Gigaphoton Inc. was founded in 2000 as a joint venture of “Komatsu Ltd.,†the world’s No. 2 construction machinery manufacturer, and “Ushio Inc.,†the world’s No.1 lithography lamp manufacturer. Since then, by leveraging the synergy of these two companies, we at Gigaphoton have been developing and marketing user-friendly, highly innovative laser light sources, and delivering them to major lithography tool suppliers in the global semiconductor industry.