| 1949 |
Japan Electron Optics Laboratory Co. Ltd. established in Mitaka, Tokyo. JEM-1 Electron Microscope completed. |
| 1955 |
Purchase order for JEM-5G Electron Microscope received from French Atomic Energy Commission. |
| 1956 |
JNM-1, Japan's first Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) system, completed. |
| 1961 |
Company name changed to JEOL Ltd. |
| 1962 |
JEOL listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. JXA-3 X-ray Microanalyzer completed. JEOL CO (USA) INC. established as the first overseas subsidiary. |
| 1963 |
JMS-01 double-focusing Mass Spectrometer completed. JLC-01 automatic-recording Liquid Chromatograph completed. |
| 1964 |
JEOL CO (France) S.A., established in France. R & D Building completed. |
| 1966 |
JSM-1 Scanning Electron Microscope completed. JEM-1000 Ultrahigh Voltage Electron Microscope completed. JEOL listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
| 1967 |
JEBX-2A Electron Beam Lithography System completed. |
| 1968 |
JEOL CO (UK) Ltd., established in U.K. and JEOL CO (AUSTRALASIA) PTY. LTD., established in Australia. JLC-5AH, world's first Amino Acid Analyzer, completed. |
| 1970 |
Medical-use JTG-MA 'Thermoviewer' completed. 'Superscope' JEM-50A reaches shipment of 1000 units. |
| 1972 |
JCA-1KM Automated Biochemical Analyzer 'Clinalyzer' completed. |
| 1973 |
JEOL (Europe) B.V., established in Netherlands. JEOL (Skandinaviska) A.B., established in Sweden. |
| 1974 |
JAMP-3 Auger Microprobe completed. JIR-03F Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer completed. JESCA-2 X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer completed. |
| 1976 |
World's first micrograph of atomic arrangements taken with JEOL Electron Microscope. |
| 1982 |
JEPAS-1000 Electron Beam Metrology Instrument completed. |
| 1983 |
JIBL-100 Focused Ion Beam Instrument completed. |
| 1984 |
JEOL (ITALIA) S.p.A., established in Italy. |
| 1989 |
JSTM-4000XV Ultrahigh Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscope completed. |
| 1990 |
JWS-7500 Wafer Process Inspection System completed. |
| 1991 |
JEOL DE MEXICO S.A. established in Mexico. |
| 1993 |
JEOL DE MEXICO S.A. established in Mexico. JEOL CANADA, INC. established in Canada. JEOL IP-900F High Density Reactive Ion Plating System completed. |
| 1994 |
JEOL KOREA LTD. established in Korea. |
| 1995 |
JEOL ASIA PTE. LTD. established in Singapore. JEOL (MALAYSIA) SDN BHD established in Malaysia. |
| 1996 |
High-speed next generation Clinical Biochemistry Analyzer 'BioMajesty' completed. JEOL website opened. |
| 1997 |
JEOL (GERMANY) GmbH, established in Germany. |
| 1998 |
JBX-9000MV electron beam lithography system completed. |
| 1999-05-28 |
JEOL celebrates its 50th anniversary. JEOL Group Management Vision 'JEOL SPIRIT-1' announced. |
| 2000 |
JSM-6500F field emission SEM completed. JEOL Group Medium-term Management Plan 'Bright Plan 1000' announced. |
| 2002 |
YAMAGATA CREATIVE CO., LTD. (YMCC) established. |
| 2004 |
JEOL Group Medium-term Management Plan 'Focus Plan 2006' announced. YMCC Tendo Factory completed. |
| 2005 |
Industry-academia-collaboration office established with the University of Tokyo. |
| 2006 |
JEOL Shanghai Semiconductors established. |
| 2007 |
JEOL Group Medium-term Management Plan 'ACTION 60' announced. |
| 2008 |
Third phase of YMCC enlargement completed. DATUM INSTRUMENTS INC. (DII) established. |
| 2009 |
60th anniversary of the company's foundation. JEOL DATUM LTD. and JEOL ACTIVE CO., LTD merged. JEM-ARM200F atomic resolution electron microscope completed. |
| 2010 |
JEOL BRASIL Instrumentos Cientificos Ltda. established in Brazil. JEOL (BEIJING) CO.,LTD. established in China. JEOL FINETECH CO., LTD. and JEOL ENGINEERING CO., LTD. merged. JEOL Group Medium-term Management Plan 'CHALLENGE 5' announced. JMS-S3000 SpiralTOF mass spectrometer completed. JEOL SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD. merged. InTouchScope JSM-6010LA completed. |
| 2011 |
JEOL (RUS) LLC. established in Russia. JEOL RESONANCE Inc. merged. JEOL INDIA PVT. LTD. established in India. |
| 2012 |
JCM-6000 'NeoScope' completed. 0.75mm solid-state NMR probe completed. |
| 2013 |
Zero boil-off magnet for NMR system completed. JEOL Group Mid-term Management Plan 'Dynamic Vision' announced. RIKEN CLST-JEOL Collaboration Center established. |
| 2014 |
JEOL 65th Anniversary. Capital reinforcement. JEM-ARM300F atomic resolution transmission electron microscope completed. JNM-ECZ series NMR system completed. JEOL (GULF) FZE established. |
| 2015 |
High-end GC-TOFMS JMS-T200GC completed. MultiBeam (FIB) System JIB-4601F completed. X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer JPS-9030 completed. Benchtop SEM JCM-6000Plus NeoScope completed. JSM-IT100 InTouchScope completed. JEOL NIMS Center of Excellence for Analytical Technology established. JEM-F200 transmission electron microscope completed. JCA-ZS050 clinical chemistry analyzer completed. |
| 2016 |
JEOL Group medium-term management plan 'Triangle Plan' announced. JEOL USA NMR R&D LAB established. JSM-IT300HR InTouchScope™ completed. JXA-8530FPlus Electron Probe Microanalyzer completed. JIB-4700F Multi Beam System completed. JSM-IT500 Series InTouchScope™ completed. JBX-8100FS series Power-Efficient High-Throughput Spot Beam Lithography System completed. |
| 2017 |
Jointly with IMS, JEOL announced introduction of world's first multielectron beam lithography system for mass production. JEOL established CeSPIA Inc. with Dr. Yoshinori Fujiyoshi. Keio University - JEOL High-Performance Analytical Equipment Sharing Model Center opened. University of Tokyo and JEOL achieved 40.5 pm resolution with electron microscope. JEOL-Nikon CLEM Solution Center established. Cryo-electron microscopy developers received Nobel Prize. Various electron microscopes and related systems completed. |
| 2018 |
Japan Industrial Standard (JIS) for quantitative NMR analysis established. JEOL partnered with Digital Surf for SMILE VIEW™ Map software. JMS-TQ4000GC triple quadrupole mass spectrometer completed. JEM-ACE200F high throughput electron microscope completed. JIB-4000PLUS FIB system completed. JCM-7000 Series NeoScope™ benchtop SEM completed. |
| 2019 |
JEOL 70th Anniversary. 70th Anniversary Forum held. JSM-F100 Schottky FEG SEM completed. JXA-iHP200F / JXA-iSP100 electron probe microanalyzers completed. JEM-ARM300F2 GRAND ARM™2 electron microscope completed. |
| 2020 |
California-based venture IDES acquired. JEOL strengthens European medical equipment segment. JSM-IT800 Schottky FEG SEM completed. JSM-IT700HR SEM completed. |
| 2021 |
JAM-5200EBM Electron Beam Metal 3D Printer completed. XtaLAB Synergy-ED Electron Diffractometer jointly developed with Rigaku. Musashimurayama Works opened. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer JNM-ECZL Series completed. |
| 2022 |
JEOL Group Medium-term Management Plan 'Evolving Growth Plan' announced. JEOL Ltd. merged with JEOL RESONANCE Inc. |
| 2023 |
JIB-PS500i FIB-SEM system completed. msFineAnalysis AI software released. JSM-IT710HR/JSM-IT210 SEMs completed. Shares of IMS NANOFABRICATION GLOBAL, LLC. acquired. |
