1960

1963

  • LTS

    Began R&D focused on low-temperature superconductivity

  • LTS

    Started industrial production of a NbTi-type multifilament conductor

1970

  • LTS

    Achieved a world first with successful manufacture of V3Ga, Nb3Sn composite fine multifilament conductor

1980

  • LTS

    Participated in major domestic and overseas projects, including construction of large accelerator, development of model coils for nuclear fusion research, and demonstration testing of a superconducting generator

1986

  • HTS

    Started R&D focused on high-temperature superconductivity

2000

2003

  • LTS

    Achieved a world first with delivery of Large Hadron Collider (LHC) cables and large-scale conductors for detectors to CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
    Received a Golden Hadron Award(note)

2005

  • HTS

    Conducted field tests of a 500-meter superconducting cable (the longest in the world at the time) at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (NEDO AC Superconducting Electric Power Equipment Basic Technology Research and Development Project)

2007

  • HTS

    Achieved the world's smallest AC loss through thinning process and cable composition technologies that inhibit perpendicular magnetic fields (NEDO Superconductivity Application Basic Technology Research and Development Project)

2010

2011

  • HTS

    Developed the world's highest voltage (275kV) superconducting cable

    Enabled electric power from a thermal power plant to be transmitted over a single superconducting cable

2012

  • HTS

    Furukawa Electric Acquires SuperPower Inc.

2012

2013

  • LTS

    Mr. Peter Higgs and Mr. Francois Engrail, who theoretically predicted the existence of a particle named the "Higgs boson" that gives a weight (mass) to the substances, received the Nobel Prize in Physics.

(note) Golden Hadron Award: Awarded by CERN to manufacturers in recognition of outstanding contributions to the LHC project

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