry materialsuch as fused quartz, and at the same time, started agency ofsemiconductor processing materials. As such, M.W. hasestablished the firm position as the exclusive distributor of theindustrial materials.
