Milestone

April 1978	Waro Iwane quits Applied Electronics Laboratory, Hokkaido University.
April 1979	Iwane Laboratories, Ltd. established with Capital 5 Million Yen.
November 1980	Capital raised to 20 Millions.
March 1982	Capital raised to 25 Millions.
January 1983	Move to current location, company headquarters.
May 1985	Established Honshu Center in Tokyo (Tsukiji).
March 1988	Developed the Multimedia System with Image in Hokkaido Development Center.
May 1991	Development of Road Video GIS (Ver.1). Completion of Digitalized Road Video GIS.
March 1995	Completion of Digitalized Road Video GIS (ver.2).
April 1996	Capital raised to 30 Millions.
June 1996	Established the laboratory attached to the President’s Office.
July 1999	Completion of Iwane Laboratories Toya Central Research Institute Training Facility.
January 2001	Established Sapporo AI Center.
May 2003	Established Iwane Laboratories, (Thailand) Ltd. as a 100% local subsidiary in Bangkok.
December 2004	Completion of 3D Measurement System of 4Pie Video Map.
April 2005	Introduced 4Pie Video Map to Department of Highways, Ministry of Communication, Thailand.
October 2006	Introduced Active Link Vision to Department of Highways, Ministry of Communication, Thailand.
March 2008	70% of National Highway Management in Japan adopted Road Video GIS.

Patent

May 1993	Video Search System
December 1999	Information Converting System
April 2003	Highlight Suppressed Image Pickup Apparatus
September 2003	Automatic Working System